Great Throughts Treasury

"Be cautious! Don’t brag about what you have."

"Be patient with a bad neighbor: he may move or face misfortune."

"Be patient with a bad neighbor. Maybe he’ll leave or a disaster will take him out."

"Beat a chained man to frighten the rest who are free."

"Beautiful discourse is rarer than emerald, yet it can be found among the servant girls at the grindstones."

"Because we focused on the snake, we missed the scorpion."

"Bed is the poor man's opera."

"Being alone is better than being with someone bad."

"Believe the liar up to the door of his house and no further than that."

"Better half a donkey than half a camel."

"Being involved in a funeral is better than trying to arrange marriages."

"Better a warm welcome than being invited to lunch."

"Borrowing is bad, and paying back is always a loss."

"By knowing one reaches belief. By doing one gains conviction. When you know, dare."

"Birds of a feather flock together."

"Considering others' problems will give you perspective."

"Clothes make the man."

"Continuing the same state is impossible."

"Cover up the good you do -- do like the Nile and conceal your sources."

"Cooperation from all sides is necessary to accomplish anything."

"Declare your line of conduct without reticence."

"Do not cease to drink beer, to eat, to intoxicate thyself, to make love, and to celebrate the good days."

"Does sheep manure turn to caramel?"

"Don’t get married to people for their money; it won’t bring you happiness."

"Cover your candle, it will light more."

"Do not weaken the attention of him who is occupied."

"Don’t abuse people’s generosity towards you."

"Don’t do what’s beyond your capabilities. Don’t buy what you cannot afford."

"Don't be fooled by women’s appearances; look deeper."

"Don’t live beyond your means."

"Don't do your own dirty work if you can find someone to do it for you."

"Don't take advantage of your friends."

"Dress up a stick and it’ll be a beautiful bride."

"Don't blame someone for not being here until you hear him/her out."

"Don't marry for money."

"Dressing up a stick turns it into a bride."

"Dress up a stick and you get a doll."

"Each truth you learn will be, for you, as new as if it had never been written."

"Education is what you know, not what's in the book."

"Eat him for lunch before he eats you for dinner."

"Easier said than done."

"Either you're a player, or you're a sucker."

"Entering a bathroom isn't like leaving it."

"Every man is rich in excuses to safeguard his prejudices, his instincts, and his opinions."

"Envious greed must govern to possess and ambition must possess to govern."

"Every man must act in the rhythm of his time, such is wisdom."

"Error carries away the unteachable."

"Every problem has a solution."

"Everyone finds himself in the world where he belongs. The essential thing is to have a fixed point from which to check its reality now and then."

"Everything is formed by habit, even praying."