Proverb Quotes

Trust me but look to thyself.

Never trouble trouble till trouble troubles you.

The crow when travelling abroad came back just as black.

Live and let live.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Time gives good advice.

What may be done at any time will be done at no time.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Speaking without thinking is shooting without taking aim.

To be uncertain is to be uncomfortable but to be certain is to be ridiculous.

When thieves fall out honest men come by their own.

There is honor among thieves.

Summer is the mother of the poor.

Today's egg is better than tomorrow's hen.

Yesterday is ashes tomorrow wood. Only today does the fire burn brightly.

What was hard to bear is sweet to remember.

A great city a great solitude.

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.

Everyone to his taste.

Talk is cheap.

A tale never loses in the telling.

Though a tree grow ever so high the falling leaves return to the root.

He that is afraid to shake the dice will never throw a six.

Three things give hardy strength: sleeping on hairy mattresses breathing cold air and eating dry food.

Believe nothing and be on your guard against everything.

Skeptics are never deceived.

Eat when you're hungry. Drink when you're thirsty. Sleep when you're tired.

Keep quiet and people will think you a philosopher.

Still waters run deep.

Speech is silver silence is golden.

It is easier to talk than to hold one's tongue.

Better silent than stupid.

A man is a lion in his own cause.

Blame yourself if you have no branches or leaves don't accuse the sun of partiality.

If there is no wind row.

You've got to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was.

The best place to find a helping hand is at the end of your own arm.

Self-knowledge is the beginning of self-improvement.

He who despises his own life is soon master of another's.

Without perseverance talent is a barren bed.

When you have only two pennies left in the world buy a loaf of bread with one. and a lily with the other.

One man's meat is another's poison.

He who says what he likes shall hear what he does not like.

He that seeks trouble always finds it.

If a man plants melons he will reap melons if he sows beans he will reap beans.

The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it.

Bed is the poor man's opera.

The rich would have to eat money but luckily the poor provide food.

An antisemite is a person who hates Jews more than is absolutely necessary.

When the gods are angry with a man they give him what he asks for.