Great Throughts Treasury

"He who suffers many evils is comforted with just a little good."

"He who walks with wolves learns to howl."

"He whoa breeds crows, will have his eyes taken out- you harvest what you planted."

"He who talks too much errs much."

"His bark is worse than his bite."

"He who wants everything will lose everything."

"Hell must be in bad condition when even the devil stays out."

"Hope dies last of all."

"How beautiful to watch the rain and not get wet."

"Hunger brings people down, but pride can help them get up."

"If it does not stink, it is not a foot."

"I never ask God to give me anything; I only ask him to put me where things are"

"If it is not stolen, it is a legacy."

"If you can?t say something nice, don?t say anything at all."

"If the hope is lost, it's better to hurry."

"If you lie down with dogs, you?ll get up with fleas."

"If you give away what you have, you will not yearn for what you see."

"If you don?t honor your wife, you are dishonoring yourself."

"If you see your neighbor has lost his beard, you'd best start lathering yours."

"If you would be a good judge, pay attention to what everyone says."

"If you want to live in peace, you must not tell everything that you know, nor judge everything that you see."

"If you would be well served, serve yourself."

"If you're going to rest under the sun, it's better to keep walking."

"In this treacherous world there is neither truth nor lie; everything is like the color of the crystal through which you gaze."

"In the matter of pigs, all is money, and in the matter of money, all are pigs."

"It is in our work that we discover love and faith."

"It is better to be a fool than obstinate."

"It is not enough for a man to know how to ride; he must know how to fall."

"It's a bad start on the week for the man who is hanged on a Monday."

"It's easy to trust a cat once you put the cream out of reach."

"It's better to be poor, than to live alone."

"It's feast or famine."

"It's not the able that give, but the desirous."

"It's not enough to know how to ride -- one must also know how to fall."

"It's only Monday and I'm already screwed."

"It's not the fault of the Indian, but of he who makes of the Indian his friend."

"Keep your counsel arrested until it's requested."

"Jealous about honor and careless about providing."

"It's not the fault of the mouse, but of the one who offers him the cheese."

"Let not the tongue speak what the head may have to pay for."

"Let the water you cannot drink flow by."

"Let him attack who will; the strong wait."

"Let water run that you do not intend to drink."

"Life is short; seize the moment."

"Lions believe that everyone shares their state of mind."

"Love is blind -- but not the neighbors."

"Look at the man you serve and you will see how much you are esteemed."

"Love is too rare to be lost on jealousy."

"Make deaf ears to stupid words."

"Malice leaves reality behind."