He that does amiss never lacks excuses.
Accountability • Excuses • Mistakes
All criminals turn preachers when they are under the gallows.
Crime • Justice • Morality
Where there are no dogs the fox is a king.
Animals • Leadership • Power
To every one his own cross seems heaviest.
Adversity • Perseverance
Not all who go to church say their prayers.
Beliefs • Faith • Prayer
Under white ashes there is glowing coal.
Perseverance • Resilience • Transformation
Better is a near neighbor than a distant cousin.
Relationships
Whom a serpent has bitten, a lizard alarms.
Danger • Fear
Do not judge of the ship while it is on the stocks.
Patience • Perseverance • Wisdom
The sheep that bleats is strangled by the wolf.
Danger • Nature • Survival
New nets don't catch old birds.
Change • Resistance • Tradition
Many are brave when the enemy flees.
Adversity • Bravery • Conflict
An old dog does not bark for nothing.
Experience • Wisdom
Think much, say little, write less.
Communication • Wisdom
He that cannot is always willing.
Improvement • Motivational • Perseverance
He that knows nothing knows enough if he knows how to be silent.
Communication • Humility • Wisdom
Who speaks, sows; who keeps silence, reaps.
Actions • Communication
He that is a donkey, and believes himself a deer, finds out his mistake at the leaping of the ditch.
Animals • Awareness • Deception
Who goes softly goes safely, and who goes safely goes far.
Safety • Success • Wisdom
If you let them lay the calf on your back it will not be long before they chip on the cow.
Power • Respect
