Many love to praise right and do wrong.
That which one most forehets soonest comes to pass.
Better ask twice than lose your way once.
The fox does not go twice into the same trap.
Under white ashes lie often glowing embers.
He loves me as the devil loves holy water.
Advice to a fool goes in at one ear and out at the other.
Falsehood, like a nettle, stings those who meddle with it.
He who builds according to every man's advice will have a crooked house.
Words once spoken cannot be wiped out with a sponge.
Fresh air impoverishes the doctor.
It is not for the good of the cow when she is driven in a carriage.
He who feeds a wolf, strengthens his enemy.
When the manger is empty the horses fight.
It is only the blind who ask why they are loved who are fair.
You may speak with your gold and make other tongues silent.
You may shut your doors against a thief, but not against a liar.
You may preach ever so long to the wolf, he will nevertheless call for the lamb before night.
You may often feel that heavily on your back which you took lightly on your conscience.
You may light another's candle at your own without loss.
You may get something off a bone, but nothing off a stone.
You may gain by fair words what may fail you by angry ones.
You may force an ox to the water, but you cannot make him drink.
You may force a man to shut his eyes, but not to sleep.
You may force a horse to the water, but you cannot make him drink.
You may cook in small pots aw well as in large ones.
You may call that your own which no one can take from you.
You may as well be hung for a sheep as a lamb.
You may always find an opportunity in your sleeve, if you like.
You have either to suffer a lot or die young.
