When the fields yield not, the saints have not.... >>
Dung is no saint, but where it falls it works miracles.... >>
Invite your son-in-law to a fowl, and he will take away the lemon.... >>
Be merry, Shrovetide, for to-morrow thou wilt be ashes.... >>
An ass let him be who brays at an ass.... >>
Of two evils, it is always best to vote for the less hypocri... (American) >>
Proportion your expenses to what you have, not what you expe... (English) >>
Play a harp before a cow.... (Chinese) >>
When the butcher dies, do you think we shall eat our pork wi... (Chinese) >>
The wise adapt themselves to circumstances, as water moulds ... (Chinese) >>