Subject: Proverbs (Page 5)

Don't squat with your spurs on.

If you go to war pray once; if you go on a sea journey pray twice; but pray three times when you are going to be married.

Wait until it is night before saying that it has been a fine day.

Fools rush in and get the best seats.

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

Better to understand a little than to misunderstand a lot.

You cannot get to the top by sitting on your bottom.

Measure twice, cut once.

Since the house is on fire let us warm ourselves.

No one is rich enough to do without a neighbor.

A single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study.

The most dangerous food is wedding cake.

If a patient dies, the doctor killed him, but if he gets well, the saints have saved him.

There is hope as long as your fishing-line is in the water.

One meets his destiny often in the road he takes to avoid it.

Familiarity breeds contempt; but familiarity breeds!

You can grow as much corn on a crooked row as on a straight one.

(1926 – 1998) American country comedian

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

When spiders unite they can tie down a lion.

Cat bathing is a martial art.

When in doubt, gallop!