In the rich woman's house she always commands; he never.... >>
Talking is easy, action difficult.... >>
The cross on his breast, and the devil in his acts.... >>
The fierce ox becomes tame on strange ground.... >>
Whilst the nurse suckles, we love her; when she is of no further use, ... >>
An apple, an egg, and a nut, You may eat after a slut.... (French) >>
The dog may be wonderful prose, but only the cat is poetry.... (French) >>
Big boast, small roast.... (English) >>
Easy to say is hard to do.... (French) >>
Fortune is a woman; if you neglect her to-day, expect not to... (French) >>