Great Throughts Treasury

"Counsel is nothing against love."

"Cowards' weapons neither cut nor pierce."

"Credit is dead, bad pay killed it."

"Counsel is no command."

"Crimes may be secret, yet not secure."

"Criminals are punished, that others may be amended."

"Credit lost is like a broken looking-glass."

"Crooked by nature is never made straight by education."

"Crows weep for the dead lamb then devour him."

"Criticizing another's garden doesn't keep the weeds out of your own."

"Cunning men's cloaks sometimes fall."

"Crooked logs make straight fires."

"Curses are like processions: they return to whence they set out."

"Cut off the dog's tail, he remains a dog."

"Curiosity killed the cat."

"Daughters may look and behave like their mothers. This is due to inheritance and the example observed closely and rarely."

"Cut your losses."

"Deal gently with the bird you mean to catch."

"Dearth foreseen never came."

"Death will find me alive."

"Deeper thinking leads to deeper understanding."

"Deeds are fruits, words are but leaves."

"Delayed is preferable to never."

"Delays are dangerous."

"Deliberate before you act."

"Deep calls to deep."

"Desperate diseases must have desperate remedies."

"Different times different manners."

"Desperate times call for desperate measures."

"Diligent youth makes easy age."

"Dirty water does not wash clean."

"Dirty water will quench fire."

"Diseases are the visits of God."

"Discretion is the better part of valor."

"Do as you may, if you can't do as you could."

"Divide and conquer."

"Do no evil and have no fear."

"Do not give the dog bread every time he wags his tail."

"Do it yourself if you want it done right."

"Do not expect friendly reply when being obnoxious."

"Do not sell sun in July."

"Do not judge of the ship from the land."

"Do not play with edged tools."

"Do not trust gifts or favors if they come from an enemy."

"Do what you ought, come what may."

"Does your neighbor bore you? Lend him some money."

"Do not talk about things you do not know anything about."

"Does your neighbor love you? Lend him a sequin."

"Do not think that one enemy is insignificant, or that a thousand friends are too many."

"Dog does not eat dog."