Before the fat one slims, the slim one will die.
The droplet is always at its largest just before it drops.
Slander piles itself before the door of a widow.
Check before you bite if it is bread or a stone.
Don't try to fly before you have wings.
Life is half spent before one knows what life is.
Catch the bird before you build a cage.
You may never die before death arrives.
It is useful to first see the spark before the fire.
Do not slaughter a calf before its mother's eyes.
Tap even a stone bridge before crossing.
Open your mouth before you eat.
Before firing, you must take aim.
One ducat before the trial is worth three afterwards.
Better to be off with the old love before we be on with the new.
Make your bargain before beginning to plow.
Never ask pardon before you are accused.
Death is the black camel that kneels before every door.
She fixed me and broke me all at once.
We were together even when we were apart.
The rebel inside of me always ignored the rules.
