The woman in finery, the house in filth, but the doorway swept.... >>
She is good and honoured who is dead and buried.... >>
The first faults are theirs that commit them, the second theirs that p... >>
Sugared words generally prove bitter.... >>
The church, the sea, or the royal household, for whoever would thrive.... >>
Despair gives courage to a coward.... (English) >>
Never cross a bridge till you come to it.... (French) >>
Misfortune comes on horseback and goes away on foot.... (French) >>
A dose of adversity is often as needful as a dose of medicin... (American) >>
Men's ignorance makes the pot boil for priests.... (French) >>