A lawyer and a cart-wheel must be greased.
More German Proverbs:
Don't carry your head too high, the door is low.German
Less advice and more hands.
German
Let the devil get into the church, and he will mount the altar.
German
A nail secures the horse-shoe, the shoe the horse, the horse the man, the man the castle, and the castle the whole land.
German
The empty waggon must make room for the full one.
German
The person who has no enemies also has no friends.
German