It is better to turn back than go astray, [171]

It is bitter fare to eat one’s own words, [360]

It is courage that vanquishes in war, and not good weapons, [199]

It is cowardly to fly from a living enemy, or to abuse a dead one, [384]

It is dangerous to eat cherries with the great, they throw the stones at your head, [359]

It is dear-bought butter that is licked off a woolcomb, [358]

It is dear honey that must be licked off thorns, [170]

It is difficult to get many heads under one hat, [361]

It is difficult to hide what everybody knows, [361]