A late spring is a great blessing.... >>
The worse the passage the more welcome the port.... >>
The sun shines upon all alike.... >>
You can't get blood out of a turnip.... >>
Last ship, best ship.... >>
The beadle of the parish is always of the vicar's opinion.... (French) >>
He that stays in the valley will not get over the hill.... (French) >>
It is the master-wheel that makes the mill go round.... (French) >>
Fat broth cannot be made of nothing.... (French) >>
He who recovers but the tail of his cow does not lose all.... (French) >>