Russian proverbs

A bad corn promise is better than a good lawsuit. A bad workman quarrels with his tools. He knows how many beans make five. A black hen lays a white egg. A cock is valiant on his own dunghill. A cursed cow has short horns. All asses wag their ears. All promises are either broken or kept. A creaking door hangs long on its hinges. A great dowry is a bed full of brambles. A man can die but once. A man can do no more than he can. A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder. A threatened blow is seldom given. After dinner comes the reckoning. All promises are either broken or kept. All are good lasses, so whence come the bad wives? A creaking door hangs long on its hinges. A great dowry is a bed full of brambles. All are not friends that speak us fair. All are not hunters that blow the horn. All are not merry that dance lightly. All are not saints that go to church. An open door may tempt a saint. He knows how many beans make five. Before you make a friend eat a bushel of salt with him. Better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion. Between the cup and the lip a morsel may slip. Beware of a silent dog and still water. Calamity is man's true touchstone. Diseases are the interests of pleasures. All asses wag their ears. All promises are either broken or kept. Crows do not pick crow's eyes. Claw me, and I will claw thee. Dog does not eat dog. Dog eats dog. An old dog barks not in vain. Dogs that put up many hares kill none. Don't keep a dog and bark yourself. Dumb dogs are dangerous. Beware of a silent dog and still water. Every dog is a lion at home. Every barber knows that. Every bean has its black. Every bullet has its billet. Every man has a fool in his sleeve. First catch your hare.