We do not know what is good until we have lost it.... >>
War with all the world, and peace with England.... >>
Where you lost your cloak, seek it.... >>
When passion entereth at the fore-gate wisdom goes out at the postern.... >>
When the cat's away the rats will play.... >>
The goslings would lead the geese out to grass.... (French) >>
Don't empty the water jar until the rain falls... (English) >>
Better be mad with all the world than wise alone.... (French) >>
A hundred years of fretting will not pay a halfpenny of debt... (French) >>
A handfull of patience is worth a bushel of brains... (Russian) >>