It is difficult to fly without wings.

It is difficult to fly without wings.

Ants will not go to an empty granary, and friends will not visit
us when our wealth is gone.

Ants will not go to an empty granary, and friends will not visit
us when our wealth is gone.

Behind the clouds is the sun still shining.

Behind the clouds is the sun still shining.

He touches nothing but he adds a charm.

He touches nothing but he adds a charm.

Thou wear a lion's hide! doff it for shame,
And hang a calf's skin on those recreant limbs.

Thou wear a lion's hide! doff it for shame,
And hang a calf's skin on those recreant limbs.

He who has once made himself notorious as utterly unprincipled,
is not credited even when he speaks the truth.

He who has once made himself notorious as utterly unprincipled,
is not credited even when he speaks the truth.

Being on sea saile, being on land settle.

Being on sea saile, being on land settle.

Let him play the second fiddle who can't play the first.

Let him play the second fiddle who can't play the first.

Little wealth, little care.

Little wealth, little care.