He can do but little who cannot threaten another, [203]

He cannot find water in the sea, [235]

He cannot lead a good life who serves without wages, [75]

He cannot lay eggs, but he can cackle, [327]

He carries fire and water, [26]

He counts his chickens before they are hatched, [327]

He cries out before he is hurt, [96]

He dances well to whom fortune pipes, [73], [177]

He did not invent gunpowder, [236]

He does a good day’s work who rids himself of a fool, [9]