Old thieves make good jailers.
More German Proverbs:
Better is an enemy to good.German
A flatterer has water in one hand and fire in the other.
German
After dinner stand a while, or walk nearly half a mile.
German
What the farmer does not know he doesn't eat.
German
It is better to turn back than go astray.
German
Where honour ceaseth, there knowledge decreaseth.
German