When God means to punish a nation, He deprives its rulers of wisdom.

A cat that has been scalded is afraid of cold water.

If the world is flooded, it will be easy for the duck.

Every woman needs two men -- one to be married to and the other to compare.

The kettle smuts the frying-pan.

A cobbler should stick to his last.

That which satisfies is enough.

Do not laugh at the fallen; you may find slippery roads ahead.

Good management is better than good income.

Everything is small at the beginning and then grows; except trouble, which is big at the beginning and still grows.