Slowly but surely the bird builds his nest.
Where there is nothing, the emperor loses his right.
A person with a wound on his head keeps touching it.
Follow the saint no further than his doorstep.
Everyone thinks his own burden heavy.
Who wishes to travel far spares his steed.
When a king has good counsellors, his reign is peaceful.
Who accepts from another sells his freedom.
A priest blesses his own bread first.
Someone with an unrelenting heart is his own executioner.
Whoever depends on his wife's earnings will not succeed.
If someone sweats for you, you change his shirt.
A bad one breaks his board.
Every dog is a tiger in his own street.
The spouse of a woman is a man, the spouse of a man is his livelihood.
Whoever has no children has no light in his eyes.
An Irishman is never at his best except when fighting.
Every patient is a doctor after his cure.
What is the world to a man when his wife is a widow.
Everyone thinks his own cross is heaviest.
Each man makes his own shipwreck.
