Ragged colts make the handsomest stallions.
More German Proverbs:
With one foot in the grave.German
Today red, tomorrow dead.
German
God's friends, the priest's foe.
German
I can see as far into a mill-stone as another man.
German
Self is the man.
German
If you've money, take a seat; it you've none, take to your feet.
German