Subject: Proverbs (Page 5)

A father is a banker provided by nature.

There's an old proverb that says just about whatever you want it to.

People living in glass houses should not!

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

The wages of sin is death – but the working conditions are good.

Tomorrow is often the busiest day of the week.

A good appetite needs no sauce.

The sooner you fall behind, the more time you'll have to catch up.

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

Some of the most well-trodden roads lead nowhere.

One of life’s greatest mysteries is how the boy who wasn’t good enough to marry your daughter can be the father of the smartest grandchild in the world.

Let every fox take care of his own tail.

The house that is built after every man’s advice seldom gets a roof.

Scratch my back and I’ll scratch yours.

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

In times of prosperity friends will be plenty, in times of adversity not one in twenty.

Never advise anyone to go to war or to marry.

It is not economical to go to bed early to save the candles if the result is twins.

A bird in the hand is usually dead.

One should be just as careful in choosing one’s pleasures as in avoiding calamities.

A woman worries about the future until she gets a husband, while a man never worries about the future until he gets a wife.