Venture a small fish to catch a great one
The only way to be sure of not losing a child is not having any
Make not the sauce till you have caught the fish.
Let every man praise the bridge that carries him over
Love thy neighbor, yet pull not down thy hedge
May as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb. English Proverb
Never love with all your heart, it only ends in breaking. English Proverb
Poor men seek meat for their stomach, rich men stomach for their meat. English Proverb
If thou canst not see the bottom, wade not
He who plants trees loves others beside himself
Kill not the goose that lays the golden eggs
Whom we love best, to them we can say least
What can be done at any time is never done at all
Every cock will crow upon his own dunghill. -mid 13th; 1st century AD in Latin
Don't drown the man who taught you to swim.
Craftiness must have clothes, but truth loves to go naked
The unwise man and the forweaned (spoiled) child have but one law
A man is as old as he feels himself to be
A man's first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own heart, his next to escape the censures of the world
A blind man will not thank you for a looking-glass
Everyone must row with the oars he has
Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst
He that hath many irons in the fire, some of them will cool
He that goes barefoot must not plant thorns
All be the same in a hundred years
The cat would eat fish, but would not wet her feet. -early 13th
A goose quill is more dangerous than a lion's claw
All temptations are found either in hope or fear
The Devil makes his Christmas pie of lawyers' tongues