Laws too gentle are seldom obeyed; too severe, seldom executed.... >>
Set a thief to catch a thief... >>
Silence is golden.... >>
Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.... >>
The bad gardener quarrels with his rake.... >>
The hen's eyes are with her chickens.... (French) >>
Mary Busybody never wants a bad day, and Mary Drone has God ... (Spanish) >>
The king likes the treachery, but not the traitor.... (Spanish) >>
All things good to know are difficult to learn... (Greek) >>
Better is rule than rent.... (Spanish) >>