The old wife, if she does not serve for a pot, serves for a cover.... >>
God grant me to contend with those that understand me.... >>
Curses, like chickens, always come home to roost.... >>
Before you marry, have a house to live in, fields to till, and vines t... >>
Business today, tomorrow never.... >>
Better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion.... (French) >>
Live together like brothers and do business like strangers... (Dutch) >>
None ever took a stone out of the temple but the dust did fl... (English) >>
The worse the passage the more welcome the port.... (English) >>
The more acquaintance, the more danger.... (English) >>