Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887.

Easy

It is easy to add to things that have once been invented.

It is easy to be generous of another man’s money.

It is easy to be generous out of another man’s purse.Dutch, Danish.

It is easy to bowl down hill.

It is easy to cut thongs from other men’s leather.Dutch.

It is easy to help him who is willing to be helped.German.

It is easy to manage when fortune favors.Danish.

It is easy to poke another man’s fire.Danish.

It is easy to rob an orchard when none keeps it.

It is easy to stride a tree when it is down.Danish.

It is easy to swim when another holds up your head.Danish.

It is easy to take a man’s part, but the matter is to maintain it.Gaelic.

Nothing is easy to the unwilling.