Great Throughts Treasury

"You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear."

"You can't judge a book by its cover."

"You can't put an old head on young shoulders."

"You can't make bricks without straw."

"You can't polish a turd."

"You can't take it with you."

"You can't get blood out of a turnip."

"You can't tell a book by its cover."

"You can't teach an old dog new tricks."

"You don't dip your pen in the company's ink."

"You don't dip your pen in the inkwell."

"You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar."

"You can't win them all."

"You get more with a kind word and a gun than you do with a kind word alone."

"You get what you pay for."

"You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows."

"You make the bed you lie in."

"You made your bed, now lie in it."

"You never know what you've got till it's gone."

"You can't make an omelette without breaking eggs."

"You only get what you give."

"You must not expect old heads upon young shoulders."

"You may lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink."

"You pays your money and you takes your choice."

"You can't un-ring a bell."

"You snooze you lose."

"You're never too old to learn."

"You reap what you sow."

"Youth will be served."

"You scratch my back and I'll scratch yours."

"You don't dip your pen in company ink."

"You may poke a man's fire after you've known him for seven years."

"Youth is wasted on the young."

"You've got to be in it to win it."

"You can't run with the hare and hunt with the hounds."

"You've got to crack a few eggs to make an omelette."

"You have to take the good with the bad."

"Zeal without knowledge is a runaway horse."

"You can't have your cake and eat it too."