Great Throughts Treasury

"A threatened buffet is never well given."

"A thorn has a small point, but the person who feels it does not forget its sting."

"A thousand probabilities do not make one truth."

"A true friend, is one that will take a bullet for you in the war."

"A traveler may lie with authority."

"A tree often transplanted is never loaded with fruit."

"A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men."

"A vagabond monk never spoke well of his convent."

"A waiting appetite kindles many a spite."

"A voluntary burthen is no burthen."

"A wicked man's gift has a touch of his master."

"A white wall is the fool's paper."

"A wife means pains."

"A wise man does at first what a fool must do at last."

"A wise man cares not for that which he cannot have."

"A wise man and a fool together, know more than a wise man alone."

"A woman who cries, a man who swears, a horse that sweats, all imposture."

"A wise person sometimes changes his mind, but a fool never does."

"A woman's in pain, a woman's in woe, a woman is ill, when she likes to be so."

"A woman who loves to be at the window is like a bunch of grapes on the wayside."

"A woman's place is in the home."

"Act valiant cautiously."

"A woman's answer is never to seek."

"A wound foreseen paint the less."

"A word to the wise is sufficient."

"Absence is a foe to love; away from the eyes, away from the heart."

"Absence is the enemy of love."

"Absence is a foe to love; out of sight out of mind."

"Absolutely everything has been done before."

"Accusing is proving, when malice and force sit judges; the wolf finds a reason for taking the lamb."

"Abandon all hope, ye who enter here."

"Actions are male, words female."

"Actions speak louder than words."

"Adam must have an Eve to blame for his faults."

"Advice often contain a genuine warning or an effective suggestion, which is unprudent not to take into consideration."

"After one pope another is made."

"After shaving there is nothing to shear."

"All are brave when the enemy flies."

"After the storm ends, the sun will shine."

"After the ship has sunk, everyone knows how she might have been saved."

"Agree between yourselves, quoth Arlotto, and I will make it rain."

"All good things are three."

"All is fair in war and love."

"All in good time."

"All good things come to an end."

"All is not butter that comes from the cow."

"All are not saints who go to church."

"All is fish that comes to the net."

"All is not gold that glitters."

"All is not lost that is in danger."