Great Throughts Treasury

"Use it or lose it."

"Two's a company, three's a crowd."

"Use soft words and hard arguments."

"Velvet paws hide sharp claws."

"Vengeance is a dish that should be eaten cold."

"Walk softly and carry a big stick."

"Walls have ears."

"Wait for the cat to jump."

"Waste not, want not."

"Virtue is its own reward."

"Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs."

"We never know the value of water till the well is dry."

"Wash your dirty linen at home."

"We shall see what we shall see."

"Wealth is nothing without health."

"We soon believe what we desire."

"Wednesday's child is full of woe."

"What can't be cured must be endured."

"What doesn't kill you makes you stronger."

"What can be done at any time is never done at all."

"We know not what is good until we have lost it."

"What has been seen cannot be unseen."

"What is done by night appears by day."

"Well begun is half done."

"What is bred in the bone will not go out of the flesh."

"What is got over the devil's back is spent under his belly."

"What is done cannot be undone."

"What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander."

"What is worth doing at alt is worth doing well."

"What the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't grieve over."

"What goes up must come down."

"What we do willingly is easy."

"What the heart thinks the tongue speaks."

"When a proud man hears another praised, he feels himself injured."

"What you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts."

"What's done is done."

"What is lost is lost."

"When angry, count a hundred."

"What's good for the goose is good for the gander."

"When children stand quiet, they have done some harm."

"What must be, must be."

"When at Rome, do as the Romans do."

"When flatterers meet, the devil goes to dinner."

"When in Rome, do as the Romans do."

"When it rains, it pours."

"When pigs fly."

"Variety is the spice of life."

"What goes around comes around."

"When one door closes, another door opens."

"What you see is what you get."