To be between the hammer and the anvil.
Adversity • Conflict • Difficulties
To one who has a pie in the oven you may give a bit of your cake.
Generosity
It is always the worst wheel that creaks.
Adversity • Patience • Perseverance
He that excuses himself accuses himself.
Accountability • Improvement • Responsibility
A good swimmer is not safe from all chance of drowning.
Awareness • Risk • Safety
No one is so open-handed as he who has nothing to give.
Generosity • Humility • Poverty
The doctor is often more to be feared than the disease.
Authority • Fear • Health
Nothing is given so freely as advice.
Advice • Generosity • Wisdom
When the devil says his paternosters he wants to cheat you.
Deception • Evil • Religion
A donkey does not stumble twice over the same stone.
Experience • Learning • Mistakes
Wind in the face makes a man wise.
Experience • Nature • Wisdom
Fools invent fashions, and wise men follow them.
Fashion • Innovation • Leadership
You cannot make an ass drink if he is not thirsty.
Animals • Humor
One may go far after he is tired.
Endurance • Motivational • Perseverance
All comes right for him who can wait.
Endurance • Optimism • Patience
The night brings counsel.
Advice • Reflection • Time
Soon or late the strong needs the help of the weak.
Strength
Little presents keep up friendship.
Friendship • Gifts • Relationships
What the child hears at the fire is soon known at the minster.
Communication • Gossip • Rumors
He that marries for love has good nights and bad days.
Love • Marriage • Relationships
