In a game it's difficult to know when to stop.
In church, in the taverns, and in coffins all men are equal.
In every little house there is a little louse.
Ink, if not used, will dry up.
It is a poor parish where the priest has to ring his own bells.
It is easier to take a couple of drinks than to refuse them.
It is easier to watch over one hundred fleas than one young girl.
Love is like the moon: now full, now dark.
Love without jealousy is like a Pole with no moustache.
Never seek the wind in the field. It is useless to try and find what is gone.
Nowadays you have to go to heaven to meet an angel.
Nowadays you must go to heaven to meet an angel.
Old truths, old laws, old friends, old books, and old wine are best.
On a thief, the hat's on fire.
One ducat before the trial is worth three afterwards.
One may teach another to speak, but none can teach another to hold his peace.
Stroke the horse until it is saddled.
Tasty fish have to swim three times: once in the water, then in butter, and finally in wine.
That which everybody guards will soon disappear.
The Italian invents it; the Frenchman makes it; the Germans sell it; the Pole buys it and the Tartar plunders it.
The bell is loud because it is empty.
