It is hard to catch hares with unwilling hounds, [334]

It is hard to find a pin in the dark, [324]

It is hard to glean after a niggardly husbandman, [394]

It is hard to labour with an empty belly, [362]

It is hard to lure hawks with empty hands, [361]

It is hard to make a fire on a cold hearth, [361]

It is hard to pay for bread that has been eaten, [395]

It is hard to please every one, [317]

It is hard to sail without wind, and to grind without water, [394]

It is hard to steal where the host himself is a thief, [146], [324] (See It is not easy)