German Proverb

Good things are not done in a hurry.

Who begins too much accomplishes little.

A hedge between keeps friendship green.

Contentment is worth more than riches.

The best brewer sometimes makes bad beer.

The eyes believe themselves the ears believe other people.

The best carpenters make the fewest chips.

Patience is a bitter plant but it has sweet fruit.

Even the lion has to defend himself against flies.

To change and to improve are two different things.

Great things are done more through courage than through wisdom.

Nothing in this world is permanent.

Whose bread I eat his song I sing.

When a dove begins to associate with crows its feathers remain white but its heart grows black.

An old man loved is Winter with flowers.

Old birds are hard to pluck.

Never give advice unless asked.

It's the whole not the detail that matters.