A tottering man must lean upon a staff.
Better coarse cloth than naked thighs.
Speedy execution is the mother of good fortune.
When fools go to market the huckster gets money.
A small cloud may hide both sun and moon.
The generous man grows rich in giving, the miser poor in taking.
A good king is better than an old law.
The watch-dog does not get sweet milk unless there be drowned mice in it.
Honeyed speech often conceals poison and gall.
When the fox preaches to the goose her neck is in danger.
A gross belly does not produce a refined mind.
It needs a light spirit to bear a heavy fate.
A short cut is often a wrong cut.
The raven always thinks that her young ones are the whitest.
A man does not always aim at what he means to hit.
