Proverb Proverb Quotations

One can easily judge the character of a person by the way they treat people who can do nothing for them.

Six feet of earth make all men equal.

Short lived pleasure is the parent of pain.

Kind words are worth much and they cost little.

From our ancestors come our names from our virtues our honor.

He who begins and does not finish loves their pains.

He has hard work who has nothing to do.

It is better to finish something than begin.

Lawyers and painters can soon make what's black, white.

That which is escaped now is pain to come.

The one who wills is the one who can.

When we can't find peace in ourselves it is vain to look for it elsewhere.

Where the law is uncertain there is no law.

Curses are like chickens, they always come home.

The time to make friends is before you need them.

Two dogs strive for a bone and the third one runs off with it.

Better a lean agreement than a fat lawsuit.

Better a living dog than a dead lion.

No sheath shall hold what finds its home in flesh.

Speedy exception is the mother of good fortune.

Praise makes good people better and bad people worse.

A dog that barks much is never a good hunter.

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.

Talking without thinking is like shooting without taking aim.

Don't cross the bridge till you come to it.

By doing nothing we learn to do ill.

An ounce of practice is worth a pound of preaching.

The mother-in-law remembers not that she was a daughter-in-law.

You can't take it with you when you go.

The longest day soon comes to an end.