Great Throughts Treasury

"You cannot tie up a dog with a chain of sausages."

"You can't have two faces under one hat."

"You can't prevent a bird from flying over your head, but you can prevent him from making a nest in your head."

"You can't take the milk back from the coffee."

"You 'fraid fe yeye, you neber nyam head."

"You nebber see pop-gun kill alligator."

"You nebber see kicking' cow widout kickin'calf."

"You shake a man's hand, you don't shake his heart."

"You shake man's hand, you no shake his heart."

"You will often see a high collar above an empty stomach."

"Yu cyaan siddung pahn cow bak cuss cow kin."

"Yu nebba see sumoke widout fiyah"

"Yu cyaan ketch Quaku (Harry), yu ketch im shut."

"Yuh pred yuh bed haad, yu haffe liddung pan i' haad"

"Yu shake man han, but yu noh shake im hawt."