A ship on the beach is a lighthouse to the sea.
It is hard to live in Rome and strive against the Pope.
It is a bad hen that lays her eggs away from the farm.
There is no virtue in a promise unless it be kept.
When two enemies blow one horn, the third will have to suffer for it.
Vice is learnt without a schoolmaster.
The goose that has a good gander cackles loudly.
A tottering man must lean upon a staff.
A threatened man lives long, if he can get bread.
Fire and straw soon make a flame.
A full belly dances better than a fine coat.
A man does not always aim at what he means to hit.
It is no child's play when an old woman dances.
It is bad for puppies to play with bear-cubs.
Blind hen also finds grains.
