Great Throughts Treasury

"Rather free in a foreign place than a slave back home."

"Rather suffer for truth than get rewarded for lies."

"Shared joy is double joy."

"Similar children, play best together."

"Seriousness and fun often go together."

"Snow is the peasants' wealth."

"Sometimes the child just has crying to resort to (and it is horrible)."

"Speaking is silver, silence is gold, i.e. speaking out is well, keep in your silence is better."

"Spring brings health, heralding summer's wealth."

"Strike while the iron is hot."

"Straight ahead is shortest, but not always easiest."

"Sweep before your own door first before you sweep before the doorsteps of your neighbors."

"That which is loved is always beautiful"

"The afterthought is good, but forethought is better."

"The age of miracles is past."

"The big fish eat the small ones ? they are disadvantaged, those who are little."

"The billy-goat knows he has horns."

"The apple doesn't fall far from the tree. Usually refers to looking like your parents."

"The ancients were no fools."

"The baker and the smith belong to the devil."

"The apple does not fall far from the tree."

"The best cure meets the disease before it enters the home."

"The best friends are fewest."

"The best joy lasts the longest."

"The best remedy against getting drunk is keeping sober."

"The craziest speak most truly."

"The burnt child fears the fire."

"The blemishes of another are easily seen."

"The comparison halts (something is alike, something is not)."

"The burden of someone else is always light."

"The eye is the first thing that is blinded."

"The child has to crawl till it learns to walk."

"The eye wants to be where it is dear, and the hand where it hurts."

"The east wind travels where it is supposed to."

"The day that is gone, you will not get one more time."

"The fair wind blows even if the sailor does not see it."

"The fair wind blows just as well whether the sailor sleeps or is awake."

"The farmer can sow, but not put on the ear."

"The farmer himself the best, and his wife the next."

"The friend of all is the fool of all."

"The farmer cannot invite all."

"The lazier a man is, the more he plans to do tomorrow."

"The less you know, the less you forget."

"The farmer is no goose because he is grey."

"The lowest fence is the easiest to get across."

"The lame man runs if he has to."

"The old are to be honored."

"The maniacs have many funny hours that the sane guy does not have."

"The old are the eldest."

"The old bucks got the stiffest horns."