Great Throughts Treasury

"A hero is one who knows how to hang on one minute longer."

"A friend is known in need, like gold is known in fire."

"A sip at a time empties the cask."

"A grey patch is better than a bare side."

"A small but excellent party, said the man, he was drinking alone."

"A little thing can ruin the whole thing."

"A small, but excellent party, the man said, he was drinking alone."

"A tied up man is sorrowful."

"A small grass tuft can topple a big cart load."

"Afterthought is good, but forethought is better."

"A wooer should open his ears more than his eyes."

"Age probably leads to something worse."

"Age is nothing to boast of; you get it for nothing."

"A tree stands on Riene; it has twelve golden boughs, four nested on each bough, and seven eggs in each nest, and the seventh is of gold."

"All birds cannot be hawks (some are just cuckoos)."

"All are not thieves that dogs bark at."

"All don't like the same thing; some like it cold, and some like it hot."

"All food does not come upon one single dish."

"All madmen are not the same."

"All masters are born, but none is born a master except the billy-goat."

"All sense is not housed in one single head."

"An old dog barks not in vain."

"An empty head gets the easiest sleep."

"All shoes are not sewn on the same last."

"All the fat floats together."

"All weather is passing."

"Another's horse is always strong."

"Another's steak is always fat."

"As the old cock crows, so crows the young."

"Ask for advice then use your head."

"Away is not to be at home."

"Ask for advice, and then use your brain."

"Better (be) aware beforehand than quick afterwards."

"Autumn thunder means a mild winter."

"Bad is called good when worse happens"

"Bare are buttocks without breaches."

"Better a whole ship than a broken one."

"Barter is to favor two and not just one."

"Barter is for fault."

"Better an empty purse than wrongly got money."

"Better barefooted than without jeans."

"Better be unmarried than badly married."

"Better be without money than without honor."

"Better an iron dictatorship than a golden anarchy."

"Better bend than bump."

"Better early than late."

"Better be limping than footless."

"Better know for sure than just guess."

"Better bend to get through the door than run one's head against a stone wall."

"Better grey than bald."