Great Throughts Treasury

"It's by the head that the cow gives the milk."

"Lies never pay the toll."

"Just as one calls into the forest, so it echoes back."

"Like mother, like daughter."

"Like the cat around the hot meal."

"Look before you leap."

"Man is man's wolf."

"Men wishes(dreams), but god decides."

"Man proposes, but God disposes."

"Misfortune comes on horseback and goes away on foot."

"Men wishes, but god decides."

"Many midwives, child will be lazy."

"Men are like fish; the great ones devour the small."

"Money hangs around money."

"Money sticks to another money."

"More speed, less haste."

"Morning is smarter than evening."

"Much more than you have sown will grow in your garden."

"No pain, no gain; Nothing ventured, nothing gained."

"No pain, no gain."

"New brooms sweep clean."

"No solutions without discussions."

"One hand washes the other."

"Nothing ventured, nothing gained."

"One swallow does not make a spring."

"One swallow does not make a summer."

"Paper can withstand anything."

"Save three pieces of gold and the fourth one will fall into your lap.. Croatian Proverb. Save three pieces of gold and the fourth one will fall into your lap."

"Prevention is better than cure."

"Patient ? saved."

"Shit or get off the pot."

"Polite words open iron gates."

"Slowly but carefully."

"Speak of the devil."

"Speak only the best of the dead."

"Something that has fallen out of a devil's pouch."

"Speaking of the wolf as the wolf (comes) to the door."

"Still water wears down mountains."

"Still waters run deep."

"The apple does not fall far from the tree."

"The early bird catches the worm."

"The apple doesn?t fall far from the tree."

"The devil can make a pot but he can't make a lid."

"The drunkard thinks of only one thing and the barman of something else."

"The more eggs, the thicker the soup."

"The hunchback sees the hump of others -- never his own."

"The donkey that returns home is never welcome."

"The dog doesn?t bark because of the village."

"The morning shows how the day will be."

"The owl mocked the tit."