“To him who is determined it remains only to act.”
“The rich never have to seek out their relatives.”
“The person who lives by hope will die by despair.”
“Never do that by proxy which you can do yourself.”
“At a round table there is no dispute about place.”
“Substance is not enough, accident is also required.”
“The buyer needs a hundred eyes; the seller but one.”
“Of what does not concern you say nothing good or bad.”
“After the game the King and pawn go into the same box.”
“The fool has to do at last what the wise did at first.”
“Of the wealth of the world each has as much as they take.”
“He who enjoys good health is rich, though he knows it not.”
“Between saying and doing, many a pair of shoes is worn out.”
“The person who lives with cripples will soon learn to limp.”
“When God punishes a land, he deprives it leaders of wisdom.”
“The just man may sin with an open chest of gold before him.”
“Public money is like holy water; everyone helps himself to it.”
“He who knows little knows enough if he knows how to hold is tongue.”
“After the ship has sunk, everyone knows how she might have been saved.”
“A hundred wagon loads of thoughts will not pay a single ounce of debt.”
“Once the game is over, the king and the pawn go back into the same box.”
“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.”
“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.”