Get thy spindle and thy distaff ready and God will send thee flax.
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Look not for musk in a dog's kennel.
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A servant is known by his master's absence.
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When God will punish, he will first take away the understanding.
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Hungry bellies have no ears.
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There is no general rule without some exception.
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When the tree is fallen, every one runs to it with his axe.
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No man is born Wise or learned.
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At length the fox is brought to the furrier.
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Good and quickly seldom meet.
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One flower makes no garland.
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Self comes first.
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He that fears every bush must never go a-birding.
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Fair is not fair, but that which pleaseth.
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The rotten apple injures its neighbours.
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Need makes the old wife trot.
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Sweep before your own door.
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He that tells a secret, is another's servant.
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Fat paunches have lean pates.
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Of a small spark a great fire.
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