this one exists in many forms, but i think it's a Terry Pratchett dwarf saying

'when his waist is higher than your head, his testicles are level with your teeth'
or
'all trees are felled at the ground level''

on a more refined note -
Had I not known
that I was dead
already
I would have mourned
the loss of my life.

Ota Dokan, builder of Edo castle