Great Throughts Treasury

"In the dark, all cats are gray"

"In the game no one is brother to others."

"Injuries make one wise."

"It is an ill bird that fouls its own nest."

"It is an ill bird that fouls its own nest; don't wash your dirty linen in public."

"It is better to be a free man in a small house than a slave in a big one."

"It is better to feed one cat than many mice."

"It is the law that judges, not the judge."

"It is the great north wind that made the Vikings."

"It?s better to feed one cat than many mice."

"It's better to feed one cat than many mice."

"It's no shame to look into the warm spring sun and regret a lost limb."

"It's too bad to want a thing and not be allowed it."

"It's best to stop while things go well."

"Just blueberries. [Something is just plain simple and/or easy to conduct]"

"Latecomers see the least."

"Learn to walk before you can run."

"Leave a jest when it pleases you best."

"Like father, like son."

"Like mother, like daughter."

"Little strokes fell great oaks."

"Many become brave when brought to bay."

"Meaning: Don?t speak ill of yourself and the groups you belong to."

"Men look more like their uncles on the mother's side."

"Merely book makes none wise."

"Morning has gold in its mouth."

"More cooks make a bigger mess."

"Men are like fish; the great ones devour the small."

"Morning hour has gold in its mouth."

"Most prayers go unanswered anyway."

"No one can help someone who will not help themselves."

"Nobody can serve two masters."

"No such thing as bad weather, only bad clothing."

"Not everyone can become pope in Rome."

"Not all the words that were ever uttered are worth weighing on golden scales."

"None sigh deeper than those who have no troubles."

"Old habit is hard to turn."

"Not everyone can meet one's better."

"Not everything that sparkles is gold"

"Not everyone can have the bishop for his uncle."

"old bucks got the stiffest horns."

"Old love does not rust."

"One swallow (bird) is not enough to prove it is summer."

"Other times, other customs (manners)."

"Other years make other people."

"Patchwork is better than bare buttocks."

"Poor thanks is the way of the world."

"Rather a bit correctly than much incorrectly."

"One swallow creates no summer."

"Rather be without life than without wits."