It is very savoury to eat scot free.... >>
A bad labour, and a daughter after all.... >>
He that would be healthy must wear his winter clothes in summer.... >>
To find oneself in tight breeches. (Ill at ease--we say in tight boots... >>
He who measures oil greases his hands.... >>
Better be mad with all the world than wise alone.... (French) >>
A hundred years a banner, a hundred years a barrow. [Signify... (French) >>
'Tis a long day a day without bread.... (French) >>
The old bear falls into the old trap.... (Russian) >>
To whiten ivory with dye is to spoil nature by art.... (Latin) >>