| Between saying and doing, many a pair of shoes is worn out. |
| Not everything which is bad comes to hurt us. |
| When the danger is past God is cheated. |
| Old wine and friends improve with age. |
| A little man often cast a long shadow. |
| Hasty climbers have sudden falls. |
| Bed is the poor man's opera. |
| There is no robber worse than a bad book. |
| Beware of one who has nothing to lose. |
| The person who lives by hope will die by despair. |
| Who goes to Rome a beast returns a beast. |
| Of what does not concern you say nothing good or bad. |
| After the game the King and pawn go into the same box. |
| He that jokes confesses. |
| Once the game is over, the king and the pawn go back into the same box. |
| Our last garment is made without pockets. |
| To him who is determined it remains only to act. |
| Speak of the Devil and he appears. |
| If a man deceives me once, shame on him; if he deceives me twice, shame on me. |
| He that flatters you more than you desire either has deceived you or wishes to deceive. |
| Often he who does too much does too little. |
| The fool has to do at last what the wise did at first. |
| Big mouthfuls often choke. |
| He who enjoys good health is rich, though he knows it not. |
| The healthy die first. |
| He gains a great deal who loses a vain hope. |
| Hope is the last to abandon the unhappy. |
| Hunger is the best sauce. |
| The person who lives with cripples will soon learn to limp. |
| He who knows little quickly tells it. |
| Never do that by proxy which you can do yourself. |
| The right man comes at the right time. |
| He who is not impatient is not in love. |
| Substance is not enough, accident is also required. |
| The buyer needs a hundred eyes; the seller but one. |
| The best way to get praise is to die. |
| If the wife sins, the husband is not innocent. |
| Misfortune does not always result in harm. |
| Moderate profits fill the purse. |
| Money begets money. |
| Where gold speaks every tongue is silent. |
If the secret sorrows of everyone could be read on their forehead, how many who now cause envy would suddenly become the objects of pity.
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| At a round table there is no dispute about place. |
| The best armor is to keep out of range. |
| Voice of one, voice of none. |
| When God punishes a land, he deprives it leaders of wisdom. |
| Reason lies between the bridle and the spur. |
| The rich never have to seek out their relatives. |
| The just man may sin with an open chest of gold before him. |
| After the ship has sunk, everyone knows how she might have been saved. |
| He who knows little knows enough if he knows how to hold is tongue. |
| A hundred wagon loads of thoughts will not pay a single ounce of debt. |
| Of the wealth of the world each has as much as they take. |
| Public money is like holy water; everyone helps himself to it. |
