There is no need to bind up one's head before it is broken.... >>
A cat pent up becomes a lion.... >>
He who wants a great deal must not ask for little.... >>
High birth is a poor dish at table.... >>
A favour to come is better than a hundred received.... >>
The most cautious passes for the most chaste.... (Spanish) >>
After a thrifty father, a prodigal son.... (Spanish) >>
Either the ass will die, or he that goads it.... (Spanish) >>
All's lost that's put in a riven dish.... (Spanish) >>
He who at thirty has no brains, will never purchase an estat... (Spanish) >>