If you’ve money, take a seat; it you’ve none, take to your feet.
More German Proverbs:
Who comes unbidden departs unthanked.German
Don't cry before you are hurt.
German
Time and opportunity are in no man's sleeve.
German
He who is always drinking and stuffing, will in time become a ragamuffin.
German
He who begins much, finishes little.
German
He who always thinks it is too soon, is sure to come too late.
German