Great Throughts Treasury

"Life is like a cup of tea, it's all in how you make it"

"Let your bargain suit your purpose."

"It's the first drop that destroys you - there's no harm at all in the last."

"Lack of resource has hanged many a person."

"Long life to you, a wet mouth, and death in Ireland."

"Love all men -- except lawyers."

"Listen to the sound of the river and you will get a trout."

"Marry a mountain girl and you marry the whole mountain."

"May you have a bright future - as the chimney sweep said to his son."

"Make the fence or you will pay the plundering."

"Many an Irish property was increased by the lace of a daughter's petticoat."

"May you be in heaven 1/2 hour before the devil knows you're dead."

"Mere words do not feed the friars."

"Mothers hold their children's hands for just a little while... and their hearts forever."

"Nature breaks through the eyes of the cat."

"Need teaches a plan."

"Neither give cherries to pigs nor advice to a fool."

"Never buy through your ears but through your eyes."

"Nodding the head does not row the boat."

"One rotten apple rots a bagful."

"Patience is a poultice for all wounds."

"People live in each other's shelter."

"Now sweetly lies old Ireland emerald green beyond the foam, awakening sweet memories, calling the heart back home."

"Poor is the church without music."

"Praise the child and you praise the mother."

"Poverty parts good company."

"Postpone not a good action."

"Praise the ripe field not the green corn."

"Praise the young and they will flourish."

"Praise youth and it will prosper."

"Questioning is the door of knowledge."

"Put a beggar on horseback and he'll gallop."

"Quiet people are well able to look after themselves."

"Snuff at a wake is fine if there's nobody sneezing over the snuffbox."

"Put silk on a goat, and it's still a goat."

"The beginning and end of one's life is to draw closer to the fire."

"Soft words butter no parsnips but they won't harden the heart of a cabbage either."

"The best way to keep loyalty in a man's heart is to keep money in his purse."

"The day will come when the cow will have use for her tail."

"The believer is happy, the doubter is wise."

"The devil never grants long leases."

"The best horse doesn't always win the race."

"The heaviest ear of grain bends its head the lowest."

"The hole is more honorable than the patch."

"The herb that can't be got is the one that heals."

"The full person does not understand the needs of the hungry."

"The future is not set, there is no fate but what we make for ourselves."

"The light heart lives long."

"The longest road out is the shortest road home."

"The loosest spoke in the wheel rattles the most."