A single penny fairly got, is worth a thousand that are not.
More German Proverbs:
Apes remain apes, though you cloth them in velvet.German
Put out the fire betimes, ere it reach the roof.
German
The fuller the cask, the duller its sound.
German
Bear and bull catch no fox.
German
Bad money always comes back.
German
Full vessels give the least sound.
German