A lucky man is rarer than a white crow.
Never does nature say one thing and Wisdom another. Variant: Wisdom and Nature! are they not the same? Variant: Nature and Wisdon always speak alike.
The traveller with empty pockets will sing in the thief 's face.
Of what avail are pedigrees?
Censure pardons the ravens but rebukes the doves. [The innocent are punished and the wicked escape.]
Pray for a healthy mind in a healthy body.