Great Throughts Treasury

"When the apple is ripe it will fall."

"When the cat is outside, the mouse does be dancing."

"When the drop is inside, the sense is outside."

"When the fruit is scarcest its taste is sweetest."

"When the hand ceases to scatter, the heart ceases to pray."

"When the liquor was gone the fun was gone."

"Where the tongue slips, it speaks the truth."

"Who gossips with you will gossip of you."

"You must empty a box before you fill it again."

"You'll not find a thrush in a hawk's nest."

"Winter comes fast on the lazy."

"You'll never plough a field by turning it over in your mind."

"Your feet will bring you where your heart is."

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

"Your son is your son today, but your daughter is your daughter forever."

"Your friend and your enemy think you will never die."

"Youth has a small head."