1817 Romanian Proverbs / Page 86
1701.
When need is highest, God's help is nighest.1702.
When poverty comes in at the door, love flies out of the window.1703.
When sorrow is asleep, wake it not.1704.
When the candles are out, all women are fair.1705.
When the cat's away, the mice will play.1706.
When the fox preaches then beware your geese.1707.
When the fox preaches, look to the geese.1708.
When the head aches all the body is the worse.1709.
When the head does not work, the legs suffer.1710.
When the house is burned down, you bring water.1711.
When the night's darkest, the dawn's nearest.1712.
When the pear is ripe, it falls.1713.
When the pig is proffered, hold up the poke.1714.
When the tree is fallen every one runs to it with his axe.1715.
When the wine is in, the wit is out.1716.
When thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth.1717.
When you are an anvil, hold you still; when you are a hammer, strike your fill.1718.
When you are at Rome, do as the Romans do.1719.
When you spit against the wind you get a dirty beard.1720.
Where every hand fleeceth, the sheep goes naked.