Great Throughts Treasury

"Women, priests, and poultry, never have enough."

"Words are for women, actions for men."

"Words won't feet cats."

"Women's tears are a fountain of craft."

"Years know more than books."

"Working hard for others one may neglect one's own needs or the needs of those closest to him."

"Years and sins are always more than admitted."

"Yes and no rule the world."

"Yielding is sometimes the best way of succeeding."

"You can catch more flies with honey than a barrel of vinegar."

"You can seldom change human nature with the help of logic."

"You can live without a brother but not without a friend."

"You are my guide, my lord, and my master."

"You cannot damage a wrecked whip."

"You can catch more flies with a drop of honey than with a barrel of vinegar."

"You cannot draw blood from a turnip."

"You can't get something for nothing."

"You cannot write down a meaningful silence."

"Words are female, deeds are male."

"You can't milk a bull."

"You can't have your cake and eat it too."

"You cannot make the mule drink when he is not thirsty."

"You might typically get something good out of an overall faulty book, especially a non-fictional one, such as sound advice or anecdotes to tell others."

"You must marry a widow while she is still mourning."

"Worrying is a negative activity that can age you prematurely."

"You must not run after two hares at the same time."

"You must meet roughness with roughness."

"You have married a beauty? So much the worse for you."

"You cannot flay a stone."

"You must grease the wheels if you would have the car run."

"You must shift your sail with the wind."

"You must take the fat with the lean."

"You don't go to heaven in a carriage."

"You are more likely to win if you take the initiative and make an attack rather than preparing to defend yourself."

"You will not be loved if you think of yourself alone."

"You surround your vineyard with thorns - place doors and locks on your mouth. You will never have a friend if you must have one without faults."

"Your former enemies might cunningly take revenge on you just out of spite. Trust not a reconciled enemy more than an open foe."

"Your enemy makes you wiser."

"You get what you pay for."

"You never forget your first love."

"You can't make something from nothing."

"You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink."

"You cannot discover new oceans unless you have the courage to lose sight of the shore."