| Subject | Russian | English |
| proverb | одна голова не бедна, а бедна, так одна | we bachelors laugh and show our teeth |
| proverb | одна голова не бедна, а бедна, так одна | freedom is a fair thing (contrast: that's life without a wife!. A single man's life is not as full of problems (and troubles) as that of a man with a wife and children, it is better to remain single) |
| proverb | одна голова не бедна, а бедна, так одна | one man though undone is but one |
| proverb | одна голова не бедна, а и бедна, так одна | we bachelors laugh and show our teeth |
| proverb | одна голова не бедна, а и бедна, так одна | freedom is a fair thing (contrast: that's life without a wife!. A single man's life is not as full of problems (and troubles) as that of a man with a wife and children, it is better to remain single) |
| proverb | одна голова не бедна, а и бедна, так одна | one man though undone is but one |
