Tis well that wicked cows have short horns.
More Dutch Proverbs:
Who serves the public, serves a fickle master.Dutch
He who plants fruit-trees, must not count upon the fruit.
Dutch
He buys honey dear who has to lick it off thorns.
Dutch
Who weds a sot to get his cot, will lose the cot and keep the sot.
Dutch
A runaway monk never speaks well of his convent.
Dutch
Soon grass, soon hay.
Dutch