Proverb Quotes

He who serves two masters has to lie to one.

God gives the milk but not the pail.

God pays but not weekly wages.

God will provide - if only God would provide until he provides.

The world is more exacting than God himself.

God will be present whether asked or not.

God does not pay weekly but he pays at the end.

God delays but doesn't forget.

Bad is never good until worse happens.

Good things are not done in a hurry.

Good men need no recommendation and bad men it wouldn't help.

Gossip needs no carriage.

Whoever gossips to you will gossip of you.

Gratitude is the heart's memory.

Only great men may have great faults.

A white wall is the fool's paper.

There's a pinch of the madman in every great man.

No gain satisfies a greedy mind.

Greed lessens what is gathered.

Every guest hates the others and the host hates them all.

Habits are at first cobwebs then cables.

Gray hair is a sign of age not of wisdom.

There was never a saint with red hair.

As well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.

Make happy those who are near and those who are far will come.

May you have warmth in your igloo oil in your lamp and peace in your heart.

Fear less hope more eat less chew more whine less breathe more talk less say more love more and all good things will be yours.

Happiness is not a horse you cannot harness it.

A bit of fragrance always clings to the hand that gives you roses.

True happiness consists in making others happy.

Unshared joy is an unlighted candle.

He who would be happy should stay at home.

With happiness comes intelligence to the heart.

Haste makes waste.

Make haste slowly.

He who has health has hope and he who has hope has everything.

The Devil's boots don't creak.

A kind word is like a Spring day.

Charity looks at the need not at the cause.

He that has no charity deserves no mercy.

Two thirds of help is to give courage.

Help your brother's boat across and your own will reach the shore.

Avarice hoards itself poor charity gives itself rich.

Like the body that is made up of different limbs and organs all mortal creatures exist depending upon one another.

Clever father clever daughter clever mother clever son.

God sells knowledge for labour - honour for risk.

No revenge is more honorable than the one not taken.

Hope is the last thing ever lost.

Hope for the best but prepare for the worst.

You may lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink.