Got with the fife, spent with the drum.
More German Proverbs:
Cheating is the chapman's cart and plough.German
You cannot hang a man twice.
German
What one is accustomed to in youth, one does in old age.
German
Whoever cares to learn will always find a teacher.
German
The man in the moon stole the wood.
German
Who takes the child by the hand, takes the mother by the heart.
German