A man travels as far in a day as a snail in a hundred years.... >>
There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience... >>
Feather by feather the goose can be plucked.... >>
It will not out of the flesh that is bred in the bone.... >>
He who quits his place loses it.... >>
The go-between wears out a thousand sandals... (Arab) >>
He who stumbles and does not fall mends his pace.... (Spanish) >>
The church, the sea, or the royal household, for whoever wou... (Spanish) >>
She is nether fish nor fowl.... (Spanish) >>
On dry land even brackish water is good.... (Spanish) >>