Love is like war: you begin when you like and leave off when you can.
It takes two to quarrel, but only one to end it.
Fire does not make fire, only ashes.
The water can only flow thanks to the well.
All earthly goods we have only on loan.
Beauty doesn't exist, men only dream it.
Only death itself can end our hope.
Only he who understands is really sad.
Only heaven can see the back of a sparrow.
A blind cat catches only a dead rat.
You can't clap with one hand only.
The barrel can only yield the wine that's in it.
Cactus is bitter only to him who tastes it.
A man without a woman is only half a man.
Only scratch where you can reach.
Only the sufferers know how their bellies ache.
The hero appears only when the tiger is dead.
The Tsar has three hands but only one ear.
God lets things go -- but only to a point.
The most noble dog can only bark.
