Subject: Proverbs (Page 5)

A woman worries about the future until she gets a husband, while a man never worries about the future until he gets a wife.

Those who live by the sword get shot by those who don't.

Young pigs grunt as as old pigs grunted before them.

Three things it is best to avoid: a strange dog, a flood, and a man who thinks he is wise.

If you would be Pope, you must think of nothing else.

If a patient dies, the doctor killed him, but if he gets well, the saints have saved him.

Experience is something you don’t get until just after you need it.

People living in glass houses should not!

Cat bathing is a martial art.

A country can be judged by the quality of its proverbs.

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice… prepare to die.

A good laugh and a long sleep are the best cures in the doctor's book.

A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory.

Wait until it is night before saying that it has been a fine day.

A single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study.

Where there’s a will, there’s a relative.

A bird in the hand is usually dead.

All sizzle and no steak.

Never mess up an apology with an excuse.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

In times of prosperity friends will be plenty, in times of adversity not one in twenty.