It is better to be condemned by many doctors than by one judge.
A good name is more valuable than a velvet garment.
The tar of my country is better than the honey of others.
An ant on the move does more than a dozing ox.
Ugliness with a good character is better than beauty.
Your own rags are better than another's gown.
When the mouth stumbles, it is worse than when the foot does.
A louse in the cabbage is better than no meat at all.
Better to have friends in the marketplace than money in your coffers.
Better a dove on the plate than a woodgrouse in the mating place.
Even an eagle will not fly higher than the sun.
It's better to be a cripple than always sitting down.
The hearth in our house is warmer than our neighbor's.
There is more light than can be seen through the window.
A known mistake is better than an unknown truth.
The wound of words is worse than the wound of swords.
Better to be a cuckold and not know it than to not be one and everybody say so.
A donkey decked in gold is better than an over-laden horse.
A man in love schemes more than a hundred lawyers.
A solitary ox shits more than a hundred swallows.
An ounce of blood is worth more than a pound of friendship.