Danish proverbs

Fortune often knocks at the door, but the fool does not invite her in.

Virtue in the middle, said the Devil, when seated between two lawyers.

He that has no money in his purse, should have fair words on his lips.

All women are good Lutherans, they would rather preach than hear mass.

He who strikes another on the neck, does not strike far from the head.

It is discreditable to fly from a living enemy, or to abuse a dead one.

Laws, like the spider's webs, catch the flies and let the hawk go free.

We are all well placed, said the cat, when she was seated on the bacon.

A bad wife wishes her husband's heel turned homewards, and not his toe.

He who eats cherries with gentlemen risks getting the pips in his nose.

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