Good men must die, but death cannot kill their names.... >>
New trappings to an old mule.... >>
Seven is company, and nine confusion. (Alluding to a dinner party.)... >>
To find oneself in tight breeches. (Ill at ease--we say in tight boots... >>
Love is like war, begin when you like and leave off when you can.... >>
Between saying and doing, many a pair of shoes is worn out... (Irish) >>
He who would climb the ladder must begin at the bottom.... (English) >>
He who undertakes too much seldom succeeds... (Danish) >>
Who gives bread to other's dogs is often barked at by his ow... (Italian) >>
The hammer shatters glass but forges steel... (Jewish) >>