Lands become sand, sands become land. (Landen versanden, sanden verlanden. An epitome of the physical history of Holland.)
The greater jurist the worse Christian.
When the gnats dance in January the farmer comes to beggary.
Beware of a fair Spaniard and a swarthy Englishman.
Better sit still with an owl than fly with a falcon.
The first man in the boat has the choice of oars.
It’s the third strand that holds the cable.
Man overboard—an eater the less.
A tired horse would rather see a dirty stable than a clean high-road.
A woman’s hair pulls worse than the main-topsail.