The wrong doer is never without a pretext.... >>
He who greases his cart-wheels helps his oxen.... >>
An ounce of mother is worth a pound of priests.... >>
A sooty chimney costs many a beef-steak.... >>
Avoid a friend who covers you with his wings and destroys you with his... >>
Observe your enemies, for they first find your faults... (Greek) >>
When you want to test the depths of a stream, don't use both... (Texan) >>
Fortune can take from us only what she has given us.... (French) >>
His fore feet though you sever, his grip he'll make good.... (English) >>
Beggars cannot be choosers.... (English) >>