Don't cut off your nose to spite your face.... >>
It is bad luck to fall out of a thirteenth story window on Friday.... >>
A man never becomes an orator if he has something to say.... >>
Men are blind in their own cause.... >>
The bad workman blames his tools.... >>
He, who more than he is worth doth spend, E'en makes a rope,... (French) >>
One volunteer is worth two pressed men.... (Spanish) >>
An army of sheep led by a lion would defeat an army of lions... (Arab) >>
Do not throw pearls to swine.... (Spanish) >>
No lock avails against a hatchet.... (French) >>