proverbs – common wisdom

hi!

i thought we could dedicate this thread to proverbs, these short but wise, often humorous sentences originated among the common, often rural, population.
but they are much more than that, they contain life wisdom, and some a window into human soul and nature.

so, some proverbs, mostly from Croatia, and Balkans:

no tools, no trade
have patience! time makes grass to milk
others cow always has the bigger udder
every hen is strong in her nest
who burns himself on milk, blows to cold the yogurt
better your own egg than another’s chicken
one mangy sheep makes the entire flock mangy
hay is not for geese
saddle is not for a sow
where horses fight and play, there is no place for a donkey
a frog saw horses being shod so it lifted a leg
one shouldn’t be afraid of last year’s snow
people’s greatest troubles are daily bread and love
better to give the wool than an alive sheep
when the cat’s not around, the mice are in charge
a good sheep isn’t loud, but gives lots of wool
every cow licks her own calf
save good money for bad days
who doesn’t inhale some smoke doesn’t get warmed by the fire
dig a new well, and don’t spit in the old one
it’s better to sing in a hut than to cry in a palace
oxen are tied by their horns, and man by his tongue
if an owl’s opinion would count, there would be no day
a lovely lamb suckles two sheep
to ask milk of a barren cow
next to a dry tree a healthy one burns too
don’t make a horse out of a donkey
don’t climb a tree that throws the fruit down itself
there’s no winter until the nature freezes, no spring until the sun warms it up, and no happiness until you share it with someone.