As long as the sun shines one does not ask for the moon.
As soon as your cart is turned over, everyone rushes to give you advice.
Ask a lot, but take what is offered.
Bad luck is fertile.
Badly oiled wheels will squeak.
Be wise, but pretend to be ignorant.
Beauty is the sister of idleness and the mother of luxury.
Better a bed of wood than a bier of gold.
Better a dove on the plate than a woodgrouse in the mating place.
Better to turn back than to lose your way.
Bread and salt never quarrel.
Bury truth in a golden coffin, it will break it open.
Chickens are counted in autumn.
Clemency is the support of justice.
Clever father, clever daughter; clever mother, clever son.
Close to the Tsar, close to death.
Confide a secret to a dumb man and he will speak.
Conversation shortens the distance, singing lightens the load.
Cry and the whole world cries with you.
Curious Varvara's nose was torn off.
Custom is stronger than law.
