He is like a singed cat, better than he looks.... >>
For a stubborn ass a hard goad.... >>
Great scholars are not the shrewdest men.... >>
Every elm has its man.... >>
A hungry clown is half mad.... >>
It is the great north wind that made the Vikings... (Italian) >>
Better a mouse in the pot than no meat at all... (Turkish) >>
Talking is easy, action difficult.... (Spanish) >>
A buxom widow must be married, buried, or cloistered.... (Spanish) >>
Trifles makes perfection, but perfection is no trifle.... (Italian) >>