Great Throughts Treasury

"Everyone knows where his own shoe pinches him."

"Everyone makes firewood of a fallen tree."

"Everyone stones the tree that bears fruit."

"Eyes that don't see have less to lament."

"Evil falls on him who goes to seek it."

"For whoever wants the blue sky, the price is high."

"Foreign bread is good for your son."

"For every dog there is an appropriate stick."

"Expect the best but prepare for the worst."

"Fortune favors the brave."

"Full belly, happy heart."

"Fortune is like a wall that falls on those who lean on it."

"God does not hear you if you do not speak."

"God helps the early riser."

"God did not give wings to scorpions."

"Great deeds are reserved for great men."

"God speaks for the man who holds his peace."

"God is bigger than your problems."

"He is not to blame who does his duty."

"God helps those who get up early."

"He is not fat -- it is his belt that doesn't fit."

"He who asks a question does not err easily."

"He loses his thanks who promises and delays."

"He who covers you discovers you."

"He who assists everybody assists nobody."

"He who does not honor his wife dishonors himself."

"He who does not intend to pay is not troubled in making his bargain."

"He who divides and shares is left with the best share."

"He who doesn't speak-up is never heard."

"He who does not praise a thing is he who buys it."

"He who follows his own advice must take the consequences."

"He who doesn't speak will get no help from God."

"He who gets drenched at dawn has the rest of the day to dry out."

"He who does not venture has no luck."

"He who gives what he can is no further obligated."

"He who is a parrot is green wherever he is."

"He who has a hundred and one pesos, and owes a hundred and two, let him commend himself to god."

"He who is accustomed to evil is offended by good."

"He who is anxious to secure the best tends to get stuck with the worst of the rest."

"He who leaves his family is forsaken by God."

"He who keeps a secret prevents much mischief."

"He who is ignorant at home is ignorant abroad."

"He who lingers around will hear bad things spoken about him."

"He who never goes to your house doesn't want you in his."

"He who makes more of you than usual either designs to cheat you or wants your assistance."

"He who punishes one chastises a hundred."

"He who really wants to die will not complain if he is buried standing up."

"He who speaks too much is tiresome; he who speaks too little is boring."

"He who spits in the air will have it fall back on his face."

"He who strikes first, strikes twice."