201 Estonian Proverbs / Page 2
21. Happy the marriage where the husband is the head and the wife the heart.
22. He who cooks the soup must eat it up himself.
23. He who rows goes far.
24. He who seeks shall find.
25. He who suffers the bitter will taste the sweet.
26. He who takes pains will get things done.
27. He's a fool who earns a square meal.
28. He's a fool who promises more than he can make.
29. If the bread in the oven is a failure you lose a week; if the harvest is a failure you lose a year; if marriage is a failure then you lose a life.
30. If you go only once round the room, you are wiser than he who sits still.
31. In a garment made of silk there are no fleas.
32. It is a sheep who lets himself sheared.
33. It is better to be without a wife for a minute than without tobacco for an hour.
34. Justice knows no friendship.
35. Little kettles soon boil over.
36. Lo does not thank for little will thank for much.
37. Make fun of the man, not of his hat.
38. Man is after money, but money is after his soul.
39. Manure is the farmer's gold.
40. Old love does not rust.