Women and fishes are best in the middle.
More German Proverbs:
A huckster who cannot pass off mouse-turd for pepper, has not learned his trade.German
A bold does not always fall when it thunders.
German
Who refuses to submit to justice, must not complain of oppression.
German
There come just as many calf-skins as cow-skins to market.
German
Nought is good for the eyes, but not for the stomach.
German
Offend one monk, and the lappets of all cowls will flutter as far as Rome.
German