Proverbs and old sayings, page 2005

43574 proverbs and old sayings

Away with thee, sickness, to where they make a good pillow for thee.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about good, good luck

Compare your griefs with those of other men and they will seem less.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about man

A little thing in hand is worth more than a great thing in prospect.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about things

He who would be rich should not collect money, but reduce his needs.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about wealth, money

God grant you good fortune, my son, for knowledge avails you little.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about knowledge, wealth, god, good, good luck

It goes ill in the house where the hen sings and the cock is silent.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about home, house

Let him not complain of being cheated who buys cloth by the pattern.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about being

The well-bred hound, if he does not hunt to-day will hunt to-morrow.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about day

I know they are all honest men, but my cloak is nowhere to be found.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about man

From smooth water God preserve me, from rough I will preserve myself.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about water, god

The servant wench that has a mother in town swoons seven times a day.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about city, mother, day

It is better if they say, He ran away here than He died here.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish

Where there is no want of will, there will be no want of opportunity.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about chance

By the street of By-and-By one arrives at the house of Never.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about home, house

Pluck it from among the thistles, and we will take it off your hands.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish

Stealing would be a nice thing, if thieves were hanged by the girdle.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about thieves, things

There was already twenty in the family, so my grandmother had a baby.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about family

If you want to know secrets, seek for them in trouble or in pleasure.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about pleasure

Love is like war: you begin when you like and leave off when you can.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about war, love

Watch out for the dog that doesn't bark and the man who says nothing.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about nothing, man