English Proverb

"A full cup must be carried steadily. "

"A man's first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own heart, his next to escape the censures of the world. "

"Advice is least heeded when most needed. "

"Danger and delight grow on one stalk. "

"Do not be in a hurry to tie what you cannot untie. "

"Don't dig your grave with your own knife and fork. "

"Don't fall before you're pushed. "

"Every path has its puddle. "

"First deserve, and then desire. "

"He that has no charity deserves no mercy. "

"He that lives in a glass house must not throw stones. "

"In the morning be first up, and in the evening last to go to bed, for they that sleep catch no fish. "

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

"Let him make use of instinct who cannot make use of reason. "

"Many things are lost for want of asking. "

"Never fall out with your bread and butter. "

"One boy is more trouble that a dozen girls. "

"Some have been thought brave because they were afraid to run away. "

"Spread the table and contention will cease. "

"The eyes are the window of the soul. "

"The shortest answer is doing. "

"This is courage in a man to bear unflinchingly what heaven sends. "

"Use soft words and hard arguments. "

"We are usually the best men when in the worst health. "

"We never know the worth of water 'til the well is dry. "

"When a proud man hears another praised, he feels himself injured. "

"Write down the advice of him who loves you, though you like it not at present. "