Great Throughts Treasury

"Before going to war say one prayer, before going to sea say two, before getting married – three."

"The more one sleeps, the less one lives."

"He who holds a sword will maintain peace."

"Where the peasant is poor, the whole country is poor."

"A poor dancer will be disturbed even by the hem of her skirt."

"Fish, to taste right, must swim 3 times -- in water, in butter and in wine."

"Never seek the wind in the field. It is useless to try and find what is gone."

"To believe with certainty, we must begin by doubting."

"The greatest love is a mother's; then a dog's; then a sweetheart's."

"You have a lifetime to work, but children are only young once."

"If the wind stops, row!"

"Wherever you go, you can't get rid of yourself."

"Pray once if you are going to fight, pray twice if you are going to sail, and pray thrice if you are going to get married."

"God grant me a good sword and no use for it"

"The man who can't dance thinks the band is no good."

"The news of a good deed travels far, but the news of a bad one travels even farther."

"A good painter need not give a name to his picture, a bad one must."

"If each person would sweep before his own house, the city would soon be clean."

"I'm human; nothing that is human is strange to me. A good run is better than a bad fight."

"A guest sees more in an hour than the host in a year."

"Conscience is the voice of the soul."

"He is rich enough that wants nothing."

"It is better to give than to lend and it costs about the same. "

"Words must be weighed, not counted."

"A good appetite needs no sauce."

"A noisy cow gives little milk."

"All times are good when old."

"If you love him, don't lend him."

"A fault confessed is half redressed. "

"Every error has its excuse."

"Ink, if not used, will dry up."

"Innocence plays in the backyard of ignorance."

"The doctor demands his fees whether he has killed the illness or the patient."

"Love enters a man through his eyes, woman through her ears."

"What reaches the mother's heart will only reach the father's knees."

"With a bottle and a girl one does not count the hours."

"The greatest oaks have been little acorns."

"What I believe in is all that is mine."

"Watch the faces of those who bow low."

"When I had money everyone called me brother."

"Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under socialism, the reverse is true."

"A bachelor and a dog can do anything."

"A beggar talked to a picture, but picture answered nothing."

"A bad workman always blames his tools."

"A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush."

"A bush does note grow berries in winter."

"A bore is a man who, when you ask him how he is, tells you."

"A candle for God, a stump for the devil (said about two faced people)."

"A bitter centipede if eaten in a pleasing berry pie will taste sweet."

"A brute kills for pleasure. A fool kills from hate."