2263 German Proverbs / Page 182
- 1811. They play till they quarrel.
 - 1812. They quarrel about an egg and let the hen fly.
 - 1813. They who come from afar are prone to lie.
 - 1814. They who deserve honour, fail of it; and they who obtain it, do not deserve it.
 - 1815. They who eat cherries with the great, are like to have the stones and stalks flung in their face.
 - 1816. They wrangle about an egg, and let the hens fly away.
 - 1817. Thievery and lying are kissing cousins.
 - 1818. Think with the wise but walk with the vulgar.
 - 1819. Thirteen nuns, fourteen children.
 - 1820. Those bosoms can be sold cheapest which are stolen ready made.

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