We have quite enough to do weeding our own garden.
I only have my nails to scratch with and my feet to walk on.
Being in the right does not depend on having a loud voice.
Nobility is what is earned by those who have no other earnings.
The more acquaintances you have, the less you know them.
Those who have free seats at a play hiss first.
Those who have free seats at the play are the first to hiss.
You don't have to cut a tree down to get at the fruit.
It is better not to begin than, having begun, leave unfinished.
Many have too much, but none enough.
Better have a dog for your friend than your enemy.
No one can have peace longer than his neighbor pleases.
Proportion your expenses to what you have, not what you expect.
I have a cow in the sky, but cannot drink her milk.
No child was ever born without having been conceived.
Appetite comes with eating; the more one has, the more one would have.
By the time the fool has learned the game, the players have dispersed.
He who invites storks must have frogs in the house.
I would rather have a dog as a friend than an enemy.
Only when the horses have escaped do men repair the stable.
When do we have a day of fast? When there is no bread and ham in the larder.
