No one is either rich or poor who has not helped himself to be so.
More German Proverbs:
The cows that low most give the least milk.German
Everything would be well were there not a "but."
German
In America an hour is forty minutes.
German
Nature draws stronger then seven oxen.
German
If you want to be old, hang yourself when you are young.
German
Young men may die, but old men must die.
German