Proverbs and old sayings, page 57

The whisper of a pretty girl can be heard further than the roar of a lion.

The wise adapt themselves to circumstances, as water moulds itself to the pitcher.

The world is a rose: smell it and pass it on to your friends.

The world is a rose: smell it and pass it on to your friends.

The world would not make a racehorse of a donkey.

There are many paths to the top of the mountain, but the view is always the same.

There are more old drunkards than old doctors.

There is but one good mother-in-law and she is dead.

There is honor even among thieves.

There is hope from the sea, but none from the grave.

There is no fireside like your own fireside

There is no luck except where there is discipline.

There is no need like the lack of a friend.

There is no strength without unity.

There is plenty of sound in an empty barrel.

They who love most are least valued.

Think in the morning. Act in the noon. Eat in the evening. Sleep in the night. this is the key of success.

Think with the wise but walk with the vulgar.

Thirst is the end of drinking and sorrow is the end of drunkenness.

Though a tree grow ever so high, the falling leaves return to the ground.

Three Spaniards, four opinions.