A husband with one eye rather than with a son.... >>
I do not tell thee what thou art, thou wilt tell it thyself.... >>
Don't spoil the ship for a halfpenny-worth of tar.... >>
I stubborn and you stubborn, who is to carry the load?... >>
Poverty does not destroy virtue, nor does wealth bestow it.... >>
The abbey does not fail for want on one monk.... (French) >>
Were it a wolf it would spring at your throat.... (French) >>
You cannot drive a windmill with a pair of bellows.... (American) >>
The miser and the pig are of no use till dead.... (French) >>
The wit one wants spoils what one has.... (French) >>