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.

Mistakes are often the stepping stones to utter failure.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

American proverb

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

Live with wolves, and you learn to howl.

When a rogue kisses you, count your teeth.

Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy.

We grow too soon old and too late smart.

If you scatter thorns, don’t go barefoot.

Never try to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys the pig.

There’s many a slip twixt the cup and the lip.

It is not enough for a man to know how to ride; he must know how to fall.

All sizzle and no steak.

No need to teach an eagle to fly.

A guest sees more in an hour than the host in a year.

If your time ain’t come, not even a doctor can kill you.

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

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

Many men know how to flatter, few men know how to praise.

Friends are like fiddle-strings and they must not be screwed too tightly.

Let every fox take care of his own tail.