Sometimes life coughs up coincidences no writer of fiction would dare copy. Stephen King
Every intelligent being, whether it breathes or not, coughs nervously at some time in its life. Terry Pratchett
Paris is a hard place to leave, even when it rains incessantly and one coughs continually from the dampness. Willa Cather
The earth does not shake when the flea coughs. Lower Austria Proverb
When the Czar has a cold all Russia coughs. Russian Proverb
Languages differ but coughs are the same. Nigerian Proverb