Great Throughts Treasury

"An unwanted helper gets droppings as payment."

"Anger is a bad counselor."

"Anything big is small at the beginning."

"As it falls so it plumps."

"Anything done willingly is not hard, difficult to do."

"As one makes his bed, so he sleeps his dream."

"As one sows, so he reaps."

"As the tree falls, it will lie."

"Appetite comes while eating."

"As many men as many opinions."

"Bad money is never lost."

"Bad news proceeds by wings, good news hardly walks."

"Bargain like a gypsy, but pay like a gentleman."

"Be as be may."

"Barking of dogs cannot be heard in heaven."

"Believe in women as in the weather in April."

"Beloved children have many names."

"Better late than never."

"Bend the tree while is a twig."

"Better a sparrow today than a bustard tomorrow."

"Better to fear than to be frightened."

"Better dry bread in peacetime than meat in wartime."

"Better to return from half-way than to take a wrong road."

"Between two chairs he falls below the bench."

"Blood will not turn water."

"Blushing is the paint of good habits."

"Both the goat has enough to eat and the cabbage remains."

"Braying of an ass or barking of a dog, is not heard in Heaven."

"Bread borrowed should be returned."

"busy women has a lazy daughter, a lazy women has a busy daughter."

"Cobbler, do not go beyond the last."

"Cheap meat yields dilute soup."

"Clothes make the man."

"Clothes do not make the man."

"Cleanliness is half-health."

"Come hell or high water."

"Coward people have no country of their own."

"Come a little closer when your sword is too short."

"De dismounts the tent-poles."

"Dish and spoon cannot be without jingling."

"Do it yourself sir, if you have not servant."

"Coward people have no homeland."

"Do not drink in advance on the hide of a bear."

"Do not look at the tooth of a gift horse."

"Do not count your chicken before they are hatched."

"Do more things by wisdom than by force."

"Do not expect good in return for a good deed."

"Do not put off till tomorrow what you can do today."

"Do not look for something, where it isn't."

"Do not run after a cart that will not take you."