A good figure is better than a reference letter.
Fear and restlessness kill more than do illnesses.
Half an egg is better than an empty eggcup.
Nothing is more elegant than ready money!
Nothing speaks more eloquently than money.
There are more foolish buyers than foolish sellers.
There are more old drunkards than old doctors.
It is better to work and be free than to be fed in captivity.
A king's son is no nobler than his company.
Better an empty purse than an empty head.
It is better to trust the eyes rather than the ears.
It's a bad bridge that is narrower than the stream.
Better a drop of wisdom than an ocean of gold.
Better the first of its kind than the last.
What is true is no more sure than the probable.
Verbal fraud is worse than monetary fraud.
In winter a fire is better than a muscat blossom.
This is better than the thing we never had.
A bad agreement is better than a good lawsuit.
A good conscience is better than a big wage.
An old debt is better than an old grudge.
