1386 Dutch Proverbs / Page 68
1341.
Who serves the public serves a fickle master.1342.
Who spits against the wind, fouls his beard.1343.
Who to-day was a haughty knight, is to-morrow a pennyless wight.1344.
Who travels for love finds a thousand miles not longer than one.1345.
Who undertakes many things at once seldom does anything well.1346.
Who undertakes too much, succeeds but little.1347.
Who undertakes too much, succeeds but little.1348.
Who ventures to lend, loses money and friend.1349.
Who wants fire, let him look for it in the ashes.1350.
Who wants to beat a dog, soon finds a stick.1351.
Who watches not catches not.1352.
Who weds a sot to get his cot, will lose the cot and keep the sot.1353.
Who would regard all things complacently must wick at a great many.1354.
Who writes love letters grows thin; who carries them, fat.1355.
Whoever gossips about his relatives has no luck and no blessing.1356.
Whoso hunteth with cats will catch nothing but rats.1357.
Whoso is tired of happy days, let him take a wife.1358.
Wisdom in the man, patience in the wife, brings peace to the house, and a happy life.1359.
Wisdom is a good purchase, though we pay dear for it.1360.
Wise men sue for offices, and blockheads get them.