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Let not your expenditure exceed your income.
Let not your expenditure exceed your income.
Live for today for tomorrow never comes.
Live for today for tomorrow never comes.
Promising is the eve of giving.
Promising is the eve of giving.
Scared out of his seven senses.
Scared out of his seven senses.
Willowes are weak, yet they bind other wood.
Willowes are weak, yet they bind other wood.
Your property is in danger when your neighbour's house is on
fire.
Your property is in danger when your neighbour's house is on
fire.
He who rushes headlong into love will fare worse than if he had
cast himself from a precipice.
He who rushes headlong into love will fare worse than if he had
cast himself from a precipice.
The battle is over when the foe has fallen.
The battle is over when the foe has fallen.
Like lips like lettuce (i.e. like has met its like).
(Lat., Similem habent labra lactucam.]
Like lips like lettuce (i.e. like has met its like).
(Lat., Similem habent labra lactucam.]