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There are bearded fools.
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A fool's head never whitens.
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Self-praise is no recommendation.
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The eyes are the window of the soul.
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What can't be cured must be endured.
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The silent dog is the first to bite.
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If you fail to plan you plan to fail.
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It is a long lane that has no turning.
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In the ant's house the dew is a flood.
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An indecent mind is a perpetual feast.
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Ten lands are sooner known than one man.
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Beauty is potent but money is omnipotent.
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He who has daughters is always a shepherd.
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Young folk silly folk; old folk cold folk.
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Riches serve a wise man but command a fool.
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They talk of my drinking but never my thirst.
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Men trip not on mountains they stumble on stones.
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There is many a good tune played on an old fiddle.
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Every time history repeats itself the price goes up.
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He who drinks a little too much drinks much too much.
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A fence should be horse high hog tight and bull strong.
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What is the use of running when you are on the wrong road?
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Living in the past has one thing in its favour - it's cheaper.
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When you live next to the cemetery you cannot weep for everyone.
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The French have a passion for revolution but an abhorrence of change.
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Poor men seek meat for their stomach rich men stomach for their meat.
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There is no crisis to which academics will not respond with a seminar.
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Today's sales should be better than yesterday's - and worse than tomorrow's.