"An old cat will never learn to dance."
-- Moroccan Jewish Saying

"You can cage a bird, but you cannot make him sing."
-- French Jewish Saying

"Hay is more acceptable to an ass than gold."
-- Latin Proverb

"Habits are cobwebs at first; cables at last."
-- Chinese Proverb

"Trust in Allah, but tie your camel."
-- Old Muslim Proverb

"It is not the horse that draws the cart, but the oats."
-- Russian proverb

"Do not remove a fly from your friend's forehead with a hatchet."
-- Chinese Proverb

"If a cat washes her face in front of several persons, the first person she looks at will be the first to get married."
-- Early American saying

"In a cat's eyes all things belong to cats."
-- English saying

"Old birds are hard to pluck."
-- German Proverb

"In the ant's house, the dew is a flood."
-- Old Proverb

"When spiders unite they can tie down a lion."
-- Ethiopian Proverb

"No need to teach an eagle to fly."
-- Greek Proverb

"One hundred people can sit together peacefully, but two dogs in the same place will pick a fight."
-- Kurdistan Jewish Saying

"It is the part of a good shepherd to shear his flock, not to skin it."
-- Latin Proverb

"God gives every bird his worm, but he does not throw it into the nest.
-- Swedish Proverb

"Be thine enemy an ant, see in him an elephant..."
-- Turkish Proverb

"Her horns are not heavy for a cow"
-- Ethiopian Proverb

"Never try to catch two frogs with one hand."
-- Chinese Proverb

"Use your enemy's hand to catch a snake."
-- Persian Proverb

"Where there are no swamps there are no frogs."
-- German Proverb

"Judge not the horse by his saddle."
-- Chinese Proverb

"If you are a host to your guest, be a host to his dog also."
-- Russian Proverb

"If three people say you are an ass, put on a bridle."
-- Spanish Proverb

"Beware of still water, a still dog, and a still enemy."
-- Yiddish Proverb

"If wishes were horses, beggars might ride."
-- English Proverb

"One dog barks at something, the rest bark at him."
-- Chinese Proverb

"Without a shepherd, sheep are not a flock."
-- Russian Proverb

"A prudent man does not make the goat his gardener."
-- Hungarian Proverb

"Call the bear 'Uncle' till you are safe across the bridge."
-- Turkish Proverb

"The turtle lays thousands of eggs without anyone knowing, but when the hen lays an egg, the whole country is informed."
-- Malaysian Proverb

"The sheep has no choice when in the jaws of the wolf."
-- Chinese proverb

"A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush."
-- Greek Proverb

"If you cannot bite, don't show your teeth."
-- Yiddish Proverb

"A bird is known by his feathers."
-- Yiddish Proverb

"When the cat's away, the mice will play."
-- Western Europe Proverb