Halfway is twelve miles when you have fourteen miles to go.... >>
A determined heart will not be counselled.... >>
Either you sink or you swim.... >>
Since we have loaves let us not look for cakes.... >>
I left what I knew for what I heard praised, and repented.... >>
Gray and green make the worst medley.... (French) >>
An empty barrel makes the most noise.... (English) >>
A man may lead a horse to water, but cannot make him drink.... (English) >>
No pear falls into a shut mouth.... (Italian) >>
He that would the daughter win Must with the mother first be... (English) >>