Great Throughts Treasury

"Claim to virginity, after seven moppets!"

"Claiming innocence, while there is plenty evidence on guilt."

"Come what may."

"Comfortable is he who doesn't have a donkey -- He who doesn't know of its straw and barley."

"Closing the barn door after the horses get out."

"Cloud, wind, moon, and sky are at work. And when you earn a piece of bread, do not eat it in ignorance."

"Courtesy is cumbersome to them that ken it not."

"Courteous men learn courtesy from the discourteous"

"Contrarily, they call the Negro Camphor."

"Cowards may die many times before their deaths."

"Courtesy on one side can never last long."

"Credit is better than wealth."

"Curiosity is the key to knowledge."

"Death is a camel that lies down at everyone?s door."

"Did you see the camel? No you did not!"

"Crooked load will not get to the destination."

"Debts are like women, once you have them you can't get rid of them."

"Do little things now; so shall big things come to thee by and by asking to be done."

"Die for the one who will catch fever for you."

"Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?"

"Do little things now; and big things will come to you."

"Do not cut down the tree that gives you shade."

"Do not be critical of what has been given to you for free."

"Do not let the cat watch over the bacon."

"Do not use words that are too big for your mouth."

"Do to others as you would have them do to you."

"Do the little things well now. In time, great things will be presented to you, asking you to be done."

"Do your work quietly, so that you won't get in trouble. Keep a low profile."

"Don?t be afraid of he who raises a hue and cry; be afraid of he who holds his head down."

"Don?t count your chickens before they are hatched."

"Do well the little things now; so shall great things come to thee by and by asking to be done."

"Don?t just take love?experience it."

"Don?t look a gift horse in the mouth."

"Don?t look at the small size of the pepper; break it and it is pretty strong."

"Don't be afraid of he who raises a hue and cry; be afraid of he who holds his head down."

"Don't judge a book by its cover"

"Don't have too many irons in the fire."

"Don't bite the hand that feeds you."

"Don't borrow from a baby-boomer, if you borrow, don't spend it."

"Don't just take love, experience it."

"Don't rock the boat. Don't make waves."

"Don't knock it 'til you try it."

"Don't look a gift horse in the mouth."

"Don't count the chickens before they are hatched."

"Doubt makes the mountain which faith can move."

"Doughtiness and cowardice are one step apart."

"Doubtful the die, and dire the cast."

"Drops that gather one by one, finally becomes a sea."

"Draw not thy bow before thy arrow be fixed."

"Drawn wells have sweetest water."