The first wife is a broom, and the second a lady.... >>
A handful of motherwit is worth a bushel of learning.... >>
Fall sick, and you will see who is your friend and who not.... >>
A hair casts its shadow on the ground.... >>
A hungry man discovers more than a hundred lawyers.... >>
He that spends more than he is worth spins a rope for his ow... (French) >>
A man of straw is worth a woman of gold.... (French) >>
'Tis possible if true.... (French) >>
Christmas has been talked of so long that it has come at las... (French) >>
Ruse only flourishes if it be stolen.... (English) >>