The one-eyed man is a king in the country of the blind.... >>
On a long journey even a straw weighs heavy.... >>
The poor-houses are filled with the honestest people.... >>
The threshold says nothing but what it hears of the hinge.... >>
Mother, what is marrying? Spinning, bearing children, and crying, daug... >>
All is luck or ill luck in this world.... (French) >>
He that would hang his dog, gives out first, that he is mad.... (French) >>
There is no one to sweep a common hall.... (Chinese) >>
He that seeks trouble always finds it.... (English) >>
Better wear out shoes than sheets.... (English) >>