James Wood, comp. Dictionary of Quotations. 1899.

Russian Proverb

Dla przyjaciela nowego / Nie opuszczaj starego!—To keep a new friend, never break with the old.

Fools grow of themselves without sowing or planting.

Gold has wings which carry everywhere except to heaven.

Measure your cloth ten times; you can cut it but once.

Shame is worse than death.