He who does not tire, achieves.... >>
The sharper soon cheats the covetous man.... >>
A good hope is better than a bad possession.... >>
Fools and bairns should never see half-done work.... >>
A Portuguese apprentice who can't sew, yet would be cutting out.... >>
The fox thrives best when he is most cursed.... (French) >>
A man is as old as he feels himself to be.... (English) >>
Scratch an Englishman, find a seaman.... (English) >>
Luck has a slender anchorage.... (English) >>
Children suck the mother when they are young and the father ... (English) >>