Better a good hanging than a bad marriage.
More German Proverbs:
A teacher is better than two books.German
He who has not tasted bitter, knows not what sweet is.
German
Rent and taxes never sleep.
German
Let your trouble tarry till its own day comes.
German
Yorkshire born and Yorkshire bred, strong in the arm and weak in the head.
German
Don't cry hurra! till your are over the hedge (till you are out of the wood).
German