Gratitude is the least of virtues, but ingratitude the worst of vices.... >>
A sparrow in the hand is better than a crane on the wing.... >>
Between the hand and the mouth the soup is often spilt.... >>
A hungry dog is not afraid of a cudgelling.... >>
Every hooked beak is maintained by prey.... >>
Beware of the young doctor and the old barber... (Burmese) >>
He who has a bad wife can expect no happiness that can be so... (Spanish) >>
A man forewarned is as good as two.... (Spanish) >>
Be thine enemy an ant, see in him an elephant.... (Italian) >>
Do you carry the trough, husband, and I will carry the sieve... (Spanish) >>