Thinking to bite something soft, he found it hard. [Catching a
Tartar]

Thinking to bite something soft, he found it hard. [Catching a
Tartar]

Spare your breath to cool your porridge.

Spare your breath to cool your porridge.

That, like an eagle in a dovecote, I
Fluttered your Volscians in Corioles.

That, like an eagle in a dovecote, I
Fluttered your Volscians in Corioles.

The hair that covers the wit is more than the wit, for the
greater hides the less.

The hair that covers the wit is more than the wit, for the
greater hides the less.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.
[Lat., Noli equi dentes inspicere donati.]

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.
[Lat., Noli equi dentes inspicere donati.]

What is got over the devil's back is spent under his belly.

What is got over the devil's back is spent under his belly.

Striving to better, oft we mar what's well.

Striving to better, oft we mar what's well.

You can drive out nature with a pitchfork but she keeps on coming
back.

You can drive out nature with a pitchfork but she keeps on coming
back.

An old mans staffe is the rapper of deaths doore.

An old mans staffe is the rapper of deaths doore.