Who is mighty? One who makes an enemy into a friend.
The potter sleeps soundly, for no one would steal clay.
In your neighbors' soup there is always one fatty morsel.
He is a sorry barber who has but one comb.
If you have no one else, then confer with your knee.
In the eyes of a lover a pock-marked face is one with pretty dimples.
One joy can drive away a hundred sorrows.
The good fellow to everyone is a good friend to no one.
Hearts do not meet one another like roads.
Strong attachment is difficult -- it makes one mad or kills.
If the stomachache were in the foot, one would go lame.
When one chief falls, another rises.
One ducat before the trial is worth three afterwards.
A rich widow weeps in one eye and laughs with the other.
No one is poor but he who thinks himself so.
Don't be so clever; cleverer ones than you are in jail.
One can get sick of cake, but never of bread.
An empty knapsack is heavier to carry than a full one.
When big bells ring, little ones are not heard.
Abuses are the result of seeing one another too often.
With one stump you can't make a good fire.