Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887.

Birth

He that is born under a three-penny planet will never be worth a groat.Irish.

He that was born under a three half-penny planet shall never be worth two pence.

High birth is a poor dish at table.Italian.

It matters less to a man where he is born, than where he can live.Turkish.

No man can help his birth.Hans Andersen.

No one is born with an axe in his hand.German.

Our birth is nothing but our death begun,
As tapers waste that instant they take fire.Young.

Our birth made us mortal, our death will make us immortal.