Great Throughts Treasury

"Bite the biter."

"Bleed him, purge him, and if he dies, bury him."

"Blessed are the dead that the rain rains on."

"Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed."

"Brag is a good dog, but Holdfast is better."

"Brackish water is sweet in a drought."

"Buy your greyhound, don't rear him."

"Broken friendship may be soldered but can never be made sound."

"By its fruits one knows the tree."

"Chairs sink and stools rise."

"By going gains the mill, and not by standing still."

"Change yourself, and your luck will change."

"Change yourself, change your fortunes."

"Chastise the good man, he will grow better; chastise the bad, and he will grow worse."

"Children raised, doubled work."

"Children should be seen and not heard."

"Children pick up words, as pigeons peas, and utter them again as God shall please."

"Cheat me in the price and not in the goods."

"Children tell in the highway what they hear by the fireside."

"Cobblers go to mass and pray that the cows may die (i.e., for the sake of their hides)."

"Dear is cheap, and cheap is dear."

"Crime doesn't pay."

"Children: one is one, two is fun, three is a houseful."

"Death spares neither Pope nor beggar."

"Deeds are love, and not sweet words."

"Destroy the lion while he is but a whelp."

"Dirty clothes one washes at home."

"Do good, and care not to whom."

"Divide to conquer."

"Do not rear a bird of a bad breed."

"Do not tell all that you know, don't believe all you hear, and don't do all that you can."

"Do ill, and expect the like."

"Don?t quit the highway for a short cut."

"Don?t undress a saint to dress the other."

"Don't leave for tomorrow what you can do today."

"Don't leave the high road for a short cut."

"Don't let the bastards grind you down."

"Don't cry over spilt milk."

"Don't be a baker if your head is made of butter."

"Don't let your sorrow come higher than your knees."

"Don't make yourself poor to one who won't make you rich."

"Don't pull hard enough to break the rope."

"Don't put the cart before the oxen."

"Drink nothing without seeing it, sign nothing without reading it."

"Each head its sentence."

"Each head, a different judgment."

"During war, weapons aren't cleaned."

"Each monkey on its branch."

"Each monkey on its own branch."

"Each one in his profession."