Great Throughts Treasury

"Beware of letting your competence lead you into overconfidence."

"Beware of him who has nothing to lose."

"Beware of one who has nothing to lose."

"Beware of Greeks bearing gifts."

"Beware of the false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, and inwardly are ravening wolves."

"Beware the person with nothing to lose."

"Beware of the person with nothing to lose."

"Beware of the vinegar of sweet wine."

"Big mouthfuls often choke."

"Blue are the hills that are far away."

"Big flies break the spider's web."

"Bitter fruit will fall before the ripe."

"Blessings brighten as they take their flight."

"Blessed is the misfortune that comes alone."

"Borderers are either thieves or murderers."

"Boil not the pap before the child is born."

"Boil stones in butter, and you may sip the broth."

"Break the legs of an evil custom."

"Borrowed garments never sit well."

"Broad thongs may be cut from other men's leather."

"Break a leg!"

"Buy what you have no need of and ere long you shall sell your necessaries."

"Buy the bed of a great debtor."

"By lamplight every country wench seems handsome."

"By night all cats are black."

"By asking for the impossible we obtain the best possible."

"By learning to obey, you will know how to command."

"By their marks the bales are known."

"Call no man happy till he dies."

"Call me not olive before you see me gathered."

"Cap in hand never did any harm."

"Caution is the mother of safety."

"Call not a surgeon before you are wounded."

"Chastise the good and he will mend, chastise the bad and he will grow worse."

"Children are poor men's riches."

"Children will become like older generations."

"Choose neither a lover nor linen by candlelight."

"Children observe daily and ? in their behavior ? often follow the example of their parents."

"Clothes don't make the man."

"Choose a wife rather by your ear than your eye; a man's best fortune or his worst is a wife."

"Cobblers' children are worst shod; the shoemaker goes barefoot. The shoemaker's wife and the smith's horse have not shoes."

"Choose the lesser of two evils."

"Conceal not the truth from thy physician and lawyer."

"Clear agreements make for good friends."

"Conscience is as good as a thousand witnesses."

"Conscience is the chamber of justice."

"Consolation, for the condemned, is to be one of many."

"Conscience makes cowards of us all."

"Corsairs against corsairs, there is nothing to win but empty barrels."

"Constant dropping wears the stone."