Princes have long hands and many ears.
More German Proverbs:
A good name is a second inheritance.German
It is easier to guard against a bushel of fleas than a woman.
German
I can see as far into a mill-stone as another man.
German
All wooers are rich, and all captives poor.
German
Flatterers haunt not cottages.
German
Quick enough, if but good enough.
German