One must be either anvil or hammer.... >>
It is good to beat a proud man when he is alone.... >>
Counted sheep are eaten by the wolf.... >>
'Twixt the word and the deed there's a long step.... >>
Good comes to better, and better to bad.... >>
Good weight and measure, are heaven's treasure... (American) >>
Do what the friar says, and not what he does.... (Spanish) >>
Ask too much to get enough.... (Spanish) >>
Like a collier's sack, bad without and worse within.... (Spanish) >>
It is courage that vanquishes in war, and not good weapons.... (Spanish) >>