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God pays but not weekly wages.
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When I had money everyone called me brother.
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Even a clock that is not going is right twice a day.
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A guest sees more in an hour than the host in a year.
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The woman cries before the wedding; the man afterward.
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Even were a cook to cook a fly he would keep the breast for himself.
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The greater love is a mother's; then comes a dog's; then a sweetheart's.
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Spring is a virgin Summer a mother Autumn a widow and Winter a stepmother.
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Fish to taste right must swim three times - in water in butter and in wine.