Better suffer a known evil than change for uncertain good.... >>
To him who gives you a capon you may spare a leg and a wing.... >>
Better is the smoke of my own house than the fire of another's.... >>
Better they should say, "There he ran away," than "There he died."... >>
He is a great simpleton who starves himself to feed another.... >>
The big thieves hang the little ones... (Benjamin Franklin) >>
Love is an excuse for its own faults.... (Italian) >>
For a wife and horse to your neighbour.... (Italian) >>
One must talk soothingly to the dog until one has passed him... (French) >>
The anvil fears no blows... (Greek) >>