Proverbs Quotations

There are no greater promisers than those who have nothing to give.

Love is like seaweed; even if you have pushed it away, you will not prevent it from coming back.

May you wander over the face of the earth forever, never sleep twice in the same bed, never drink water twice from the same well, and never cross the same river twice in a year.

May your left ear wither and fall into your right pocket.

From the faults of another, a wise man will correct his own.

It is not the horse that draws the cart, but the oats.

Weave in faith and God will find the thread.

To speak kindly does not hurt the tongue.

Between the wish and the thing life lies waiting.

Blue eyes say, Love me or I die; black eyes say, Love me or I kill thee.

Rule: Never perform card tricks for the people you play poker with.

A man should choose a friend who is better than himself. There are plenty of acquaintances in the world; but very few real friends.

It is prosperity that gives us friends, adversity that proves them.

Never spend your money before you have it

If man can make it he can break it, if man breaks it he cannot re make it

If men could see the epitaphs their friends write they would believe they had gotten into the wrong grave.

The hunter does not rub himself in oil and lie by the fire to sleep

The charitable give out the door and God puts it back through the window.

A heart in love with beauty never grows old.