Promises don’t fill the belly.
More German Proverbs:
A glutton young, a beggar old.German
A cat has nine lives, as the onion seven skins.
German
Every one thinks his own a falcon.
German
Tis his turn to-day, it will be mine to-morrow.
German
Weeds never die.
German
High houses are mostly empty in the upper story.
German