German proverb

“Never give advice unless asked.”

“An old man loved is Winter with flowers.”

“Old birds are hard to pluck.”

“Whose bread I eat, his song I sing.”

“Nothing in this world is permanent.”

“Great things are done more through courage than through wisdom.”

“Fear makes the wolf bigger than he is.”

“Contentment is worth more than riches.”

“Who begins too much accomplishes little.”

“He who would rule must hear and be deaf, see and be blind.”

“Weeping bride, laughing wife; laughing bride, weeping wife.”

“Who takes the child by the hand takes the mother by the heart.”

“God helps those who help themselves.”

“God gives the nuts, but he does not crack them.”

“Better silent than stupid.”

“Speech is silver; silence is golden.”

“Truth has a handsome countenance but torn garments.”

“In time of war the devil makes more room in hell.”