Great Throughts Treasury

"Everyone knows what to do with a bad (crazy) wife except the one who has her."

"Everyone has seen his cradle, but none his grave."

"Everyone wants to be a gentleman; nobody wants to carry the sack."

"Everyone wants to be great; nobody wants to carry the sack."

"Everyone wants to hear praise, and nobody blame."

"Everyone wants to live long, but nobody wants to age (get old)."

"Everyone wants to climb the lowest fence."

"Everyone wants to turn the prettiest side forward."

"Everyone would rather hear praise than blame."

"Everyone's friend is faithful to none."

"Everything is not as bad as it sounds."

"Everything is a transition, the fox said - he was skinned."

"Everything must be destroyed that is meant to be so."

"Everything has an end, except the sausage, she has two."

"Everything does not go as we guess."

"Everything is pure to the pure."

"Everything is well told that is well received."

"Everything needs its time."

"Everything serves the thief."

"Everything will lie where it is lowest."

"Experience is the best teacher, but the tuition is high."

"Face to face eagles shall claw (fight)."

"Farmer thrives among farmers best."

"Fish bite best on a golden hook."

"From a gruff word both harm and murder may ensue."

"Forge while the iron is hot."

"From harm one gets wise (and not rich)."

"From our years we learn more than from many books."

"From children and drunk people we get to hear the truth."

"Good fortune is loaned, not owned."

"Good love glides easily and smoothly and pays in time."

"Getting a small part is better than a long quarrel."

"He who comes first to the mill, grinds first."

"He who does no evil does a lot of good."

"He that lies on the floor doesn't fall down."

"He who digs a grave for others, falls often in it himself."

"He who laughs last, laughs the best."

"He who laughs, lasts."

"He who has a dog need not bark himself."

"He who wants to play, must accept bad consequences."

"Heroism consists of hanging on one minute longer"

"He who sleeps, does not sin."

"If the cat is away, the mice play."

"If the glacier perceives a headless army is clumsy, it feels a sort of emphatic guilt, I dare say."

"If you bend the bow too much, it will break."

"If you build your house as everybody counsels, it will never stand straight."

"If there were no fools, how would we recognize the wise"

"If you're in the game, you must be able to take the heat."

"If you poop in the drawer, you have to empty it."

"In every woman there is a Queen. Speak to the Queen and the Queen will answer."