Truths and roses have thorns about them.... >>
Since we cannot get what we like, let us like what we can get.... >>
Peace and patience, and death with penitence.... >>
One eye on the frying-pan and the other on the cat.... >>
Plough wet or dry, and you will not have to kiss your neighbour's bree... >>
He that laughs on Friday may cry on Sunday.... (French) >>
A fine quotation is a diamond on the finger of a man of wit,... (French) >>
While one milks the ram, the other holds under the sieve.... (Chinese) >>
Tell not all you know, believe not all your hear, do not all... (Italian) >>
The camel asking for horns lost also his ears. [In grasping ... (English) >>