Great Throughts Treasury

"All we owe to us is just our life."

"All things good to know are difficult to learn."

"All receive advice. Only the wise profit from it."

"An eagle's old age is worth a sparrow's youth."

"An old cat wants young mice."

"Alone, not even in heaven."

"An old enemy can't become a friend."

"An iron rod bends while it is hot."

"An open enemy is better than a false friend"

"Anger takes out your eyes."

"Angry mob, raging sea."

"And the whole pie, and the dog full."

"As long as you have the blessing of your parents it does not matter even if you live in the mountains."

"Ask for advice but do what you think is best."

"As long as our mother in law is drinking, she'll be gentle (to us)."

"Bad dogs die hard."

"Be led by reason."

"At (age) twenty you'll work, at thirty you'll make, and at forty you'll have."

"Be thine enemy an ant, see in him an elephant."

"At the deaf man's door, knock as much as you like."

"Before us men have flourished just as we now flourish: others yet again shall be, whose generations we shall never see ."

"Bean by bean, the sack gets full."

"Better a wise enemy than an insane friend."

"Better a drop of wisdom than an ocean of gold."

"Before you can score you must first have a goal."

"Better the friend we can see than the money we cannot."

"Better to live with the devil than with a mean woman."

"Better late than never."

"Better to be envied than to be pitied."

"Blood doesn't turn to water."

"Beware of those bearing gifts."

"By degrees the prudent man planted a vineyard; by degrees the green grapes became as sweet as honey."

"Brother, even though he is your enemy."

"But mortal bliss will never come sincere; Pleasure may lead, but grief blow brings up the rear."

"By mother and father, by son and daughter."

"By saying and saying it, the lad makes the lady want it."

"Cheap meat is eaten by dogs."

"Character is habit long continued."

"Cleanliness is a virtue."

"Constant dripping will wear away a stone."

"Cheapness 'eats' the (value of) money."

"Curiosity is the beginning of wisdom."

"Dance by yourself and you can jump as much as you want."

"Don't feel pity for the rider's hanging legs."

"Danger can only be overcome by more danger"

"Don't hear one and judge two."

"Death is never at a loss for occasions."

"Don't sprout where you haven't been planted."

"Each for his own and God for all."

"Each miracle three days, a great one four."