Great Throughts Treasury

"Eat bread and leek for one year, eat bread and butter for a hundred years."

"Easy come, easy go."

"Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise."

"Eat drink and make merry, for tomorrow you might die"

"Eating and sleeping is my profession, God Almighty is my protection."

"Even if she had seven blind daughters, she'd marry them off in an hour."

"Even a hair off the bear is serendipitous."

"Either God, or date"

"Empty vessels make the most noise. Barking dogs seldom bite."

"Epigrams succeed where epics fail"

"Even water doesn't trickle out his hand."

"Even if you wear gold lame or damask, you'll still be the same acanthus-monger."

"Even though I'm not directly experienced with something, I have indirect experience."

"Events are governed by the will of God, not the whims of men."

"Events take unexpected turns."

"Every fault that a Sultan pleases can be a quality."

"Eventually justice serves he who is deserving."

"Every man is the architect of his own fortune."

"Every man is the king of his own beard."

"Every man is the smith of his own fortune."

"Every rock strikes the feet of the poor."

"Every tear has a smile behind it."

"Every time something turns out missing."

"Every tree is known by its fruit."

"Expect trust from a dog but not from a woman."

"Everyone thinks his own spit tastes good."

"Experience is a comb which nature gives to men when they are bald."

"Excessive praise is like an insult."

"Faith can move mountains."

"Fear not he who makes a lot of fuss; fear he who keeps to himself."

"Fear those who do not fear God."

"Finally when he decided to go to school, it was the weekend."

"Fine words butter no parsnips."

"Fire is a good servant but a bad master."

"First dig a well, then steal the minaret."

"First goblet is still full, but you are sodden (or drunk)."

"First goblet and then drunkenness."

"First prove your brotherhood, then claim inheritance."

"Flies will never leave the shop of a sweetmaker."

"For a single guest, the host can a slaughter a cow."

"Flies will easily fly into the honey -- their problem is how to get out."

"For his master the dog is a lion."

"For an ant to have wings would be his undoing."

"For crystal rain falls from black clouds."

"For someone who has very little to offer, he makes a great deal of demands."

"For various reasons a good advice or a genuine warning is often disregarded or considered of no importance."

"Forget not Death, O man! for thou may'st be Of one thing certain - he forgets not thee"

"From sudden desire of halim he fell in the pot."

"From afar he takes the heart, from nearby the gall-bladder."

"Four walls make a man free."