The tyrant grinds down his slaves and they don't turn against him, they crush those beneath them. Emily Brontë
Law grinds the poor, and rich men rule the law. Oliver Goldsmith
Though the mills of God grind slowly, yet they grind exceeding small Though with patience he stands waiting, with exactness grinds he all. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Who arrives at the mill first, grinds. Sicilian Proverb
He is my friend who grinds at my mill. Spanish Proverb
The first at the mill grinds first. Italian Proverb