Danish proverb

"A man too busy to take care of his health is like a mechanic too busy to take care of his tools. "

"An ounce of blood is worth more than a pound of friendship. "

"An ounce of mother is worth a pound of priests. "

"Ask advice only of your equals. "

"Bad is never good until worse happens. "

"Children are a poor man's wealth. "

"Cuando amor no es locura, no es amor. (When love is not madness, it is not love.) "

"Don't offer me advice give me money. "

"Don't speak unless you can improve on the silence. "

"Drink nothing without seeing it Sign nothing without reading it. "

"Every person is a fool in somebody's opinion. "

"From a fallen tree, all make kindling. "

"Give to a pig when it grunts and a child when it cries , and you will have a fine pig and a bad child. "

"Good men must die, but death cannot kill their names. "

"He who is afraid to ask is ashamed of learning. "

"He who would leap high must take a long run. "

"How beautiful it is to do nothing, and then rest afterward. "

"If I die, I forgive you If I live, we shall see. "

"If three people say you are an ass, put on a bridle. "

"If you want to be respected, you must respect yourself. "

"If you would be pope, you must think of nothing else. "

"If you would live healthy, be old early. "

"If your house is on fire, warm yourself by it. "

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

"Lawyers and painters can soon change white to black. "

"Life without a friend is death without a witness. "

"Live with wolves, and you learn to howl. "

"Never advise anyone to go to war or to marry. "

"No one is rich enough to do without a neighbor. "

"No revenge is more honourable than the one not taken. "

"One drink is just right two is too many three are too few. "

"Since we cannot get what we like, let us like what we can get. "

"The dog's kennel is not the place to keep a sausage. "

"The first drink with water, the second without water, the third like water. "

"The road to a friend's house is never long. "

"Three Spaniards, four opinions. "

"To own is to fear. "

"To the good listener, half a word is enough. "

"Tomorrow is often the busiest time of the year. "

"Tomorrow is the busiest day of the year. "

"Under a tattered cloak you will generally find a good drinker. "

"Walk till the blood appears on the cheek, but not the sweat on the brow. "

"What is play to the cat is death to the mouse. "

"Where God has his church the Devil will have his chapel. "

"Where there is love, there is pain. "

"Woe to the house where the hen crows and the rooster is still. "

"Young pigs grunt as as old pigs grunted before them. "