Great Throughts Treasury

"The drop will perforate the stone."

"The devil is civil as long as he is coaxed."

"The first to the mill grinds."

"The father of wisdom is memory and his mother is reflection."

"The foolish has a wagging tongue."

"The first to the mill will be the first to grind."

"The fool loves not those who advise him."

"The hired ox cannot complain."

"The guilty one will flee without being pursued."

"The memory of a child is good."

"The morning is not the time to praise a fine day."

"The marriage bed is the grave of the muse."

"The master of all work is in its practice."

"The idle must have something to do."

"The mother-in-law forgets that she was a daughter-in-law."

"The news spread on horns and pipes."

"The old feel the blows that were acquired when younger."

"The old feel the blows suffered when young."

"The mute will tarry long at the gate of the deaf."

"The religion of the devil is to instigate war."

"The older the man, the weaker his mind."

"The sow has gone through the shop."

"The old know and the young suspect."

"The seed of all evil is laziness."

"The strength of a nation is its knowledge."

"The strength of the bee its patience."

"The strength of a woman is her tongue."

"The want of the spring is not felt until it is dry."

"The strength of the old is their ready counsel."

"The unlucky will get a thorn in his porridge."

"The wiser the man the more humble he is."

"The young laugh when the old fall."

"There are many kinds of folly."

"The wiser the man, the fewer his words."

"There are two sides to every page"

"The world is wide to everyone."

"There is a bad potato in every sack."

"There is a skeleton in every cupboard."

"There is hope for a man from war, but not from the grave."

"There is no belief without evidence."

"There is more than one way to get Will to bed."

"There is nothing without some virtue in it."

"There is no miser without his load of trouble."

"There is no weak thing without its strength."

"Those not ruled by the rudder will be ruled by the rocks."

"Three attempts for a Welshman."

"Three comforts of old age: fire, tea and tobacco."

"Three remedies of the physicians of Myddfai: water, honey, and labor."

"Though the day be long, evening will come."

"Three things give us hardy strength: sleeping on hairy mattresses, breathing cold air, and eating dry food."