Though the speaker be a fool, let the hearer be wise.... >>
When fortune knocks upon the door open it widely.... >>
Where man is not, nature is barren.... >>
Who gives what he has before he is dead, take a mallet and knock that ... >>
When you can't get bread, oat-cakes are not amiss.... >>
He is like a cat, he always falls on his feet.... (French) >>
That often happens in a day which does not happen in a hundr... (French) >>
One may tire of eating tarts.... (French) >>
If you wish good advice, consult an old man... (Haitian) >>
He who hold the thread holds the ball.... (French) >>