Don’t carry your head too high, the door is low.
More German Proverbs:
Better one living word than a hundred dead ones.German
He who buys a house gets many a plank and nail for nothing.
German
Where honour ceaseth, there knowledge decreaseth.
German
Whatever is to be a hook, bends early.
German
Red sky at night, shepherd's delight; red sky in the morning, shepherd's warning.
German
Even a hair casts its shadow.
German