— English Idleness is the devil's workshop.
— German Idleness is the devil's bolster.
— Danish If the devil catch a man idle, he'll set him at work.
— English If you buy the devil you must sell the devil.
— English ❖ Ill-gotten gain is scattered by the devil.
— Greek Ill does the devil preserve his servant.
— English In hell one should pay court to the devil.
— American In time of war the devil makes more room in hell.
— German It is easy to bid the devil be your guest,
but difficult to get rid of him.
— Danish ❖ It is no sin to cheat the devil.
— English It is not easy to walk upon the devil's ice.
— Danish It is not for nothing that the devil
lays himself down in the ditch.
— Danish Young saint, old devil.
— English It is an ill procession where the devil bears the cross.
— English ❖ It is an ill army where the devil carries the colors.
— English It is a sin to belie the devil.
— English Let the devil get into the church
and he will mount the alter.
— German Let the devil into a church and he will climb into the pulpit.
— Latvian Make a coward fight and he will kill the devil.
— English ❖ Money is the devil's eye.
— Rumanian Needs must go when the devil drives.
— English One devil knows another.
— Italian One man laughs at another, and the devil at all.
— Rumanian One devil does not make hell.
— Italian ❖❖❖