Great Throughts Treasury

"The man with the boots does not mind where he places his foot."

"The mason who strikes often is better than the one who strikes too hard."

"The mills of God grind slowly but they grind finely."

"The older the fiddle, the sweeter the tune."

"The raggy colt often made a powerful horse."

"The old pipe gives the sweetest smoke."

"The stars make no noise."

"The only cure for love is marriage."

"The thief is no danger to the beggar."

"There are two tellings to every story."

"The three sharpest things in the world: a thorn in the mud, a hemp rope, a fool's word."

"The smallest thing outlives the human being."

"The tiredness leaves but the profit remains."

"The treachery returns to the betrayer."

"The wearer best knows where the shoe pinches."

"The work praises the man."

"There are fish in the sea better than have ever been caught."

"The well fed does not understand the lean."

"The world would not make a racehorse of a donkey."

"There is no fool who has not his own kind of sense."

"There is hope from the sea, but none from the grave."

"There is no fireside like your own fireside."

"There is no reason to fear the wind if your stack of hay is well tied."

"There is often the look of an angel on the Devil himself."

"There tends to be a black sheep in even the whitest flock."

"There is no need like the lack of a friend."

"There is no wise man without fault."

"There is no luck except where there is discipline."

"There's no need to fear the wind if your haystacks are tied down."

"Thirst is the end of drinking and sorrow is the end of drunkenness."

"There's no worth to a story without an author."

"Though honey is sweet, do not lick it off a briar."

"Three diseases without shame: Love, itch and thirst."

"Time is a good storyteller."

"'Tis better to buy a small bouquet and give to your friend this very day, than a bushel of roses white and red to lay on his coffin after he's dead."

"Treachery returns."

"Two people see a thing that an individual does not see."

"Twenty years a child; twenty years running wild; twenty years a mature man -- and after that, praying."

"To the raven her own chick is white."

"Two thirds of the work is the semblance."

"Two shorten the road."

"Two-thirds of help is to give courage."

"What fills the eye fills the heart."

"Walk straight, my son -- as the old crab said to the young crab."

"What butter and whiskey will not cure there's no cure for."

"When a twig grows hard it is difficult to twist it. Every beginning is weak."

"What is nearest the heart is nearest the mouth"

"When mistrust comes in, love goes out."

"When fire is applied to a stone it cracks."

"When God made time, he made plenty of it."