Proverbs and old sayings British, page 56

1123 proverbs and old sayings british

Never lay sorrow to your heart when others lay it to their heels.

Proverbs and old sayings British about sadness, heart

A man may woo where he will, but he will wed where his luck lies.

Proverbs and old sayings British about bad luck, good luck, man

With great learning, a horse, and money, you may travel the world.

Proverbs and old sayings British about world, money

Misfortune is not that which can be avoided, but that which cannot.

Proverbs and old sayings British

Ye're like a bad liver--the last day there's aye maist to do wi' ye.

Proverbs and old sayings British about bad luck, day, bad

When ye ca' the dog out o' your ain kail-yaird, dinna ca't into mine.

Proverbs and old sayings British

Ye're like the miller's dog--ye lick your lips ere the pock be opened.

Proverbs and old sayings British

It is best to be off with the old love before you are on with the new.

Proverbs and old sayings British about love, old, olderness

Ye may drive the deil into a wife, but ye'll ne'er ding him oot o' her.

Proverbs and old sayings British about wife

A child's service is little, yet he is no little fool that despises it.

Proverbs and old sayings British about children

A woman's advice is no great thing, but he who won't take it is a fool.

Proverbs and old sayings British about advice, things, woman

When a snake gets warm on ice, then a German will wish well to a Czech.

Proverbs and old sayings British about wish

By continually striving for the best, one may waste good opportunities.

Proverbs and old sayings British about chance, waste, good, good luck

If you sell your purse to your wife, give your trousers into the bargain.

Proverbs and old sayings British about commerce, wife

Marriage halves our griefs, doubles our joys, and quadruples our expenses.

Proverbs and old sayings British about marriage

From a choleric man withdraw a little; from him that says nothing for ever.

Proverbs and old sayings British about nothing, man

The rich man has his ice in the summer and the poor man gets his in the winter.

Proverbs and old sayings British about wealth, man

An army of stags led by a lion would be more formidable than one of lions led by a stag.

Proverbs and old sayings British about army

The world still he keeps at his staff's end that needs not to borrow and never will lend.

Proverbs and old sayings British about world, end

A man of great memory without learning. has a distaff and a spindle, and no stuff to spin.

Proverbs and old sayings British about memory, man