A young man idle, an old man needy.
|
Use soft words and hard arguments.
|
Don't dig your grave with your knife and fork.
|
Every path has its puddle.
|
A full cup must be carried steadily.
|
It is an equal failing to trust everybody, and to trust nobody.
|
Write down the advice of him who loves you, though you like it not at present.
|
A blind man will not thank you for a looking-glass.
|
As you make your bed, so you must lie in it.
|
Fools build houses, and wise men buy them.
|
Sometimes you must be cruel to be kind.
|
Don't fall before you're pushed.
|
When the sword of rebellion is drawn, the sheath should be thrown away.
|
In the morning be first up, and in the evening last to go to bed, for they that sleep catch no fish.
|
We never know the worth of water 'til the well is dry.
|
You may poke a man's fire after you've known him for seven years.
|
Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.
|
Danger and delight grow on one stalk.
|
Don't halt before you are lame.
|
We are usually the best men when in the worst health.
|
Don't dig your grave with your own knife and fork.
|
This is courage in a man to bear unflinchingly what heaven sends.
|
A stumble may prevent a fall.
|
A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner.
|
A smooth sea never made a skilled mariner.
|
The soul is healed by being with children.
|
A lawyer's opinion is worth nothing unless paid for.
|
Let him make use of instinct who cannot make use of reason.
|
Sorrow for a husband is like a pain in the elbow, sharp and short.
|
He that plants trees loves others besides himself.
|