A sooty chimney costs many a beef-steak.... >>
One ass among many monkeys is grinned at by all.... >>
Welcome, misfortune, if you come alone.... >>
The official who can't lie may as well be out of the world.... >>
To be a merchant, the art consists more in getting paid than in making... >>
A man who wants to drown his dog says he is mad.... (French) >>
A book is like a garden carried in the pocket... (Persian) >>
An old ape never made a pretty grimace.... (French) >>
He that handles a nettle tenderly is soonest stung.... (Unknown) >>
The threatener sometimes gets a beating.... (French) >>