When you can't get bread, oat-cakes are not amiss.... >>
The whisper of a pretty girl can be heard further than the roar of a l... >>
To-morrow's remedy will not ward off the evil of to-day.... >>
The threatener loses the opportunity of vengeance.... >>
Two great talkers will not travel far together.... >>
Turnabout is fair play.... (American) >>
The wise adapt themselves to circumstances, as water moulds ... (Chinese) >>
The best armor is to keep out of range... (Scottish) >>
A frog in a well shaft seeing the sky.... (Chinese) >>
You may laugh at a friend's roof; don't laugh at his sleepin... (Polish) >>