German proverbs

Make yourself an ass, and you'll have every man's sack on your shoulders.

All freight lightens, said the skipper, when he threw his wife overboard.

Drink upon salad costs the doctor a ducat; drink upon eggs costs him two.

Nurenberg wit and a skilful hand, will find their way through every land.

Tell not all you know; believe not all you hear; do not all you are able.

He who finds what has not been lost, will chance to die before he is ill.

Friendship with the French is like their wine; exquisite but short lived.

What the peacock has too little on his head, he has too much on his tail.

Who lends his lips to nought but blame, has in his heart no love of fame.

Where'er an ass is crown'd to fame, both town and country bear the shame.

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