Cut down the tree that you are able to.
Death answers before it is asked.
Death carries on its shoulders a heavy Tsar just as easily as a light beggar.
Death does not come free of charge, for it costs us our life.
Death does not take the old but the ripe.
Death is a giant against whom even the Tsars must draw weapons.
Death is not found behind mountains but right behind our shoulders.
Deprive a mirror of its silver and even the czar won't see his face.
Do not make an elephant out of a fly.
Do not make jokes that cost more than a ruble.
Don't be so clever; cleverer ones than you are in jail.
Don't blame your wife's side if your son is cross-eyed.
Don't boast when you start out, but when you get there.
Don't buy the house, buy the neighborhood.
Don't look for a sea when you can drown in a puddle.
Don't praise your furnace when the house is cold.
Don't put it in my ear, but in my hand.
Don't worry if you borrow -- worry if you lend.
Ears do not grow higher than the head.
Eat until you are half full; drink until you are half drunk.
Eat what is cooked; listen to what is said.
