Great Throughts Treasury

"A word is more enduring than worldly wealth."

"A wise man should have money in his head but not in his heart."

"A windy day is not a day for thatching."

"A wish -- may you never forget what is worth remembering, or remember what is best forgotten."

"An empty sack does not stand."

"An Irishman is never at peace except when he's fighting."

"Always remember to forget the friends that proved untrue. But never forget to remember those that have stuck by you."

"Age is honorable and youth is noble."

"An empty house is better than a bad tenant."

"Anything will fit a naked man."

"All sins cast long shadows."

"An Irishman is never drunk as long as he can hold onto one blade of grass and not fall off the face of the earth."

"Any man can lose his hat in a fairy-wind."

"An old broom knows the dirty corners best."

"As the big hound is, so will the pup be."

"As the old cock crows so the young cock learns."

"As you ramble through life, whatever be your goal; keep your eye upon the doughnut, and not upon the hole."

"Bad as I like ye, it's worse without ye."

"Better fifty enemies outside the house than one within."

"Better one good thing that is than two good things that were."

"Be neither intimate nor distant with the clergy."

"Both your friend and your enemy think you will never die."

"Better be quarreling than lonesome."

"Bricks and mortar make a house, but the laughter of children makes a home."

"Beware of people who dislike cats."

"Broken Irish is better than clever English."

"Continual cheerfulness is a sign of wisdom."

"But the greatest love - the love above all loves, Even greater than that of a mother - Is the tender, passionate, undying love, Of one beer drunken slob for another."

"Do not mistake a goat's beard for a fine stallion's tail."

"Don't break your shin on a stool that is not in your way."

"Count your joys instead of your woes; Count your friends instead of your foes."

"Do not resent growing old. Many are denied the privilege."

"Distant hills look green."

"Drink is the curse of the land. It makes you fight with your neighbor. It makes you shoot at your landlord, and it makes you miss him."

"Don't give cherries to pigs or advice to fools."

"Even the longest day has its end."

"Even absurdity has a champion to defend it."

"Even a small thorn causes festering."

"Every terrier is bold in the doorway of its own house."

"Everyone is wise till he speaks."

"Every patient is a doctor after his cure."

"Every tide has an ebb save the tide of graces."

"Everyone is nice till the cow gets into the garden."

"Falling is easier than rising."

"Face the sun, but turn your back to the storm."

"Fear is a fine spur, so is rage."

"Firelight will not let you to read fine stories but it will warm you and you won't see the dust on the floor."

"Fear is a fine spur."

"Food is a good workhorse."

"Give away all you like, but keep your bills and your temper."