Were if not for "if" and "but," we should all be rich for ever.... >>
He beat the bushes and another caught the birds.... >>
He slumbers enough who does nothing.... >>
A man may threaten yet be afraid.... >>
A drowning man will clutch at a straw.... >>
He that ties well, unties well.... (Spanish) >>
A good painter need not give a name to his picture, a bad on... >>
Better a mouse in the pot than no flesh at all.... (Italian) >>
A fifth wheel to a cart is but an encumbrance.... (Spanish) >>
Better give a penny then lend twenty.... (Italian) >>