The gown does not make the monk.... >>
There is no bush so small but casts its shadow.... >>
Shoemakers are always the worst shod.... >>
Setting out well is a quarter of the journey.... >>
One often has need of a lesser than oneself.... >>
Hunger find no fault with mouldy corn.... (American) >>
Entreaties to get him to sing, and entreaties to leave off.... (Spanish) >>
Fish or cut bait... (Greek) >>
One stroke on the nail and a hundred on the horseshoe.... (Spanish) >>
The shirt is nearer than the frock.... (Spanish) >>