Great Throughts Treasury

"Give a man rope enough and he will hang himself."

"Go to your rich friend's house when invited; to your poor friend's without invitation."

"God heals, and the doctor gets the money."

"Good habits result from resisting temptation."

"He has nothing who is not content with what he has."

"If you want to be served, serve yourself."

"Let not the bottom of your purse or of your mind be seen."

"He who would catch fish must not mind wetting himself."

"He who is well prepared has won the battle."

"Money is not gained by losing time."

"Money lent, an enemy made."

"Neither trust or contend, nor lay wagers or lend, and you'll have peace to your end."

"Thinking is not knowing."

"Not all that is true is to be spoken."

"No one has seen to-morrow."

"Too much familiarity breeds contempt."

"You may keep yourself safe from fire, but not from a bad man."

"To love and be wise is incompatible."

"You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear."

"You have to suffer a lot or die young."

"Visits always give pleasure - if not the arrival, the departure."

"Hell is paved with good intentions, roofed in with lost opportunities."

"Work expands so as to fill the time available."

"Where there is life there is hope."

"An empty purse and a new house make a man wise, but too late. "

"A bad knife cuts one's finger instead of the stick."

"An old man in love is like a flower in winter. "

"Change yourself, and fortune will change. "

"Lies have short legs. "

"Hunger is the best of the spices. "

"At night all cats are grey."

"One guy's good luck is the other guy's bad luck."

"Never cut what can be untied. "

"If you have no enemies, then fortune passed you by."

"Peace with a club in hand is war."

"There are no roses without thorns."

"Silly words make ears deaf."

"What doesn't have any remedy is no longer a problem. "

"Words fly, writings remain. "

"A barley corn is better than a diamond to a cock."

"A beard lathered is half shaved."

"A beard once washed is half shaven."

"A body that is well made needs no cloak."

"A bird in the hand is more worth than two flying."

"A barking dog was never a good hunter."

"A bad neighbor will give you a needle with no thread."

"A cat that has been scalded is afraid of cold water."

"A bustling mother makes a slothful daughter."

"A capon eight months old is fit for a king's table."

"A cat that is hidden with its tail showing."