who has never tasted what is bitter does not know what is sweet..
~ German Proverb
Fear makes the wolf bigger than he is.
If God were not willing to forgive sin, heaven would be empty
There is no such thing as bad weather, only inappropriate clothing.
Charity sees the need, not the cause.
It's the whole not the detail that matters.
God gives the nuts but he does not crack them.
An old man loved is Winter with flowers.
Old birds are hard to pluck.
To change and to improve are two different things.
Patience is a bitter plant but it has sweet fruit.
The best brewer sometimes makes bad beer.
A hedge between keeps friendship green.
Good things are not done in a hurry.
Charity looks at the need not at the cause.
Avarice hoards itself poor charity gives itself rich.
He who would rule must hear and be deaf see and be blind.
Invalids live longest.
But is a fence over which few leap.
God helps those who help themselves.
Who has never tasted what is bitter does not know what is sweet.
