Money is lost only for want of money.... >>
One should be just as careful in choosing one's pleasures as in avoidi... >>
No jesting with edged tools.... >>
The last comers are often the masters.... >>
No lock avails against a hatchet.... >>
Give neither counsel nor salt till you are asked for it.... (Italian) >>
Better a mouse in the pot than no flesh at all.... (Italian) >>
Never give advice unless asked... (Arab) >>
A good heart breaks bad fortune.... (Spanish) >>
It is an equal failing to trust everybody and to trust nobod... (English) >>