“Although he comes and cuts me down, I’ll grow next spring.”

Everyone gets argr as he gets older.

It is better one time to see things than one hundred times to hear about them.

Children will thrive best on varied diet.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

You do not really know your friends from your enemies until the ice breaks.

Our good life sure is there for us, unless we learned some bad conduct in our home as children.

The gift expects another gift in return.

Pissing in your shoes won’t keep your feet warm for long.

Let him who has enough be satisfied.

It is better one time to see things than one hundred times to hear about them.

The more renowned woman often has fewer rings.

It is an ill bird that fouls its own nest; Don’t wash your dirty linen in public.

All is not gold that glistereth.

All sails do not suit every ship.

Politeness costs little but yields much.

Those who get praised most loudly, disappoint me the most.