Precious things are mostly in small compass.
More Dutch Proverbs:
Men must sail while the wind serveth.Dutch
He who has no thirst has no business at the fountain.
Dutch
He that well considers the world, must own he has never seen a better.
Dutch
Cent-wisdom and dollar-folly.
Dutch
Pull gently at a weak rope.
Dutch
The young ravens are beaked like the old.
Dutch