When a fox is in his hole smoke fetches him out, [262]

When a good offer comes for your daughter, don’t wait till her father returns from market, [243]

When a man has fallen into the mire, the more he flounders the more he fouls himself, [83]

When a man is down everybody runs over him, [179]

When a man is in a sack, he must get out at the mouth or at the bottom, [392]

When a man is not used to breeches the seams gall him, [250]

When a man is rich he begins to save, [178]

When a mouse has fallen into a meal sack, he thinks he is the miller himself, [298]

When a peasant gets rich, he knows neither relations nor friends, [244]

When a thing is done advice comes too late, [2]