"Your feet are crooked, your hair is good for nothing," said the pig to the horse.
A bachelor is never sent as a go-between.
A bad dancer always has trouble with his balls.
A bad peace is better than a good quarrel.
A boat stands firmer with two anchors.
A cat always knows whose meat it eats.
A cross-eyed tsar, one-eyed ministers, blind subjects.
A day is long, but a lifetime is short.
A drop hollows out a stone.
A drop of water in the eyes of the tsar costs the country many handkerchiefs.
A field in common is always ravaged by bears.
A fly cannot enter a closed mouth.
A fool is not afraid to lose his mind.
A friendly word is like a spring day.
A girl never grows into a lady.
Custom is stronger than law.
Don't worry if you borrow - worry if you lend.
No one can take two skins from one ox.
You cannot ride two horses with one ass.
The horse may run quickly, but it can't escape its own tail.
Death does not take the old but the ripe.
Long whiskers cannot take the place of brains.
If men could foresee the future, they would still behave as they do now.
Do not make me kiss, and you will not make me sin.
Haste is good only for catching flies.
A net will catch more than a pole.
Invite a peasant to your table and he'll put his feet on it.
The morning sun never lasts a day.
One does not look for good when he is well.
If you don't crack the shell, you can't eat the nut.
