Hope is a good breakfast, but a poor supper.... >>
Leaves enough, but few grapes.... >>
Necessity never made a good bargain.... >>
Never swap horses crossing a stream.... >>
Let the big dog eat.... >>
Youth may stray afar yet return at last.... (French) >>
When the flatterer pipes, the devil dances.... (Spanish) >>
A hangman is a good trade, he doth his work by daylight.... (Spanish) >>
An iron rod bends while it is hot... (Romanian) >>
Let them whip me in the market-place, provided it be not kno... (Spanish) >>