Great Throughts Treasury

"A dead man does not speak."

"A dog bitten by a snake is afraid of sausages."

"A contented ass enjoys a long life."

"A dog in the manger, that neither eats nor lets others eat."

"A dog that barks much is never a good hunter."

"A donkey's cries don't reach heaven."

"A dog that has been bitten by a snake, fears the sausage."

"A drunk's ass has no master."

"A dull ass near home trots without the stick."

"A fair-weather friend changes with the wind."

"A friend's fault should be known but not abhorred."

"A fault confessed is half forgiven."

"A fault confessed is half redressed."

"A fly doesn't enter in a closed mouth."

"A finger's length in a sword, and a palm in a lance, are a great advantage."

"A friend is to be taken with his faults."

"A full man is no eater."

"A girl, a vineyard and a bean field are difficult to guard."

"A girl, a vineyard, an orchard, and a bean-field, are hard to watch."

"A good cock was never fat."

"A good thing is soon caught up."

"A good woman should be plump as a hen, with eyes dark as the midnight sky, and a disposition as fiery as pepper."

"A good thing is known when it is lost."

"A good word quenches more than a cauldron of water."

"A good year is determined by its spring."

"A gossiping woman talks of everybody, and everybody of her."

"A goose, a woman, and a goat, are bad things lean."

"A great thrust of a lance at a dead Moor."

"A guest and a fish stink in three days."

"A goose cannot graze after him."

"A handsome hostess is bad for the purse."

"A hungry wolf is not at rest."

"A liar is sooner caught than a cripple."

"A lie has short legs."

"A hungry belly hears nobody."

"A house without a dog or a cat is the house of a scoundrel."

"A little injury dismays, and a great one stills."

"A life of leisure, and a life of laziness, are two things."

"A little makes a debtor and much an enemy."

"A little gall spoils much honey."

"A long tongue betokens a short hand."

"A little knowledge is a dangerous thing."

"A looker on sees more of the game than a player."

"A loss not missed by your neighbor is not a real loss."

"A much prayed for defunct goes straight to hell."

"A pot that over boils attracts the cook."

"A poor man is hungry after eating."

"A pig on credit makes a good winter and a bad spring."

"A man of straw is better than a woman of gold."

"A morsel eaten gains no friend."