Be sure that the candle is lit before you throw away the match.
Bathe other people's children but don't wash behind their ears.
The beggar that begs near another beggar will never be rich.
Never hang your hat higher than you can reach.
You never meet your mother-in-law on the day that you are welldressed.
Don't hang all your clothes on one hook.
The higher the monkey climbs, the more it is exposed to danger.
If you see what the ducks eat then you eat no more duck.
Never let a boy do a man's work.
Never dress in mourning before the dead man is in his coffin.
Thanks cost nothing.
You can hate the dog, but do not tell him that his teeth are dirty.
You may hide the fire, but what about the smoke?
A fisherman never says his fish stink.
Eat with your mouth, pay with your back.
The parson christens his own child first.
If you don't lift the skirt of a bride you don't know what she wears under it.
The mouth of a woman takes no holiday.
The ear is only a door.
The goat that climbs up the rock also has to go down.
If you make yourself into a doormat, people will wipe their feet on you.
Good looking and good luck don't always walk the same road.
The pumpkin vine never bears watermelons.
You must have slept with jean to know how he snores.
Better your own cod than another's duck.
When the crocodile says that the river crossing is deep you must believe it.
Ears have no covers.
