None can guess the jewel by the casket.... >>
His fore feet though you sever, his grip he'll make good.... >>
Let every man praise the bridge he goes over.... >>
Riches serve a man, but command a fool.... >>
The worse the passage the more welcome the port.... >>
Do not speak of a rhinoceros if there is no tree nearby... (Romanian) >>
The benefice must be taken with its liabilities.... (French) >>
A drowning man will catch at a straw.... (French) >>
A woman's tongue is her sword, and she does not let it rust.... (French) >>
A colt is good for nothing if it does not break its halter.... (French) >>