Subject: Proverbs

Proverbs:

Short sayings that express a simple truth based on experience or common sense and often offer practical advice. Here are some humorous ones.

It is far more impressive when others discover your good qualities without your help.

God is good, but never dance in a small boat.

The loveliest of faces are to be seen by moonlight, when one sees half with the eye and half with the fancy.

When a rogue kisses you, count your teeth.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

When you throw dirt, you lose ground.

Those who have free seats at a play hiss first.

A tree never hits an automobile except in self defense.

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

It is better to have an ugly wife for one’s self than a beautiful wife for others.

A rolling stone gathers momentum.

No husband has ever been shot while doing the dishes.

No call alligator long mouth till you pass him.

Don't sell the skin until you have caught the bear.

The older the fiddle, the sweeter the tune.

Where there are no swamps there are no frogs.

If you must choose between two evils, pick the one you’ve never tried before.

When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other.

The doctor demands his fees whether he has killed the illness or the patient.

There's an old proverb that says just about whatever you want it to.

To err is human, to forgive is human.