Under a tattered cloak you will generally find a good drinker... >>
Abundance, like want, ruins many... >>
When eating bamboo sprouts, remember the man who planted them... >>
Adversity makes a man wise, not rich... >>
If you would be wealthy, think of saving as well as getting... >>
Why buy a cow when milk is so cheap?... (French) >>
Suspicion is the poison of friendship.... (French) >>
Naught must disturb a man of worth at dinner.... (French) >>
See a pin and pick it up, all the day you'll have good luck;... (French) >>
He who chooses takes the worst.... (French) >>