There is no need to bind up one's head before it is broken.... >>
High birth is a poor dish at table.... >>
Have an open face but conceal your thoughts.... >>
Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still... >>
Choose neither a woman nor linen by candlelight... >>
To every lord every honour.... (French) >>
There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one ... (English) >>
If this ball does not stick to the wall it will at least lea... (Spanish) >>
He who asks the fewest favours is the best received.... (Spanish) >>
Every man is the son of his own works.... (Spanish) >>