When all other sins are old, greed still stays young.
When Pisa burned, it rained three nights and three days.
If it can lick, it can bite.
He who is master of his thirst is master of his health.
He gains enough who loses sorrow.
A muffled cat never caught a mouse.
A bad compromise is better than a good lawsuit.
He who is hopeless is capable of everything.
A good swimmer is not safe against drowning.
To compare is not to prove.
Through falls and stumbles, one learns to walk.
If you want to love your household as much as your bread then you will have to knead your wife like dough.
With enough "ifs" we could put Paris into a bottle.
There is no lock on the purse of a gambler.
He who is born to be hanged shall never be drowned.