1386 Dutch Proverbs / Page 36
701.
It is safest sailing within reach of the shore.702.
It is safest to sail within reach of the shore.703.
It is too late to cry "Hold hard!" when the arrow has left the bow.704.
It is too late to lock the stable door when the horses have already been stolen.705.
It needs a cunning hand to shave a fool's head.706.
It sticks to his fingers, like the charity-money to the matron.707.
It's a long lane that has no turning.708.
It's a poor heart that never rejoices.709.
It's bad combing where there is no hair.710.
It's better that the bakers are on horseback than the doctors.711.
It's good dancing on another man's floor.712.
It's good feasting in another's hall.713.
It's good steering with wind and tide.714.
It's good to be off wi' the old love Before ye be on wi' the new.715.
It's good to watch the rain from a dry standpoint.716.
It's hard to catch hawks with empty hands.717.
It's ill jesting with edged tools.718.
It's ill speaking between a full man and a fasting.719.
It's ill waiting for dead men's shoes.720.
It's never too late.