Great Throughts Treasury

"Although a monkey be dressed in silk, she is still a monkey."

"As you see yourself, I once saw myself; as you see me now, you will be seen."

"Avarice commonly occasions injury to the person who displays it."

"An ant on the move does more than a dozing ox."

"Ambition never has its fill."

"An answer without a question signals guilt without question."

"An empty bag will not stay up."

"An idiot speaks because he has to say something; a wise person speaks because he has something to say."

"As to tastes, nothing is written."

"An old friend is the best mirror."

"Better a stride that will last than a trot that tires fast."

"Better one timely squawk than constant talk."

"Better to be a rich man?s dog than a poor man?s saint."

"Better to eat hard bread than none at all."

"Better to be red-faced once than 100 times purple."

"Better a steady drip than a sudden deluge."

"Better late than never."

"Better a donkey that tarries than one that won't carry its load."

"Better alone unattached than unsuitably matched."

"Better to die on your feet than to live on your knees."

"Between the beginning and the end there is always a middle."

"Blood boils without flame."

"Calling a spade a spade"

"Calm seas make sorry sailors."

"By the claw you may know the lion."

"Cards, wine and women lead a man to perdition."

"Cleanliness is the luxury of the poor."

"Divide and conquer."

"Desperate times call for desperate measures."

"Distrust your best friend as you would your worst enemy."

"Do not refuse the body what it asks for."

"Don't break down, rope; this is the last jerk."

"Don't be afraid of the chili pepper, even though it's so red."

"Don't do good that could look bad."

"Don't cut your cactus in a neighbor's garden."

"Do what you know."

"Duty before devotion."

"Don't do today what you can put off until tomorrow."

"Easier said than done."

"Envious persons never compliment, they only swallow."

"Even a golden cage is still a prison."

"Every Raggedy Ann has a Raggedy Andy."

"Each case is different."

"Early bird catches the worm."

"Even waking up early doesn't hurry the dawn."

"Everyone is as god made him and very often worse."

"Even the saints' patience has its limits."

"Everyone has their own way of killing fleas."

"Everyone is master of their own fear."

"Everyone is the son of his own works."