We have no son, and yet are giving him a name, [224]

We have not yet saddled, and are already mounted (or riding), [203], [264]

We knock in jest and it is opened in earnest, [153]

We know what we have, but not what we shall get, [161]

We learn by teaching, [104]

We must bear our cross with patience, said the man when he took his wife on his back, [388]

We must eat and drink though every tree were a gallows, [147], [333] (See A man must eat)

We must sow even after a bad harvest, [389]

We must suffer much or die young, [389]