Great Throughts Treasury

"A good marksman may miss."

"A good name is better than gold."

"A good name is better than riches."

"A good neighbor, a good morrow."

"A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit."

"A good wife's a goodly prize, saith Solomon the wise."

"A great ship asks deep waters."

"A great ship asks for deep waters."

"A guilty conscience feels continual fear."

"A hired horse tired never."

"A good shepherd must fleece his sheep, not flay them."

"A handful of trade is an handful of gold."

"A great talker is a great liar."

"A honey tongue, a heart of gall."

"A horse that will not carry a saddle must have no oats."

"A horse may stumble that has four legs."

"A husband must be deaf and the wife blind to have quietness."

"A lawyer's opinion is worth nothing unless paid for."

"A horse, a wife, and a sword may be shewed, but not lent."

"A liar is not believed when he speaks the truth."

"A lean agreement is better than a fat judgment."

"A little body often harbors a great soul."

"A living dog is better than a dead lion."

"A little stone in the way overturns a great wain."

"A little fire burns up a great deal of corn."

"A long tongue is a sign of a short hand."

"A lord without riches is a soldier without arms."

"A low hedge is easily leaped over."

"A man cannot give what he hasn't got."

"A man can die but once."

"A man is known by the company he keeps."

"A man of straw is worth a woman of gold."

"A mouse in time may bite in two a cable."

"A man without a wife is but half a man."

"A man without money is a bow without an arrow."

"A man's praise in his own mouth stinks."

"A man's hat in his hand never did him any harm."

"A man without money is no man at all."

"A penny at a pinch is worth a pound."

"A new broom sweeps clean."

"A near neighbor is better than a far-dwelling kinsman."

"A penny saved is a penny gained."

"A poor man's tale cannot be heard."

"A piece of churchyard fits everybody."

"A prophet has no honor in his own country."

"A poor man wants some things, a covetous man all things."

"A ragged colt may make a good horse."

"A prophet is not without honor save in his own country."

"A red beard and a black head catch him with a good trick and take him dead."

"A poor man has no friends."