Go to friends for advice; to women for pity; to strangers for charity;... >>
The wise knows that he does not know; the ignoramus thinks he knows.... >>
He who has no house of his own is everywhere at home.... >>
Curses, like chickens, always come home to roost.... >>
All's lost that's put in a riven dish.... >>
Princes use men as the husbandman uses bees.... (French) >>
When you want to test the depths of a stream, don't use both... (Texan) >>
He who rides on the giant's shoulders sees further than he w... (French) >>
The belly overrules the head.... (French) >>
If you wrestle with a collier you will get a blotch.... (French) >>