Milk the cow that standeth still.... >>
Where luck is wanting, diligence is useless.... >>
Never ask of him who has, but of him you know wishes you well.... >>
May the man be damned and never grow fat, Who wears two faces under on... >>
Play with the fool at home, and he will play with you abroad.... >>
Trade knows neither friends or kindred.... (French) >>
And he repents in thorns that sleeps in beds of roses.... (English) >>
Every one should sweep before his own door.... (French) >>
When you throw dirt, you lose ground... (Chinese) >>
Behind an able man there are always other able men... (Scottish) >>