Great Throughts Treasury

"Better beg than steal."

"Better belly burst than good meat lost."

"Better bend than break."

"Better give the wool than the sheep."

"Better children weep than old men."

"Better go to bed supperless than to rise in debt."

"Better is a neighbor that is near than a brother far off."

"Better die with honor than live with shame."

"Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof."

"Better late than never."

"Better master one than engage with ten."

"Better leave than lack."

"Better never to begin than never to make an end."

"Better some of a pudding than none of a pie."

"Better ride on an ass that carries me than a horse that throws me."

"Better spare at brim than at bottom."

"Better unborn than untaught."

"Better wear out shoes than sheets."

"Better the foot slip than the tongue."

"Between promising and performing a man may marry his daughter."

"Between the hammer and the anvil."

"Between the hand and the lip the morsel may slip."

"Between two stools one falls to the ground."

"Beware of a silent dog and still water."

"Between two brothers two witness and a notary."

"Beware of false prophets."

"Beware of him whom god hath marked."

"Blind men should judge no colors."

"Blab is wist and out it must."

"Big fish eat little fish."

"Blood is thicker than water."

"Birds of a feather flock together."

"Blow the wind never so fast, it will fall at last."

"Bound is he that gifts taketh."

"Borrowed garments never fit well."

"Breed up a crow and he will tear out your eyes."

"Building and marrying of children are great wasters."

"Bush natural; more hair than wit."

"By doing nothing we learn to do ill."

"Burn not your house to fright the mouse away."

"Business is business."

"Cabbage twice cooked is death."

"By ignorance we mistake, and by mistakes we learn."

"Call no man happy till he dies."

"Cast no dirt into the well that hath given you water."

"Care and diligence bring luck."

"Catch not at the shadow and lose the substance."

"Charity begins at home."

"Call the bear 'uncle' till you are safe across the bridge."

"Charity covers a multitude of sins."