It is not the hook or the rod, but the bait that lures.... >>
Every cask smells of the wine it contained.... >>
A good paymaster needs no security.... >>
Tell her she is handsome, and you will turn her head.... >>
Always taking out and never putting in, soon reaches the bottom.... >>
He is a great fool who forgets himself.... (French) >>
A man may cause his own dog to bite him.... (French) >>
Contrivance is better than force.... (French) >>
The unlucky doctor treats the head of a disease, the lucky d... (Chinese) >>
The lucky man's enemy dies, and the unlucky man's friend.... (Russian) >>