When every one says you are an ass, bray.... >>
The well-bred hound, if he does not hunt to-day will hunt to-morrow.... >>
Three men helping one another will do as much as six men singly.... >>
There's no argument like that of the stick.... >>
To eat and to scratch one has but to begin.... >>
The most friendly fortune trips up your heels.... (French) >>
When ill luck falls asleep, let none wake her.... (Italian) >>
Confessed faults are half mended... (Yugoslav) >>
A colt is good for nothing if it does not break its halter.... (French) >>
He who undertakes too much seldom succeeds... (Danish) >>