Who begins too much accomplishes little.
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A hedge between keeps friendship green.
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Whose bread I eat his song I sing.
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God gives the nuts but he does not crack them.
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The eyes believe themselves the ears believe other people.
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A lean agreement is better than a fat lawsuit.
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Love your neighbor, but don't tear down your fence.
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A country can be judged by the quality of its proverbs.
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It's not that age brings childhood back again, Age merely shows what children we remain.
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Rast ich, so rost ich. (When I rest, I rust.)
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He who would rule must hear and be deaf, see and be blind.
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Loquacity and lying are cousins.
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Where there are no swamps there are no frogs.
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He who teaches children learns more than they do.
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One does evil enough when one does nothing good.
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Whoever cares to learn will always find a teacher.
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Anger without power is folly.
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Beauty is a good letter of introduction
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The wise man has long ears and a short tongue.
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As fast as laws are devised, their evasion is contrived.
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To change and to change for the better are two different things.
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Who takes the child by the hand takes the mother by the heart.
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When the fox preaches, look to the geese.
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Old birds are hard to pluck.
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God gives, but man must open his hand.
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Never give advice unless asked.
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Charity sees the need not the cause.
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