The fox thrives best when he is most cursed.... >>
Vainglory bears no grain.... >>
The gown does not make the monk.... >>
The bird ought not to soil its own nest.... >>
Pick and choose, and take the worst.... >>
Happiness is not a horse, you cannot harness it.... (Russian) >>
Taking out and not putting in soon reaches the bottom.... (Spanish) >>
Deceive not thy physician, confessor, or lawyer.... (Spanish) >>
He who has lost his oxen is always hearing bells.... (Spanish) >>
Better go about than fall into the ditch.... (Spanish) >>