You can't get blood out of a turnip.... >>
He that serves at the altar ought to live by the altar.... >>
A lawyer never goes to law himself... >>
Beggars cannot be choosers.... >>
Action is the proper fruit of knowledge.... >>
The corn falls out of a shaken sheaf.... (French) >>
Every man hath a fool in his sleeve.... (American) >>
Ask no questions and hear no lies.... (French) >>
To make a happy couple, the husband must be deaf and the wif... (French) >>
A girl with cotton stockings never sees a mouse.... (American) >>