Great Throughts Treasury

"At night all cats are brown."

"Baskets after the vintage."

"Be sure not to owe anything to the rich, and don't lend anything to the poor."

"Beauty is a good letter of introduction."

"Before you marry reflect, for it is a knot you cannot untie."

"Before you marry consider what you do."

"Before you marry, watch what you do."

"Better an ass that carries me than a horse that throws me."

"Better a distant good than a near evil."

"Better a sparrow in the hand than two flying."

"Better an egg in peace, than an ox in war."

"Better a red face than a black heart."

"Better anticipate than be anticipated."

"Better be killed by robbers than by the kick of an ass."

"Better be out of the world than out of the fashion."

"Better be one-eyed than quite blind."

"Better bend than break."

"Better be silent than speak ill."

"Better deserve honor and not have it, than have it and not deserve it."

"Better gain in mud than lose in gold."

"Better be wrong with the many than right with the few."

"Better go round than be drowned."

"Better have a bad ass than be your own ass."

"Better have friends in the market-place than money in your coffer."

"Better is my neighbor's hen than mine."

"Better is a leap over the ditch than the entreaties of good men."

"Better is one "Take this," than two "I-will-give-you.""

"Better just repair the gutter than the whole house."

"Better lose that lose more."

"Better keep, than have to beg."

"Better mine than ours."

"Better to have friends in the marketplace than money in your coffers."

"Better preventing than fixing."

"Better repair the gutter than the whole house."

"Better straw, than nothing."

"Better to be queen for an hour than a countess for life."

"Between smith and smith no money passes."

"Between husband and wife, one doesn't put the spoon."

"Better wrong with the many than right with the few."

"Between the hand and the lip the morsel may slip."

"Between the hand and the mouth the soup is lost."

"Beware of a bad woman, and put no trust in a good one."

"Beware of silent dogs and still waters."

"Beware of a pledge that eats."

"Beware of a man that does not talk, and of a dog that does not bark."

"Beware of a door that has many keys."

"Birds of prey do not flock together."

"Beware of the door with too many keys."

"Big fish are fished in big rivers."

"Big walks, big lies."