Great Throughts Treasury

"Two heads are better than one or When two, not one."

"Truth will not make you fat but you won't choke on a lie."

"Truth can take you everywhere... including jail."

"Walking isn't a lost art. One must, by some means, get to the garage."

"Vacation is the period when those rainy days for which a person saves, usually arrive."

"Truth will take you everywhere -- even to jail."

"We are born naked, wet, and hungry. Then things get worse."

"We can't all be heroes because somebody has to sit on the curb and clap as they go by."

"Water teaches us to weep, wine teaches us to sing."

"We do not stop playing because we grow old. We grow old because we stop playing."

"We'd made it through yet another nuclear winter and the lawn had just trapped and eaten its first robin."

"What a big gap there is between advice and help."

"What a young absorbs, the old loses."

"What can't be cured, must be endured."

"What Jimmy did to God, God does to Jimmy."

"Whatever you're doing, it's not as important as petting the cat."

"What the son has not learned, the father did not know."

"When a girl is born it is like having six thieves invade the house."

"What John won?t learn, John won?t know."

"What likes the body will lose the soul."

"What sane person could live in this world and not be crazy?"

"When a woman knows no more how to answer, she must be dried up."

"When a man hurries, the devil smiles."

"When it's your time, you have to go."

"When February comes, hobnail your shoes."

"When one door closes another opens. But these hallways are the pits!"

"When reviewing your notes for a test, the most important ones will be illegible."

"When tempted to fight fire with fire, remember that fire departments generally use water."

"When the master has a cold the servants sneeze."

"When the cat's away the mice will play."

"When the ship sails, all debts are paid."

"When the well's dry, we know the worth of water."

"When the wolf is chasing your sleigh, toss him a raisin cookie but don?t stop to see if he eats it."

"Where the body wants to rest, there the legs must carry it."

"Where there is butter there are flies."

"Where there is love, there is happiness."

"Where two are fighting, a third one wins."

"When toads wrestle, the flies dance."

"When you are amongst the crows, caw like them."

"When the woman gets off the wagon, horses have an easier time."

"When you have got an elephant by the hind legs and he is trying to run away, it is best to let him run."

"Where devil cannot go, he will send a woman."

"Where six cooks are, there is nothing to eat."

"Who wakes up early, Lord God provides him."

"Why is 'abbreviation' such a long word?"

"With gold in your pocket you are wise, you are handsome, and you dance well too."

"who wants/needs to leave, stick a nail in his foot."

"With unity there is strength."

"Without salt the feast is spoiled."

"Without work there is no dinner."