A hungry man smells meat afar off.
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Every man is mad on some point.
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Our neighbour's ground yields better corn than ours.
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The kettle calls the pot black-brows.
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Mills will not grind if you give them not water.
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If all fools wore feathers we should seem a flock of geese.
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A grey head is often placed on green shoulders.
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There is no arguing with a large fist.
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A hired horse tired never.
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One thief robs another.
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Fear has magnifying eyes.
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Send a fool to France, and a fool he'll come back.
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The fox preys farthest from his home.
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Rust eats up iron.
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The horse thinks one thing and he who rides him another.
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Rub a galled horse on the back and he will wince.
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He that does not sow does not mow.
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Everyone has a fool in his sleeve.
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Sweet appears sour when we pay.
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Like carpenter, like chips.
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