A smooth sea never made a skilled mariner.
~ English Proverb
A smooth sea never made a skilled marine.
Everyone must row with the oars he has.
When they came to shoe the horses the beetle stretched out his leg.
A Scotch mist may wet an Englishman to the skin.
Danger and delight grow on one stalk.
He who is shipwrecked the second time cannot lay the blame on Neptune.
All is fair in love and war.
What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.
The shortest answer is doing.
He that has no charity deserves no mercy.
We are usually the best men when in the worst health.
Time is a file that wears and makes no noise.
He who says what he likes shall hear what he does not like.
A nimble sixpence is better than a slow shilling.
As old as the itch.
A man of words and not of deeds Is like a garden full of weeds.
Every man is the architect of his own fortune.
Let us agree not to step on each other's feet said the cock to the horse.
The crow when travelling abroad came back just as black.
If you dam a river it stagnates. Running water is beautiful water.
