Cow of many--well milked and badly fed.... >>
Fools and bairns should never see half-done work.... >>
All's lost that's put in a riven dish.... >>
Every man is the son of his own works.... >>
Comes in at the end with a wet sail.... >>
Money is a good servant but a had master.... (French) >>
A drowning man clings to a blade of grass.... (French) >>
The one legged never stumble.... (Chinese) >>
Fools build houses, and wise men buy them.... (English) >>
When the sun is highest it casts the least shadow.... (Italian) >>