You can always find good elements in the misfortune that strikes you.
Old bachelors and old maids are either too good or too bad.
Water from far away is no good for a fire close by.
Men can bear all things except good days.
Who has only one eye must take good care of it.
There is but an hour a day between a good housewife and a bad one.
One good argument is worth more than ten better ones.
The good white man dies, the bad one remains.
Nothing improves the taste of pasta more than a good appetite.
Do good and throw it into the sea -- if it is not appreciated by an ungrateful man, it will be appreciated by God.
He who leaves a good name does not die poor.
The cat with cream on her whiskers should have a good excuse ready.
It's an ill wind that blows nobody any good.
The horse that arrives early gets good drinking water.
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