Young soldiers, old beggars.
More German Proverbs:
Amendment is repentance.German
Drive not a second nail till the first be clinched.
German
If you have a good friend, you don't need a mirror.
German
Who carries doubtful people to his house, will doubtless from his carriage something lose.
German
Anger hears no counsel.
German
I can see as far into a mill-stone as another man.
German