Great Throughts Treasury

"Bed is the poor man's opera."

"Because of a period, Martin lost his post."

"Below the navel there is neither religion nor truth."

"Believe a boaster as you would a liar."

"Better a lean agreement than a fat sentence."

"Bend the tree while it is young."

"Better a living donkey than a dead doctor."

"Better a mouse in the pot than no stew at all."

"Better a near neighbor than a distant cousin."

"Better an egg today than a hen tomorrow."

"Better be envied than pitied."

"Better alone than in bad company."

"Better aught than nought."

"Better be alone than in bad company."

"Better be the head of a cat than the tail of a lion."

"Better be a bird of the wood than a bird in the cage."

"Better be the head of a lizard than the tail of a dragon."

"Better bend than break."

"Better gain in mud than lose in gold."

"Better give a penny then lend twenty."

"Better give than not to have to give."

"Better give the wool than the sheep."

"Better have one bee than a host of flies."

"Better have an egg to-day than a hen to-morrow."

"Better is an enemy to well."

"Better go about than fall into the ditch."

"Better is the enemy of good."

"Better late than never."

"Better one day as a lion than a hundred as a sheep."

"Better once than never."

"Better one now, than two in the future."

"Better safe than sorry."

"Better lose the saddle than the horse."

"Better no law than laws not enforced."

"Better one true friend than a hundred relatives."

"Better to live well than long."

"Better to lose the wool than the sheep."

"Better to ride an ass that carries me than a horse that throws me."

"Better to turn back, than to painfully move forward."

"Better slip with the foot than with the tongue."

"Better to ask than go astray."

"Better to ask than to go astray."

"Better to have a husband without love than one who is jealous."

"Better to fall from the window than the roof."

"Better to be envied than pitied."

"Beware of a poor alchemist."

"Better untaught than ill taught."

"Between the hand and the mouth the soup is spilt."

"Between two cowards, the first to detect the other has the advantage."

"Beware of "Had I but known.""