When we ask a favour, we say, Madam; when we obtain it, what we please... >>
A man who prides himself on his ancestry is like the potato plant, the... >>
A husband with one eye rather than with a son.... >>
A good word extinguishes more than a pailful of water.... >>
From a silent man, and a dog that does not bark, deliver us.... >>
Ask the experienced rather than the learned... (Jewish) >>
One for sorrow; two for mirth; three for a wedding; four for... (French) >>
To be proud of knowledge is to be blind with light.... (American) >>
He who begins and does not finish loses his labour.... (French) >>
Like box-makers, more noise than work.... (French) >>