Proverb
» Absence » “Absence and a friendly neighbor washes away love.”
» Absence » “Never find fault with the absent.”
» Action » “Footprints on the sands of time are not made by sitting down.”
» Action » “Try and trust will move mountains.”
» Advice » “Good advice is beyond all price.”
» Advice » “Write down the advice of him who loves you, though you like it not at present.”
» Age and Aging » “If the young knew and the old could, there is nothing that couldn’t be done.”
» Age and Aging » “We pay when old for the excesses of youth.”
» Age and Aging » “Old age though despised, is coveted by all.”
» Agreement » “Better a lean agreement than a fat lawsuit.”
» Aid and Assistance » “Slow help is no help.”
» Airplane and Aviation » “Any landing you can walk away from is a good one.”
» Ancestry » “From our ancestors come our names from our virtues our honor.”
» Anger » “He who is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a hasty temper exalts folly.”
» Anger » “There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot.”
» Anger » “The wrath of brothers is fierce and devilish.”
» Animals » “An eagle does not catch flies.”
» Animals » “The owl of ignorance lays the egg of pride.”
» Appearance » “Wide will wear, but tight will tear.”
» Appearance » “The best mirror is an old friend.”
» Appearance » “All things are becoming to good people.”
» Argument » “Soft words win hard hearts.”
» Argument » “Two dogs strive for a bone and the third one runs off with it.”
» Behavior » “People who have little to do are excessive talkers.”
» Behavior » “The wolf changes his coat, but not his disposition.”
» Behavior » “Contraries are cured by contraries.”
» Blame » “Neither blame or praise yourself.”
» Blame » “The first mistake are theirs who commit them, the second are theirs that permit them.”
» Books and Reading » “A wicked book cannot repent.”
» Borrowing » “Quick to borrow is always slow to pay.”
» Borrowing » “Who goes a borrowing, goes a sorrowing.”
» Borrowing » “People lend only to the rich.”
» Business » “When two friends have a common bank account, one sings and the other weeps.”
» Caution » “Caution is the parent of safety.”
» Caution » “When a fox preaches, take care of your geese.”
» Certainty » “There is nothing certain, but the uncertain.”
» Character » “Some people are born hammers, others anvils.”
» Character » “One can easily judge the character of a person by the way they treat people who can do nothing for them.”
» Character » “If an ass goes traveling it will not come home a horse.”
» Charity » “The charitable give out the door and God puts it back through the window.”
» Children » “A rich child often sits in a poor mothers lap.”
» Children » “There is not so much comfort in having children as there is sorrow in parting with them.”
» Children » “Children and drunks always speak the truth.”
» Common Sense » “He who does not have common sense at age thirty will never have it.”
» Communication » “From listening comes wisdom and from speaking, repentance.”
» Confession » “Confess you were wrong yesterday; it will show you are wise today.”
» Confidence » “Who ever does not respect confidence will never find happiness in their path.”
» Conscience » “Conscience is the dog that can’t bite, but never stops barking.”
» Contentment » “A Sunday well-spent brings a week of content.”
» Cooperation » “We all end up in a single bed sooner or later.”
» Correction » “Private reproof is the best grave for private faults.”
» Correction » “Rebuke should have a grain more of salt than of sugar.”
» Correction » “Rebuke with soft words and hard arguments.”
» Correction » “Some who will not speak against another, in the end does them harm.”
» Cost » “The gods sell all things at a fair price.”
» Cost » “Something you don’t want is dear at any price.”
» Counsel » “Give neither counsel or salt till you are asked for it.”
» Counsel » “The best counselors are the dead.”
» Counsel » “The counsel you would have another keep, first keep yourself.”
» Courage » “Some have been thought brave because they didn’t have the courage to run away.”
» Courtesy » “To speak kindly does not hurt the tongue.”
» Crime and Criminals » “Great thieves punish little ones.”
» Crime and Criminals » “In times of trouble leniency becomes crime.”
» Crime and Criminals » “All criminals turn preachers under the gallows.”
» Curses » “Curses are like chickens, they always come home.”
» Custom » “Custom is a tyrant.”
» Danger » “A wreck on shore is a beacon at sea.”
» Danger » “Danger past, God forgotten.”
» Death and Dying » “Good men must die, but death cannot kill their names.”
» Death and Dying » “We come and cry and that is life, we cry and go and that is death.”
» Debt » “Better to go to bed hungry than to wake up in debt.”
» Debt » “Out of debt, out of danger.”
» Deception » “Every cloud has a silver lining.”
» Defense » “Attack is the best form of defense.”
» Desire » “First deserve then desire.”
» Desire » “Unbridled gratification produces unbridled desire.”
» Detail » “Measure three times before you cut once.”
» Devil » “Speak the truth and shame the devil.”
» Difficulties » “When difficulties are overcome they begin blessing.”
» Direction » “Step by step one goes very far.”
» Direction » “You cannot be lost on a road that is straight.”
» Direction » “It is better to run back than run the wrong way.”
» Discipline » “A colt is worth little if it does not break its halter.”
» Discretion » “Better a living dog than a dead lion.”
» Dress » “How to dress? When the money is going from you wear anything you like. When the money is coming to you, dress your best.”
» Effort » “If a job’s worth doing, it’s worth doing well.”
» Enemies » “Talk well of your friends and of your enemies say nothing.”
» Equality » “Six feet of earth make all men equal.”
» Example » “An ounce of practice is worth a pound of preaching.”
» Example » “Practice what you preach.”
» Example » “Precept guides, but example draws.”
» Expectation » “Don’t cross the bridge till you come to it.”
» Expediency » “The end justifies the means.”
» Eyes » “The eye is the mirror of the soul.”
» Eyes » “What the eye does not admire the heart does not desire.”
» Faces » “The face is the index of the mind.”
» Failure » “When someone is going downhill everyone likes to give them a kick.”
» Faith » “Weave in faith and God will find the thread.”
» Faults » “No one is worse, for knowing the worst of themselves.”
» Fear » “That fear may reach all, punish but few.”
» Fear » “A scalded cat dreads cold water.”
» Fear » “He who fears to suffer, suffers from fear.”
» Fights and Fighting » “Acts of kindness may soon be forgotten, but the memory of an offense remains.”
» Fire » “Fire is never a gentle master”
» Flattery » “If we did not flatter ourselves the flattery from others would not harm us.”
» Flattery » “Many lick before they bite.”
» Focus » “Think of many things, do only one.”
» Food and Eating » “Hunger is a good cook.”
» Food and Eating » “The most dangerous food to eat is a wedding cake.”
» Food and Eating » “Seven’s a banquet nine a brawl.”
» Food and Eating » “Gluttony kills more than the sword.”
» Food and Eating » “Much meat, much disease.”
» Fools and Foolishness » “A fool and his money are soon parted.”
» Fools and Foolishness » “The fool is always beginning to live.”
» Force » “Force without forecast is to little avail.”
» Forgiveness » “Those that do you a very ill deed will never forgive you.”
» Forgiveness » “Never repeat old grievances.”
» Forgiveness » “Forgive and forget.”
» Forgiveness » “A reconciled friend is a double enemy.”
» Fortune » “Speedy exception is the mother of good fortune.”
» Fortune » “One’s best fortune, or, their worst is their spouse.”
» Future » “Tomorrow never comes.”
» Gambling » “Rule: Never perform card tricks for the people you play poker with.”
» Gifts » “Gifts dissolve rocks.”
» Gifts » “Gifts make their way through stone walls.”
» Giving » “A bit of fragrance always clings to the hand that gives you roses.”
» Goals » “It is better to finish something than begin.”
» God » “Man does what he can, God does what he will.”
» Gossip » “Gossiping and lying go hand in hand.”
» Greatness » “The first step toward greatness is to be honest.”
» Grief » “Grief is light that is capable of counsel.”
» Habit » “Good habits result from resisting temptation.”
» Happiness » “Where one is wise two are happy.”
» Hatred » “Many can bear adversity, but few contempt.”
» Hatred » “Some evils are cured by contempt.”
» Heart » “No sheath shall hold what finds its home in flesh.”
» Heart » “Not the glittering weapon fights the fight, but rather the hero’s heart.”
» Heart » “The heart that truly loves never forgets.”
» Honor » “Ease and honor are seldom bedfellows.”
» Honor » “A hundred years cannot repair a moment’s loss of honor.”
» Hope » “A misty morning does not signify a cloudy day.”
» Hope » “Quit not certainty for hope.”
» Hypocrisy » “Better to be known as a sinner than a hypocrite.”
» Idleness » “He that is doing nothing is seldom in need of helpers.”
» Idleness » “The hardest work of all is to do nothing.”
» Ignorance » “Better to ask a question than to remain ignorant.”
» Ignorance » “What you don’t know can’t hurt you .”
» Insanity » “Whom God wishes to destroy, he first makes mad.”
» Insults » “Even rabbits insult an dead lion.”
» Insults » “Little enemies and little wounds must not be despised.”
» Kindness » “Kind words are worth much and they cost little.”
» Kings » “Kings have many ears and eyes.”
» Knowledge » “Who knows most believes least.”
» Law and Lawyers » “The law helps those who watch, not those who sleep.”
» Law and Lawyers » “Fools and obstinate men make lawyers rich.”
» Law and Lawyers » “Lawyers and painters can soon make what’s black, white.”
» Law and Lawyers » “Lawyers and woodpeckers have long bills.”
» Law and Lawyers » “Possession is nine tenths of the law.”
» Law and Lawyers » “The more laws the less justice.”
» Law and Lawyers » “Where the law is uncertain there is no law.”
» Laziness » “By doing nothing we learn to do ill.”
» Laziness » “Sloth is the key to poverty.”
» Leaders and Leadership » “An army of deer would be more formidable commanded by a lion, than a an army of lions commanded by a stag.”
» Leaders and Leadership » “Among the blind the one eyed is king.”
» Learning » “We learn by teaching.”
» Leisure » “He has hard work who has nothing to do.”
» Letters » “The word that is heard perishes, but the letter that is written remains.”
» Lies and Lying » “”They say” is often a great liar.”
» Life and Living » “A light heart lives long.”
» Life and Living » “He who allows his day to pass by without practicing generosity and enjoying life’s pleasures is like a blacksmith’s bellows. He breathes, but does not live.”
» Life and Living » “Live today for tomorrow it will all be history.”
» Life and Living » “Young people talk of what they are doing; old people of what they have done; and fools of what they have a mind to do.”
» Listening » “A hungry stomach has no ears.”
» Listening » “Never tell your story to a deaf man.”
» Love » “Love laughs at locksmiths.”
» Love » “Love can neither be bought or sold, its only price is love.”
» Love » “Love rules his kingdom without a sword.”
» Love » “Follow love and it will flee, flee love and it will follow.”
» Loyalty » “Birds of a feather flock together.”
» Loyalty » “A jack of both sides, is before long, trusted by nobody, and abused by both parties.”
» Luck » “Luck is the idol of the idle.”
» Manners » “Civility costs nothing.”
» Manners » “Nothing is more noble than politeness, and nothing more ridiculous than ceremony.”
» Marriage » “Choose your wife as you wish your children to be.”
» Marriage » “Marrying is easy, it’s housework that’s hard.”
» Marriage » “Those that marry for money sell their liberty.”
» Marriage » “Three things drive a man outdoors; smoke, a leaking roof and a scolding wife.”
» Marriage » “You’ll repent if you marry, and repent if you don’t.”
» Masses » “The multitude is always wrong.”
» Mastery » “Masters who sacrifice for servants will receive the gift of loyalty.”
» Medicine » “He who lives by medical prescriptions lives miserably.”
» Medicine » “Quackery has no friend like gullibility.”
» Memory » “One lives in the world’s memory only by what they have done in the world’s behalf.”
» Men » “Silent men like still waters, are deep and dangerous.”
» Mercy » “Offenders never pardon.”
» Merit » “Merit is often an obstacle to fortune; the reason is it produces two bad effects, envy and fear.”
» Mind » “Money spent on the mind is never spent in vain.”
» Misfortunes » “There is no greater misfortune, than to not be able to endure misfortune.”
» Moderation » “Let not turn fun to mischief.”
» Money » “The poor man’s budget is full of schemes.”
» Money » “When money is taken freedom is forsaken.”
» Mothers » “A mother’s heart is always with her children.”
» Motivation » “Don’t spur a willing horse.”
» Nationalities and Nationalism » “The Irish ignore anything they can’t drink or punch.”
» Nature » “Nature surpasses nurture.”
» Neighbors » “Hedges between keep friendships green.”
» Opportunity » “Opportunities neglected can never be recovered.”
» Opportunity » “The back of one door is the face of another.”
» Ownership » “Ownership is to fear.”
» Pain » “That which is escaped now is pain to come.”
» Patience » “Patience when teased is often transformed into rage.”
» Patience » “Patience, money and time bring all things to past.”
» Patience » “Rome was not built in a day.”
» Peace » “If you wish for peace be ready for war.”
» Peace » “When we can’t find peace in ourselves it is vain to look for it elsewhere.”
» Perseverance » “Never say die.”
» Perseverance » “The darkest hour is just before the dawn.”
» Persuasion » “That which proves too much, proves nothing!”
» Persuasion » “If you can’t get people to listen to you any other way, tell them it’s confidential.”
» Persuasion » “Persuasion is better than force.”
» Persuasion » “When a heart is on fire, sparks always fly out of the mouth.”
» Philosophers and Philosophy » “Many talk like philosophers yet live like fools.”
» Pleasure » “Short lived pleasure is the parent of pain.”
» Popularity » “The one who pleased everybody died before they were born.”
» Poverty and The Poor » “When poverty comes in the door love flies out the window.”
» Poverty and The Poor » “Poverty has no greater foe than bashfulness.”
» Power » “He who pays the piper calls the tune.”
» Power » “Unless a serpent devour a serpent it will not become a dragon. Unless one power absorb another, it will not become great.”
» Praise » “People blame themselves for the purpose of being praised.”
» Praise » “Praise makes good people better and bad people worse.”
» Prayer » “One hour in the execution of justice is worth seventy years of prayer.”
» Prayer » “Short prayers reach heaven.”
» Prayer » “No one can pray well, but those who live well.”
» Price » “No price is too low for a bear or too high for a bull.”
» Pride » “Pride and poverty don’t get along, but often live together.”
» Procrastination » “One of these days, is none of these days.”
» Procrastination » “We hate delays by others, but sometimes it makes us wise.”
» Procrastination » “He who begins and does not finish loves their pains.”
» Progress » “Every convenience brings its own inconveniences along with it.”
» Promises » “He loses his thanks who promises and delays.”
» Promises » “There are no greater promisers than those who have nothing to give.”
» Purpose » “Battle doesn’t need a purpose; the battle is its own purpose.”
» Quality » “Pay beforehand if you would have your work poorly done.”
» Quality » “Quicker by taking more time.”
» Quality » “Could everything be done twice it would be done better.”
» Respectability » “Respect starts with yourself.”
» Responsibility » “The burden one likes is cheerfully carried.”
» Rest » “How beautiful is it to do nothing, and then rest afterward.”
» Riches » “Riches have wings.”
» Self-reliance » “God helps them that help themselves.”
» Silence » “Silence implies consent.”
» Silence » “The silent dog is the first to bite.”
» Simplicity » “Simplicity is the seal of truth.”
» Soul » “A little body often harbors a great soul.”
» Soul » “The soul is not where it lives, but where it loves.”
» Speakers and Speaking » “Speak little and to the purpose.”
» Speakers and Speaking » “The less people think the more they talk.”
» Speakers and Speaking » “Speak when you are spoken to.”
» Speakers and Speaking » “Speak and the man shall be shown.”
» Speakers and Speaking » “Talking without thinking is like shooting without taking aim.”
» Spirit and Spirituality » “The spirit of man is the candle of the Lord.”
» Success » “What is a big shot except a little shot that kept on shooting.”
» Teachers and Teaching » “He who does not research has nothing to teach.”
» Teachers and Teaching » “Whatever you teach, be brief; what is quickly said the mind readily receives and faithfully retains, while everything superfluous runs over as from a full container. Who knows much says least.”
» Teachers and Teaching » “To teach well, we need not say all that we know, Successful teachers are effective in spite of the psychological theories they suffer under.”
» Teachers and Teaching » “In teaching others we teach ourselves.”
» Teachers and Teaching » “Never offer to teach a fish to swim.”
» Tenderness » “A soft answer turneth away wrath.”
» Time and Time Management » “The longest day soon comes to an end.”
» Time and Time Management » “Lost time is never found again.”
» Time and Time Management » “Now is the watchword of the wise.”
» Time and Time Management » “Soon enough is well enough.”
» Travel and Tourism » “Visits always give pleasure; if not the arrival, the departure.”
» Truth » “Tell the truth and then run.”
» Truth » “Time tries truth.”
» Truth » “Truth fears nothing but concealment.”
» Truth » “Truth is the daughter of time.”
» Vengeance » “The noblest vengeance is to forgive.”
» Victory » “Great is the victory that is gained without bloodshed.”
» Wealth » “You can’t take it with you when you go.”
» Wealth » “A rich widow weeps with one eye and signals with the other.”
» Wealth » “As the person who has health is young, so the person who owes nothing is rich.”
» Will and Will Power » “The one who wills is the one who can.”
» Will and Will Power » “When the will is ready the feet are light.”
» Will and Will Power » “Who wills the end, wills the means.”
» Wisdom » “By others faults the wise correct their own.”
» Wish and Wishing » “Between the wish and the thing life lies waiting.”
» Wives » “A good wife and health is a man’s best wealth.”
» Wonder » “No wonder lasts over three days.”
» Work » “A dog that barks much is never a good hunter.”
» Work » “No bees, no honey; no work, no money.”
» Work » “Want is the mother of industry.”
» Work » “Plaster thick, some will stick.”
» Zeal » “Too much zeal spoils everything.”
» Zeal » “Zeal is like fire: it needs both feeding and watching.”
