| English | Russian |
| choice of the end covers choice of the means | цель оправдывает средства |
| lovers' quarrels mean the renewal of love паи lovers under the sun quarrel just for fun | милые бранятся – только тешатся |
| perfect courage means doing unwitnessed what one would be capable of doing before the whole world | истинное мужество – доказать что-либо себе, а не всему миру |
| perfect courage means doing unwitnessed what one would be capable of doing before the whole world | истинная доблесть – делать незаметно то, что способен делать прилюдно |
| perfect courage means doing unwitnessed what one would be capable of doing before the whole world | смелый человек не пасует перед авторитетами |
| perfect courage means doing unwitnessed what one would be capable of doing before the whole world | настоящее мужество – это способность продемонстрировать его перед собой, а не перед всем миром |
| you want to run with the hare and hunt with the hounds, don't you? it means to be on both sides of the fence | и нашим и вашим под одну дуду спляшем (used as a critical remark to mean: vou (they, etc) act as an opportunist and a person without principles who is ready to please anyone, to work for both sides) |
| you want to run with the hare and hunt with the hounds, don't you? it means to be on both sides of the fence or to serve two masters, doesn't it? | и нашим и вашим (used as a critical remark to mean: vou (they, etc) act as an opportunist and a person without principles who is ready to please anyone, to work for both sides) |
