A buffeting threatened is never well given.... >>
Who is your enemy? A man of your own trade.... >>
An ounce of state to a pound of gold.... >>
He who does no more than another is no better than another.... >>
It is not necessary to fall into a well to know its depth.... >>
Jealousy is nourished by doubt.... (French) >>
When an elephant is in trouble even a frog will kick him... (Swedish) >>
A woman laughs when she can, and weeps when she pleases.... (French) >>
You can't get blood out of a stone.... (English) >>
A person is unlucky who falls on his back and breaks his nos... (French) >>