To do like the monkey, get the chesnuts out of the fire with the cat's... >>
Ill-luck is good for something.... >>
A crooked stick will have a crooked shadow.... >>
Better to wear out than rust out.... >>
'Tis possible if true.... >>
The lion's not half so fierce as he's painted.... (Spanish) >>
He that will thrive must first ask his wife.... (English) >>
Praise a maid in the morning, and the weather at night.... (Italian) >>
She is fond of greens who kisses the gardener.... (Spanish) >>
Talk little and well, and you will be looked upon as somebod... (Spanish) >>