1386 Dutch Proverbs / Page 62
1221. Walking over corpses.
1222. Walls have ears.
1223. Was, flax, and tin; much in and little in.
1224. Wasting is a bad habit, saving is a sure income.
1225. We hang little thieves, and let great ones escape.
1226. Well begun is half done.
1227. Well started is half won.
1228. Were every one to sweep before his own house, every street would be clean.
1229. Were everyone to sweep in front of his own house, every street would be clean.
1230. Were fools silent, they would pass for wise.
1231. Were the sky to fall, not an earthen pot would be left whole.
1232. What costs nothing is worth nothing.
1233. What good serve candle and glasses, if the owl does not want to see.
1234. What has horns will gore.
1235. What is bred in the bone won't out of the flesh.
1236. What is long spoken of happens at last.
1237. What is lost in the fire must be sought in the ashes.
1238. What is wrong to-day won't be right to-morrow.
1239. What is wrong today won't be right tomorrow.
1240. What lay hidden under the snow cometh to light at last.