Fat broth cannot be made of nothing.... >>
An ounce of favour goes further, or is worth more, than a pound of jus... >>
Honour blossoms on the grave.... >>
Dearness gluts.... >>
Better to stumble once than be always tottering.... >>
To a depraved taste sweet is bitter.... (Spanish) >>
Do what the friar says, and not what he does.... (Spanish) >>
Halfway is twelve miles when you have fourteen miles to go.... (Spanish) >>
It is in vain to cast nets in a river where there are no fis... (Spanish) >>
A good paymaster is keeper of other men's purses.... (Spanish) >>