Proverb Quotations

One hour's sleep before midnight is better than three after it

If they say you are good, ask you self if it be true

May your trouble be like the old man's teeth - few and far between

The price of a laugh is too high, if it is raised at the expense of another

He who oweth is all in the wrong

It is better to travel than to arrive

The eye is the mirror of the soul.

The cow knows not what her tail is worth until she has lost it

Trust not a new friend nor an old enemy.

Too much zeal is a bad soldier who fires before the word of command

Three women, three geese, and three frogs, make a fair

The sharper is the berry, the sweeter is the wine

Those who have never tasted bitter, do not appreciate the taste of sugar.

Better a lie which heals than a truth which wounds.

Some things are better praised by silence than by remark

A woman is to be from her house three times; when she is christened, married and buried

A woman's tongue wags like a lamb's tail

A market is three women and a goose

Fish, to taste good, must swim three times: in water, in butter, and in wine

A drunk man's words are a sober man's thoughts

As solid as the ground we stand on

Every tub smells of the wine it holds

He that speaks truth must have one foot in the stirrup.

The classic formula for success is: ""Dress British, Think Yiddish

A hangman is a good trade, he doth his work by daylight

A swarm of bees in May is worth a load of hay but a swarm in July is not worth a fly