Begin with small things, that you may achieve great. A devil with experience is better than an angel without. What the great say, the humble hear. He who steals an egg will steal a horse also. Turn the spit, so that neither meat nor roasting-iron shall burn. One can spoil the good name of a thousand. What manner of things thou speakest of, such shalt thou also hear. The grandfather ate unripe grapes, and the grandson's teeth were set on edge. One bad deed begets another. Go home when the table is set, and to church when it is almost over. A devil at home, a parson abroad. God created men and women: who, then, created monks? Poor and proud. In dreams the hungry see bread and the thirsty water. Ere the fat become lean, the lean are already dead. Wish for a cow for your neighbor, that God may give you two. What is play to the cat is death to the mouse. Unless the child cries, the mother will not suckle it. A fish in the water is worth nothing. Gold is small but of great worth. At home the dog is very brave. Observe the mother ere you take the daughter. If you lose half and then leave off, something is gained. The good mourn for what was taken away, the wolf for what was left behind. Only a bearded man can laugh at a beardless face. He descends from a horse and seats himself on an ass. No other day can equal the one that is past. When a man grows rich, he thinks his walls are awry. Make friends with a dog, but keep a stick in your hand. One should not feel hurt at the kick of an ass. The blind have no higher wish than to have two eyes. The thief wants only a dark night. A thief robbed another thief, and God marvelled at it in heaven. He who has money has no sense; and he who has sense, no money. He who begs is shameless, but still more shameless is he who lends not to him. Better lose one's eyes than one's calling. What the wind brings it will take away again. A bad dog neither eats himself nor gives to others. Running is also an art. Only in the bath can one tell black from white. Water is sure to find its way. What does the blind care if candles are dear? Speak little and you will hear much. No one is sure that his light will burn till morning. He who speaks the truth must have one foot in the stirrup. The more you stone a dog the more he barks. One blossom does not make a spring. One hand cannot clap alone. Strike the iron while it is hot. Take up a stick, and the thieving dog understands. Corruption illumines dark paths. When they laid down the law to the wolf, he said, "Be quiet, or the sheep will run away." One hears Ali is dead; but one knows not which one. The scornful soon grow old. Who shall work? I and thou. Who shall eat? I and thou. Stay in the place where there is bread. If bread tastes good, it is all one to me whether a Jew or a Turk bakes it. One loves the rose, another the lilac. Before Susan had done prinking, church was over.