Listeners hear no good of themselves.... >>
Talk little and well, and you will be looked upon as somebody.... >>
They who don't kill pigs must not expect black-puddings.... >>
Seven is company, and nine confusion. (Alluding to a dinner party.)... >>
Pound the garlic, Pedro, whilst I grate the cheese.... >>
The camel asking for horns lost also his ears. [In grasping ... (English) >>
Fashion is a tyrant from which there is no deliverance; all ... (French) >>
Last ship, best ship.... (English) >>
Another's misfortune is only a dream.... (French) >>
Be a horse ever so well shod, he may slip.... (French) >>