Vice often rides triumphantly in the coach of virtue. (German Proverb)
To live long, eat like a cat, drink like a dog. (German Proverb)
Time brings everything, to those who can wait for it. (German Proverb)
They who eat cherries with the great, are like to have the stones and stalks flung in their face. (German Proverb)
There is nothing for which the boors pray so much to God as that the horses of the squirearchy may not die, for otherwise they would ride the boors with spurs. (German Proverb)
When God says "today," the devil says "tomorrow." (German Proverb)
Whatever is given to the poor, is laid out of the reach of fortune. (German Proverb)
What little Hans didn't learn, big Hans doesn't know. (German Proverb)
Weapons, women, and locks must be guarded at all times. (German Proverb)