First deserve, and then desire.... >>
The greater the truth, the greater the libel.... >>
The more acquaintance, the more danger.... >>
Before St. John's Day for rain we pray, after that we get it anyway.... >>
A black plum is as sweet as a white.... >>
Give a clown your foot, and he'll take your hand.... (Spanish) >>
Men that have much business must have much pardon.... (American) >>
The beast dead, the venom is dead.... (French) >>
The saint's-day over, farewell the saint.... (French) >>
The skin is nearer than the shirt.... (French) >>