- Better do a kindness near home than go far to burn incense.
Chinese... - Better to bend than break
Scotts... - Better to light one candle than to curse the darkness
Chinese... - Better to lose the anchor than the whole ship.
Dutch... - Between saying and doing, many a pair of shoes is worn out.
Italian... - Beware of a man of one book.
Latin... - Beware of a man's shadow and a bee's sting.
Burmese... - Beware of a man that does not talk and a dog that does not bark.
Portuguese... - Beware of the young doctor and the old barber.
Benjamin... - The big thieves hang the little ones.
Czech...
