Adversity makes a man wise, not rich... >>
Abundance, like want, ruins many... >>
Do not speak of a rhinoceros if there is no tree nearby... >>
What the people believe is true... >>
Better be ill spoken of by one before all than by all before one... >>
Even after a bad harvest there must be sowing.... (Latin) >>
One cannot blow and swallow at the same time.... (Spanish) >>
Between saying and doing many a pair of shoes is worn out.... (Italian) >>
A cracked bell will never be sound.... (Spanish) >>
He did not invent gunpowder.... (Spanish) >>