Great Throughts Treasury

"Art has no enemy but ignorance."

"As a tree falls, so shall it lie."

"As a man sinneth, so is his punishment."

"As long as I am rich reputed, with solemn voice I am saluted."

"As soon as a man is born he begins to die."

"Art is long and life is short."

"Art improves nature."

"At length the fox is brought to the furrier."

"At length the fox turns monk."

"At open doors dogs come in."

"As the work, so the pay."

"As they brew, so let them drink."

"As you bake, so shall you eat."

"As you make your bed, so you must lie on it."

"As you sow, so you reap."

"Ask much to have a little."

"Ask, and it shall be given you."

"Bad news travels fast."

"Bacchus hath drowned more men than Neptune."

"Be not idle, and you shall not be longing."

"Be not a baker if your head be of butter."

"Bad news has wings."

"Be still, and have thy will."

"Be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves."

"Be what you would seem to be."

"Beads about the neck and the devil in the heart."

"Bear and forbear."

"Beauty carries its dower in its face."

"Beauty fades like a flower."

"Beauty is but a blossom."

"Beauty without wisdom is like a flower in the mud."

"Bees that have honey in their mouths have stings in their tails."

"Before you make a friend, eat a bushel of salt with him."

"Before you find God, you will be eaten by saints."

"Believe nothing of what you hear, and only half of what you see."

"Believe no tales from an enemy's tongue."

"Better a bare foot than none."

"Before you marry, be sure of a house, wherein to tarry."

"Best to bend while it is a twig."

"Better a healthy donkey than a consumptive philosopher."

"Better an open enemy than a false friend."

"Better an ugly duckling from your own village than a beauty from foreign parts."

"Better an egg today than a hen tomorrow."

"Better be alone than in bad company."

"Better be envied than pitied."

"Better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion."

"Better be first in a village than second at Rome."

"Better be the head of an ass than the tail of a lion."

"Better be the head of a pike than the tail of a sturgeon."

"Better be the head of the yeomanry than the tail of the gentry."