He who builds a house in the market-place, builds either too high or too low, [81]

He who builds a house, or marries, is left with a lank purse, [201]

He who builds according to every man’s advice will have a crooked house, [379]

He who builds by the roadside has many masters (or surveyors), [179], [308]

He who builds on another’s ground loses his stone and mortar, [80]

He who builds on the public way must let the people have their say, [179]

He who burns his posteriors must sit on blisters, [311]

He who buys a horse buys care, [247]

He who buys a house gets many a plank and nail for nothing, [181]

He who buys and sells does not feel what he spends, [247]