It Is The Nature Of The Unfortunate

A Woman Finds It Much Easier To Do Ill Than Well. [lat., Mulieri Nimio Male Facere Melius Est Onus, Quam Bene.]

To Waste One's Breath; To Pump Into A Sieve.

Let Not Your Expenditure Exceed Your Income.

Poverty Is A Thorough Instructress In All The Arts. [lat., Paupertas . . . Omnes Artes Perdocet.]

Keep What You Have Got; The Known Evil Is Best. [lat., Habeas Ut Nactus; Nota Mala Res Optima Est.]