Great Throughts Treasury

"An infant will grow, but his swaddling clothes will not."

"At the end of the song comes payment."

"Anger is the mother of treachery."

"Badly will the devil keep his servant."

"Bare is the cheek of the jealous."

"Bad news goes about in clogs, Good news in stockinged feet."

"Bare is the land a sheep will not graze."

"Be honorable yourself if you wish to associate with honorable people."

"Be a friend to yourself, and others will."

"Better a friend at court than gold on the finger."

"Better a good shilling than a dud sovereign."

"Before beginning see the end."

"Better a waiting from exile than a waiting from the grave."

"Better a patch than a hole."

"Better educated than wealthy."

"Better a wise lad than a foolish king."

"Better education than perfect wealth."

"Better learning than wealth."

"Better my own cottage than the palace of another."

"Better play than fight."

"Better the rod that bends than one that breaks."

"Beware of the first sin, for there are a legion hard on its heels."

"Birds of a color fly to the same place."

"Birds of a feather flock together."

"Catch a chicken slowly."

"Birds of the same color fly to the same place."

"Cold is the liquid of the slaughter."

"Blows received in youth are felt in old age."

"Breaking her hip is the old woman's fault."

"Conscience is the nest where all good is hatched."

"Contend with the wise, you will be the wiser."

"Death considers not the fairest forehead."

"Do good and then do it again."

"Do not expect to find every musician wise."

"Do not joke with an enemy."

"Do not seek dignity from pride."

"Enough is a little more than you already have."

"Enough is better than a feast."

"Every bird relishes his own voice."

"Every flock has its black sheep."

"Every foolish person is an enemy ."

"Everything that is yellow is not gold."

"Every prudent one is wise."

"Fair promises will make a fool happy."

"Excess of anything is not good."

"First to the mill will get to grind."

"Fire is a good friend but a bad enemy."

"Forget me not."

"First with his harrow, first with his sickle."

"God is good and eternity is long"