Giving advice to a stupid man is like giving salt to a squirrel. Beauty Beauty will fade, but not goodness.
Every cask smells of the wine it contains.
An old dog does not howl at the stump of a tree. To eat one must chew, to speak one must think. If a family has an old person in it, it possesses a jewel. Hen Hens that cackle much lay few eggs. There is no medicine against old age.