Great Throughts Treasury

"A master is a master in hell as well."

"A master's request is a command."

"A new broom sweeps well."

"A new sieve is on a nail, then it gets under the bed."

"A nut is good if broken, a women if beaten."

"A poor man is pulled even by the branch of a tree."

"A new pot retains its first scent."

"A poor man cooks with water."

"A prudent man does not make the goat his gardener."

"A promise is a nice word if kept, then it is all right."

"A puff of wind and popular praise weigh alike."

"A rain in May is golden."

"A red dog, a read horse, a red man - none of them are good."

"A roast pigeon will not fly into one's mouth."

"A scalded dog fears even the rain."

"A sleeping fox catches no hare, chicken."

"A sly cat makes a big jump."

"A thorn in the flesh."

"A shy beggar has an empty scrip."

"A storm in a glass of water."

"Accidents may happen to anyone."

"A stone moved often gathers no moss."

"Adam ate the apple, and our teeth still ache"

"After death the doctor."

"A tree is not felled at one stroke."

"After meat, mustard."

"After rain, comes raincoat."

"After work rest is sweet."

"After three days the place of the guest is behind the door outside."

"Against a thousand crows one stone is enough."

"All are not your friends who smile at you."

"All is not gold that glitters."

"All is well if the end is well."

"Although pepper is tiny, its taste is intense."

"All cows are black in the dark."

"All roads lead to Rome."

"An arrow once shot is hard to get back."

"Among the blind the one-eyed is the king."

"Among many midwives the child is lost."

"An elephant in the china shop."

"An embarrassment due to abundance."

"An old spinster is not worth more than an unposted letter."

"An empty pantry has a fool housewife."

"An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth."

"An empty barrel sounds better."

"An empty ear holds its head upright."

"An iron ring made of wood."

"An old man is not [necessarily] a senile man."

"An ox can be taken by his horn, a man by his word."

"An ox remains an ox even if driven to Vienna."