I have lost a day, because beauty and folly are often companions, and where bees are there is honey, but I remember everything has its time, and if you draw a tiger incompletely and he’s like a dog, see that you tie so you can untie after, as high floods come low ebbs, and the thunder-bolt has only its clap, but a bolt does not always fall when it thunders, as it is more honourable to be raised than to be born to a throne, and thrift is the philosopher’s stone, so that what three know will soon be known to thirty, since more are threatened than hurt, while short flax makes long thread, because they are never alone who are accompanied by noble thoughts, but a man does not run among thorns for nothing, either he is chasing a snake or a snake is chasing him, and if you should plant a thistle in paradise, it would never become a rose, nor does thirst come from drinking, just as thinking is not knowing, and he who prizes little things is worthy of great ones, but he that is won with a nut may be lost with an apple and I fear the strangers even when they are offering presents, just as manners and money make a gentleman, but genius must be born and never can be taught, so be just before you are generous, when one knows not for whom he gathers, as wholesome and poisonous herbs grow in the same garden, and there are games in which it is better to lose than to win, so no gains without pains, and you can not see the hair on the back of your head, though you have one eye on the cat and another on the frying-pan, because there is nothing so good as forbidden fruit, when the world has not yet learned the riches of frugality, and it hurts as much as it is worth, yet even a frog would bite if it had teeth, so admonish your friends in private, praise them in public, as foxes do not dig their own dens, since a weak foundation destroys the work, and a wise man and a fool together know more than a wise man alone, as a fool is the wise man’s ladder, before he has killed the goose that laid the golden egg, since nobody is fond of fading flowers, and who fights and runs away, may live to fight another day, so scratch people where they itch, because where there is smoke there is fire, and from great rivers come great fish, but all fingers are not alike, and a feast is not made of mushrooms only, since it is time to fear when tyrants seem to kiss, as a favour becomes older than any other thing, and let him that is without fault cast the first stone, as a father loves his children in hating their faults, as if too much familiarity breeds contempt, and to keep from falling is better than helping up, but two eyes see more than one, so run not from one extreme to another, as by falling we learn to go safely, and experience is the best teacher, nor do lambs run into the mouth of the sleeping wolf, since a poor excuse is better than none, but nothing to excess, just as every one tries to cross the fence where it is lowest, and eternity has no grey hairs, but to err is human, to forgive divine, when no man is without enemies, as in the end it will be known who ate the bacon, since the empty vessel makes the greatest sound, and an elephant does not catch mice, but don’t put all your eggs in one basket, for what tutor shall we find for a child sixty years old, when early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, and wealthy, and wise, as drop by drop the lake is drained, although places are gods, placemen are evil, as starlings are lean because they go in flocks, while stars are not seen by sunshine, as long as he who stands high is seen from afar, and an ill stake stands longest, though the brightest of all things, the sun, has its spots, just as sport is sweetest when no spectators, since to the victors belong the spoils, but remember there is no spite like that of a proud beggar, and spit not in the well, you may have to drink its water, for as long as the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak, it is better to spin all night with Penelope than sing all night with Helen, and spiders might make silk if they could live in harmony with each other, because she that has spice enough may season as she likes, as many speak much that cannot speak well, just speak when you are spoken to, for who says little has little to answer for, while who says what he likes shall hear what he does not like, but its is better to say nothing than not enough, as a little spark will set a whole city on fire, and you reap what you sow, so if you sow thorns you will reap pricks, and sour grapes can never make sweet wine, however soon enough is well enough, just as a good song is none the worse for being sung twice, or something tastes better than nothing, regardless a great gap may be filled with small stones, and small axes fell great trees, so be slow to offend, swift to revenge, and when all who snore are not asleep, just lay it on and some will stick, because there is a skeleton in very house, and a silver key can open an iron lock, so be silent and pass for a philosopher, as in the company of strangers, silence is safe, but he is in great danger who being sick thinks himself well, since sickness tells us what we are, however a man does not always aim at what he means to hit, for a miss is as good as a mile, and no one knows better where the shoe pinches than he who wears it, so let another’s shipwreck be your sea mark, and don’t give up the ship, unless when one sheep leads the way the rest follow, as a bald head is soon shaven, and in the land of the naked, people are ashamed of clothes, for what shadows we are and what shadows we pursue, as a sensible person hopes little and despairs of nothing, so they also serve who only stand and wait, and take care of your sense, the sound will take care of itself, since all must respect those who respect themselves, however being on a ship is like being in jail with a chance of drowning, and though a drowning man would grab at razors, it matters not how one dies, but how one lives, and those who praise everybody, praise nobody, for patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel, and love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise, as of all people, each loves themselves best, but self love exaggerates our faults as well as our virtues, for every one rakes the fire under his own pot, and sets my house on fire only to roast their own eggs, so when you have no observers be afraid of yourself, but paddle your own canoe, as self done is soon done and well done, and those that seek find, and what we see we believe, as when a secret fire is discovered by the smoke, so search all things, hold fast that which is true, since a good sailor is known in bad weather, as a smooth sea never made a skillful mariner, and the sea refuses no river, so the sciences have bitter roots, but their fruits are sweet, but who can secure a thousand year’s scheme, as the greatest scandal waits on the greatest state, and there’s a lust in man no charm can tame, thus we each really speak only one sentence in our lifetime, the sentence that begins with your first words toddling around the kitchen and ends with your last words in a nursing home with a night duty attendant vaguely on hand, so we begin by admiring and end by organizing our disappointment, wishing to be regular and orderly in our life so that we may be violent and original in our work, knowing that love is the wisdom of a fool and the folly of the wise, and the more I love you the more you flee from me, oh let justice be done though the world perish, for it is doubling pleasing to trick the trickster, though the reason of the strongest is always best, since when house and land are spent, learning is most excellent, and one who lives on hope will die fasting, but if music be the food of love, play on, and happy is he whose friends were born before him, but hasty people will never make good midwives, as haste makes waste, waste makes want, and who has not, is not, who was never sick, dies first, so study sickness when you are well, hear the other side and believe little, as when the heart is on fire sparks fly out of the mouth, and where there is least heart there is most tongue, however, a hero is only known in a time of misfortune, when from a humble cottage this hero often springs, for high buildings have a low foundation, so the higher the plum tree, the riper the plum, and when history repeats itself, when we can’t make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear, home is home, be it ever so homely, for in my own home I am queen, and I hope for the best, as it is darkest before dawn, and an hour brings what a year does not, though the hour that brings us life begins to take it away, for time flies when you are having fun, and one never appreciates what they have until it has been lost, but it is an ill wind that blows nobody good, especially as the king can do no wrong, since necessity knows no law, but the person who is their own lawyer has a fool for a client, as fools rush in where angels fear to tread, so learn to walk before you run, as you can not run with the hare and hunt with the hounds, and if you argue with a fool, make sure they are not similarly engaged, for it takes one to know one, and if you look back you will be going that way, but better to turn back than to go astray, for bad money always comes back, since no one can walk backwards into the future, just as a barking dog never bites, for why keep a dog and bark yourself, though if you are not the lead dog, your view never changes, and an empty barrel makes the most noise, so deliver us from a silent man and a dog that does not bark, even though silence is golden, and a golden hammer breaks an iron gate, but all that glitters is not gold, though appearances can be deceiving, for appetite comes with eating, beauty is truth, and truth is beauty, good, better, best: never let it rest until your good is better and your better, best, though the best things are often least appreciated, though often free, so the last laugh is the best, and it is better to beg than to steal, and better to be a big fish in a little pond, than a little fish in a big pond, just as half a glass is better than none, better to be a has been, than a never was, the sooner the better, the bigger the better, when birds of a feather flock together, for every bird likes to hear herself sing, but not to foul her own nest, and as there are no birds in last year’s nest, you can’t keep the birds from flying over your head, but you can keep them from building a nest in your hair, for birth is much, but breeding more, as every little bit counts, and there are none so blind as those who refuse to see, and though we all have our blind spots, a moment of bliss, a lifetime of sorrow, or perhaps eternal bliss in a momentary kiss, just choose your choice, as human blood is all one colour, but don’t send a boy to do a man’s work, for work ill done must be done twice, but work well begun is half done, though woman’s work is never done, and it is not the long day, but the heart that does the work, the royal heart that is often hidden under a tattered cloak, the stout heart that tempers adversity, it is a great heart that can laugh at misfortune, misfortunes that make strange bedfellows, and tell us what fortune is, so seek and you will find, but if you wish good advice seek an old man or an old woman, for when a thing is done advice comes too late, and it is always later than you think, however a little time may be enough to hatch a great mischief, though what we call time enough always proves little enough, and those that make the best use of time have none to spare, so make hay while the sun shines, do as you would be done by, and remember what is done, cannot be undone, that it is easier to say what to do than to do it, and there is a right and wrong way to do everything, but tomorrow is another day, though one time, tomorrow never comes, but work expands to fill the time available, so first think out, what you set about, and never say never, for never is a long time, and never ever go to bed angry, because anger is as useless as the waves of the ocean without the wind, and anger begins in folly, and ends in regret, so when angry count to ten, when very angry a hundred, unless history repeats itself, then believe nothing what you hear, and only half of what you see, as seeing is believing and it is better to light one candle than to curse the darkness, better to wear out than rust out, and best to be on the safe side, as from the sublime to the ridiculous there is only a step, and no step back from the ridiculous to the sublime, for truth lies at the bottom of a well, what goes up must come down, and wonders will never cease, never the less laughter is the best medicine, for laugh and the whole world laughs, weep and you weep alone, so rather spoil your joke than lose your friend, since there is no worse joke than a true one, and we knock on the door in jest, but it is opened in earnest, for that friend in need is a friend in deed, so admonish your friends in private, praise them in public, and though any publicity is good publicity, at the same time a good friend speaks well of us behind out backs, but it is important to distinguish a true friend from an agreeable enemy, though better a wise enemy than a foolish friend, and a dead enemy is as good as a cold friend, since any enemy makes you wise, and though you are bound to love your enemy, you are not bound to put your sword in their hand, for one who makes light of his enemy, dies by his hand, thus an ounce of wisdom is worth a pound of wit, and act as if what you do makes a difference, for we are the sum of our actions, and our actions speak louder than words, as an ant on the move does more than a dozing ox, so begin where you are, since it is better to do a good deed near home, than to go far away to burn incense, and do every act of your life, as if it were your last, but do not wait, as the time will never be just right, to do unto others, as you would have others do unto you, and if your sword is too short, step forward, as it is better to be the hammer than the anvil, and you climb the highest mountain, one step at a time, for people sitting at the top of the world, arrived standing up, and we are sitting in the shade, because someone planted a tree a long time ago, just as talk does not cook rice, and the best way to get something done, is to begin, for the early bird gets the worm, the dog who trots about finds a bone, and a journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step, so to begin, begin, because try and trust will move mountains, and our actions come back to us as effects, though what you see is what you get, and every picture tells a story, worth a thousand words, words that will never hurt me, unlike sticks and stones that may break my bones, and what is bred in the bone, will come out in the flesh, as big fish eat little fish, and a woman without a husband, is like a fish without a bicycle, but he that will thrive, must first ask his wife, though Caesar’s wife must be above suspicion, so either marry in haste, repent at leisure, or, though there is never too much of a good thing, and if the cap fits, wear it, nothing is fashionable until deformed, and though people often change, but seldom do better, sometimes a change in pasture makes fat calves, so learn from other’s mistakes to prevent your own, but it is better to risk, than to delay overmuch, remembering that swift risks are often attended with sudden falls, and curiosity killed the cat, however don’t cry before you are hurt, or cry over spilt milk, because there is nothing so bad as might have been worse, and nothing so good as might have been better, for as long as the frog in the well knows nothing of the sea, the dogs can bark, but the caravan goes on, and every dog is allowed one bite, but if hunger drives the wolf out of the woods, do not call the wolf to help you against these dogs, because even though great oaks from little acorns grow, it’s little strokes that fell great oaks, and the bigger they are the harder they fall, and a tree is known by its fruit, however nothing grows under a big tree, where birds of a feather flock together, but there is no flying from fate, that leads the willing but drives the stubborn, so a drowning man will catch at a straw, but if you are born to be hanged, you will never be drown, and your father’s blessing cannot be drowned in water or consumed by fire, even though you do not sing your father’s song, however a good song is none the worse for wear for being sung twice, and a silly song may be sung in many ways, because who sings drives away care, so songs are the condensed good sense of nations, discords are the sweetest airs, and music has charms to sooth the savage breast, and where there is music there can be no harm, but where there is whispering, there is lying, and what is whispered in your ear is often heard a hundred miles off, as the only way to keep a secret is to say nothing, so keep a thing for seven years and you will find a use for it, though often the husband is the last to know, as it is a folly to be wise where ignorance is bliss, and one cannot love and be wise, love is blind, and what the eye cannot see, the heart does not grieve over, but absence makes the heart grow fonder, since sometimes too much of a good thing is worse than none at all, so goodness moves in a larger sphere than justice, as goodness delights to forgive, though often forgiven is not forgotten, while some, forgive others, but themselves never, for each brings their own understanding to the market, so know thyself, as all our knowledge is ourselves to know, and one who knows themselves, knows others, and also knows which side of their bread is buttered, though it is not permitted to know all things, as to know everything is to know nothing, but they who know nothing never doubt, and no one knows when they are well off, nor what will happen to them before sunset, for it is impossible to tell what is in the future, but we have no care for the future, and we will soon sorrow for the present, as the past and to come seem best, things present worst, and the best prophet of the future is the past, though presumption first blinds and then sets one running, and while a blind hen can sometimes find corn, a blind man is no judge of colours, nor should they attempt to catch fleas, and blind men must not run, however the sky is not less blue because the blind man does not see it, but better one eyed than blind, for in the land of the blind the one eyed is king, though even the greatest king must at last go to bed with a shovel, and the queen can not always rule as she wishes, nor is the crown a cure for the headache, for a hated government does not last long, though any government is preferable to anarchy, so God help the sheep when the wolf is judge, though no fish is so full that it would not bite at something, but don’t count your fish before you have caught them, as a fish never nibbles at the same hook twice, and a fish that keeps their mouth shut will never get caught, and feast today makes fast tomorrow, so better to be first to a feast and last to a fight, but everyone must learn by experience, and it is not enough to exist, you have to live, though nothing to excess, often excellence is its own reward, but exception proves the rule, so just take each day as it comes and keep your own doorstep clean, as cleanliness is next to godliness, and gods are on the side of the stronger, and though while whom the gods love may die young, we shall never be younger than today, so do not put off till tomorrow what you can do today, as better three hours too soon than a minute late, but don’t climb the hill until you get to it, yet if you wish to fly before you have wings, nothing is impossible to pains and patience, for imagination governs the universe, and the lunatic, the lover, and the poet are of imagination all compact, for he that inquires much, learns much, as an idea is salvation by imagination, so anything one can image others can make real, but every idea needs a champion, for accidents are the mother of invention, and genius is one percent inspiration and ninety nice percent perspiration, therefore act as if it were impossible to fail, for actions speak louder than words, though every action has an opposite and equal reaction, so just fit the action to the word and the word to the action, as we are remembered for our good actions, not by our good intentions, for Adam ate the apple and our teeth still ache, thus every advantage has a disadvantage, and adversity is the first path to truth, but as adversity makes strange bedfellows, there is no education like adversity, as advice is least heeded when most needed, but advice to a fool goes in one ear and out the other, since one who gives advice is a bigger fool than the one who takes it, so take your own advice, as the kind of advice we do not like to take often turns out to be the best, be afraid only of standing still, for after a hundred years we shall all be bald, and age gives good advice when it is no longer able to give bad example, for with age comes wisdom, but don’t build castles in the air, and all is not grist that goes to the mill, nor is all that glitters gold, so leave well enough alone, for anger grows old fast, as if it is not one thing it is another, and short answers save trouble,though not every question deserves an answer, but a good anvil does not fear the hammer, and if you only have a hammer, everything looks like a nail, however appearances can be deceiving, so do not be anxious about the shoe and disregard the foot, because when the spirit is willing, the feet are light, and just as the habit does not make the monk, the sceptre does not make the king, and just because you rise earlier does not mean you will die sooner, so keep what is of no use at the moment and later you will find you need it, as the one who cuts the pie gets the biggest slice, unless they choose last, so the early bird gets the worm, and the first in the boat gets a choice of oars, while it is the last straw that breaks the camel’s back, the last drop makes the cup run over, and the last out shuts the door, as a door must be either open or shut, so beware of a door that has many keys, but one door never shuts yet another one opens, and when opportunity knocks, catch the opportunity, as it will not return, and one must make their opportunities as often as they find them, since that is how life is, what it gives with one hand one day, it takes away with the other, and if you would be well served serve yourself, but never confuse asthma with passion, nor does it take an athlete to jump from the frying pan into the fire, though the first attempt is the most difficult, so look before you leap, but no one can walk backwards into the future, thus make the best of a bad bargain, and though one dog barks at nothing, the rest bark at him, and nothing can come of nothing, as where there is nothing, nothing can be had, but none have all, and none have nothing, and while comparisons are odious, every cock will crow on his own dunghill, for out of the fullness of the mouth the heart speaks, and that is well spoken which is well taken, but one who speaks the truth must have one foot in the stirrup, for truth is stranger than fiction, but to invent false charges is never difficult, and false in one thing false in all, so honesty is the best policy, as a clean mouth and an honest hand will take one through any land, though often we are as honest as the cat when the meat is out of reach, and you measure everyone else’s honesty by your own, so know thyself and love thyself, though what you don’t know can’t hurt you, unless to know all is to forgive all, as if there is always one who kisses and one who turns the cheek, just as opportunity makes a thief, however if we can not live entirely like human beings, let us do the best not to live entirely like animals, as one makes their bed so must they lie in it, and never go to bed with a misunderstanding, but hope for the best and prepare for the worst, since the best is usually saved for last, and if worst comes to worst make the best of it, for the best things are least appreciated, but mother knows best, though a short visit is best, since it is better to leave than to take, and better to give than to receive, though always look a gift horse in the mouth, since big words seldom go with good deeds, as every bird likes their own song, but it takes two birds to make a nest, and while there are no birds in last year’s nest, a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush, since flown birds like spoken words cannot be recalled, and though sticks and stones will break my bones, words can never hurt me, just as a blind dog will not bark at the moon, so who falls from what they know of bliss cares little into what abyss, as there is eternal bliss in a momentary kiss, but the most lasting monuments are paper monuments, as only years know more than books, and there is no friend so faithful as a good book, moreover the fountain of wisdom flows through books, and something is learned every time a book is opened, and if only my enemy would write a book, as no book is so bad that something may be learned from it, so judge no book by its cover, since books were only invented to aid the memory, because memory is the treasurer of the mind, and though many complain of their memory none of their judgement, rather much memory and little judgement, since it is not always a blessing to know what other people think of you, and if you scratch my back I’ll scratch yours, but if you want to be blind, then blind you will be, and the worst blind person is the one who did not want to see, but if fear can cause blindness, then it is better to light one candle than to curse the dark, as light is light though the blind man sees it not, and better be envied than pitied, though pity cures envy, and prudent cruelty is better than foolish pity, unless pity melts the mind to love, as there is no beast so fierce but knows some touch of pity, and none but tyrants use it cruelly, for no man is an island entire of it self, but rather of that all which always is all every where, and everything would be well were there not a but, just as digging a well to put out a house on fire, throwing pearls before swine, or twisting a rope out of sand, so at the same time something cannot be both true and false, and though the only difference between stumbling blocks and stepping stones is how you use them, where you stand determines what you see, likewise it makes a difference whose ox is gored, and as you brew so must you drink, but too many cooks spoil the sauce, yet starve together to eat together, as a good dinner begins with hunger, hunger is better than the best cook, and hungry men think the cook lazy, for hunger is the mother of impatience and anger, but a hungry person discovers more than a hundred lawyers, like the boy with the bear who couldn’t hold on and was afraid to let go, between the devil and the deep blue sea, or a rock and a hard place, so when the going gets tough the tough get going, for everyone thinks their own burden the heaviest, and there are a lot of bumps on the road to easy street, but we have to be burned before we learn, though once burned, twice shy, so business before pleasure, as many are called but few are chosen, yet in the calm before the storm, anyone can be a sailor, and can’t never could, so never say can’t, especially if children are to be seen and not heard, and cut the cloth according to the coat, as borrowed clothes never fit, though every cloud has a silver lining, for somewhere behind the clouds the sun is shining, but crowning a clown will not make him king, since even corn has ears, and if you want to live on the square, don’t cut the corners, for it costs nothing to ask, and better to ask twice than lose your way once, as in this world it is necessary that we assist one another, for it is a bad bargain where both are losers, and you can’t take it with you, since all things have an end, and nothing lasts for ever be it good or bad, but though good can come from evil, and evil can come from good, do the corners first and the middle will take care of itself, as the truth seeks no corner, and the middle course is the safest, but pause mortal, remember vanity and folly and beware thinking, moderation in all things, put one foot in front of the other, and remember not many things are better than a kitten, except perhaps two kittens, as misfortune is often the daughter of a good mother, and profit comes from what is there, usefulness from what is not there, though great profits, great risks, and the useful and the beautiful are never apart, however one who does not gain loses, and after one loss comes many, but a loss that your neighbour does not know is no real loss, and no great loss but some small profit, for it hurts as much as it is worth, and every little bit helps, since brevity is the soul of wit, but even wit’s a burden when it talks too long, as an inch is as good as a mile, but there is nothing longer than a day without bread, though distance leads enchantment to the view, and you have to crawl before you can walk, however every country has its own customs, and a short cut is often a wrong cut, and though a dull axe may still cut, don’t cut off your nose to spite your face, and you don’t have to buy a cow just because you want a glass of milk, but those who dance must pay the fiddler, just as you need more than dancing shoes to be a dancer, and you might as well die with chills as with fever, for the only difference between a rut and a grave is that a grave is a little longer, so all things are difficult before they are easy, since different strokes for different folks, as the difficult is done at once, but the impossible takes a little longer, but dig the well before you are thirsty, for if you dig a pit for someone else, you fall into it yourself, and dignity does not consist of a silk dress, so don’t hold the dime so near your eye that you can’t see the dollar, as the easiest way to dignity is humility, though the humble suffer continually from the folly of the great, such as killing the goose that laid the golden egg, or fighting with one’s own shadow, for your folly should be your greatest secret, as what is seen at a distance is most respected, and a part of a person is always seventeen, for youth is the season of hope, as hope is the dream of someone awake, however hope is a good breakfast but a bad supper, for hope deferred makes the heart sick, so what you have hold, as as what you’ve never had, you will never miss, and half a loaf is better than nothing, but half the truth is often a great lie, so do not meet troubles halfway, but never trouble trouble, until trouble troubles you, for as the twig is bent, so grows the tree, and as the tree falls so shall it lie, but if you lie with dogs, you will get up with fleas, so let sleeping dogs lie, and though every dog has its day, as a dog returns to its vomit, so do fools to their folly, where a fool always finds a greater fool that admires him, even so all fools are not dead yet, for a sucker is born every minute, and the bigger they are the harder they fall, but fall down seven times, get up eight, for a faint heart never won a fair lady, and a shut mouth catches no flies, and throw enough dirt and some will stick, but when you are in a hole stop digging, for things could be worse, and if it is a hard decision, then there is always lots to be said on both sides, so either choice is likely to be good in its way, though there is no choice between stinking fish, and there is small choice in rotten apples, so choose to be the tail of lions, rather than the head of foxes, but a running fox is better than a sleeping lion, for it is better to fall from a window than the roof, and better some of the pudding than none of a pie, but a sublime apple pie transcends its unpalatable shortening, even though eyes that do not see have a cast-iron stomach, eat the fruit but do not ask about the tree, however one does not eat acorns when one has peaches, and walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs, as virtue is its own reward, and travel broadens the mind, for one travels fastest who travels alone, but bad news travels faster, so trust in God, but tie your camel, and on a long journey even a straw is heavy, so weigh right and sell dear, however one who sells a blind horse will praise the feet, thus the buyer needs a hundred eyes, the seller but one, and why buy a cow when milk is so cheap, but it is a good buy when another wants to sell, but don’t buy yams while they are still in the ground, as some sell but don’t deliver, and history repeats itself, so happy the land which has nothing for history, as where nothing is, nothing can be had, and nothing is never in danger, so if it isn’t broken, don’t fix it, though promises are made to be broken, at least a great many shoes are worn out before one does what one says, as in the land of promise you will die of hunger, so promise little and do much, for who makes no promises has none to perform, and it is as cheap sitting as standing, since a change is as good as a rest, and at night all cats are grey, so let well enough alone, and mind your own business, as everybody’s business is nobody’s business, and business before pleasure, though all work and no play make Jill a dull boy, but the devil finds work for idle hands, and though work expands to fill the time available, many hands make light work, and it is not work that kills, but worry, so a word to the wise is enough, for even a worm will turn, for who goes himself is in earnest, who sends is indifferent, however we must learn to walk before we can run, and it is good to learn from other’s mistakes, since it is harder to unlearn than to learn, and though it is never to late to learn, what teacher can be found for a child 65 years old, and who teaches often learns themselves, but don’t teach your grandmother to suck eggs, you can’t teach old dogs to do new tricks, and experience is the best teacher, since talk is cheap, and a tale never loses in the telling, though never tell tales out of school, and what so tedious as a twice told tale, since a great talker never wants for enemies, though who talks much is sometimes right, as the sea refuses no river, and there is a remedy for everything but death, for a bad beginning may make a good ending, and it is better to repair the beginning than the end, because often a good beginning makes a good ending, and for that everything is difficult at first, thus some think they are done when they are only beginning, but look at the end, as the end crowns the work, the end must justify the means, and the end of all things is death, and so in the end it will be known who ate the bacon, thus all’s well that ends well, so who eats pears with his master should not choose the best, though one who eats alone, must saddle their horse alone, and if you eat it up at supper, you cannot have it at breakfast, and though appetite comes with eating, hunger is the best sauce, for there is no accounting for taste, however an army marches on its stomach, and who rides a tiger is afraid to dismount, but there is always room at the top, so ask not questions and hear no lies, or ask a silly question, and you get a silly answer, however a civil question deserves a civil answer, and a soft answer turns away anger, while April showers bring forth May flowers, and what goes around comes around, so if you want something done, ask a busy person, as the best defence is a good offense, but don’t throw the baby out with the bath water, for a bad excuse is better than none, and if you scratch my back, I’ll scratch yours, likewise a bad worker blames their tools, empty sacks will never stand upright, and the shoemaker’s children always go barefoot, so don’t put all your eggs in one basket, as the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, and small is beautiful, for beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and where bees are, there is honey, however it is best to be on the safe side, for it is better to be safe than sorry, though second thoughts are best, and it is better to be an old man’s darling than a young man’s slave, for a rich widow weeps with one eye and laughs with other, and few persons turn grey because their husband dies first, so a rich widow’s tears soon dry, as it is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all, since between two stools one falls to the ground, and where the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch, nor can you get blood from a stone, for you buy land, you buy stones, and buy meat you buy bones, but a rising tide lifts all boats, and it is too late to shut the barn door after the horse is bolted, but it is better to lose the saddle than the horse, though it is better to lose less than to lose more, as finders keepers, losers weepers, however you always find it in the last place you look, so you must look where it is not as well as where it is, while the unlooked for often comes, to the looker-on no work is too hard, for a watched pot never boils, and never is a long day, so never say never, even if it is not easy to show the way to a blind person, since no is a good answer when given in time, as no and yes is a long dispute, and you can’t put new wine in old bottles, or make an omelette without breaking eggs, however don’t cross the bridge until you come to it, though rules are made to be broken, as it is a low bush that the sun never shines on, and if you play with fire you get burnt, though once burned twice shy, success repays us for all our pains, and success makes the fool seem wise, so let the dead bury the dead, for love begets love, and if you can’t be good be careful, as everyone speaks well of the bridge that carries them over, but don’t throw pearls to swine, for even a cat may look at a king, and though bad manners produce good laws, loose lips sink ships, so don’t awaken a sleeping dog, for nothing is certain but death and taxes, so pay what you owe and be cured of your complaint, for shrouds have no pockets, and money, like manure, does no good until it is spread, and though guests and fishes smell after three days, money has no smell, but speak not of my debts unless you mean to pay them, for speech is silver, but silence is golden, and if everyone would sweep their own doorstep, the city would soon be clean, for when one door shuts a hundred open, and opportunity never knocks twice, so make hay while the sun shines, as their is no time like the present, for a person who misses their chance, and a monkey who misses his branch can’t be saved, and when the cat’s away the mice will play, so take the goods the gods provide, turn your face to the sun, and your shadows fall behind you, as all is for the best in this the best of all possible worlds, though when it rains, it pours, and the worst is yet to come, but the sharper the storm, the sooner it is over, and it is an ill wind that blows nobody good, so remember that you have drunk from wells that you did not dig, and been warmed by fires that you did not build, thus the past is always ahead of us, and those that do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it, but all things come to those who wait, for Rome was not built in a day, where water flows a channel is formed, and one who removes a mountain, begins by carrying small stones, so I sit on shore and wait for the wind, and if you sit by the river long enough, you will see the body of your enemy float by, since all rivers run into the sea, thus they lived happily ever after, but the kissing has to stop, since the heart of another is a dark forest, and the road from the eye to the heart does not go through the intellect, but who ever loved that loved not at first sight, when out of the fullness of the heart, the mouth speaks, as one cannot love and be wise, and the quarrel of lovers is the renewal of love, as true love never did run smooth, but love will find a way, as love seeks only itself to please, so keep your eyes open before marriage, and half shut afterwards, as a deaf husband and a blind wife are always a happy couple, so laugh and the whole world laughs with you, but weep and you weep alone, for you can put your boots in the oven, but that does not make them biscuits, and between grief and nothing I will take grief, as small sorrows speak, but great ones are silent, and we think caged birds sing, but actually they cry, as only one who jests at scars has never felt a wound, but what does not kill me makes me stronger, though no one likes salt rubbed into their wounds, and suffering is only intolerable when no one cares, but one kind word warms three winter months, so seek not to be consoled as to console, or to be understood as to understand, for heavy burdens kill little people, but they make great ones, as only they who have borne burdens understand sympathy, and when we lift the burdens of others, we develop strength to carry our own, and do not burden today’s strength with tomorrow’s load, or climb the hill until you get to it, and don’t curse the crocodile’s mother before you cross the river, or pick me up before I fall down, but put first things first, and set your own house in order, as everyone is the architect of their own fortune, and the greatest of victories is the victory over oneself, as if I am not for myself who is for me, for who is it that can tell me who I am, so do not hide your light under a bushel basket, though clever hawks conceal their claws, and self praise is no recommendation, as a moth does most mischief to the finest garment, and even monkeys sometimes fall out of a tree, for food comes first, then dignity, though music helps not the toothache, so make a virtue out of necessity, and love your neighbour, but don’t pull down the hedge, as good fences make good neighours, since no news is good news, and as one who sees something good must tell of it, don’t shoot the messenger, for the gods send nuts to those who do not have teeth, and when drinking water remember the source, for as many people, as many opinions, since if the camel once gets its head into the tent, his body will soon follow, and if you snooze you lose, for there is good fishing in troubled waters, but the mill cannot grind with water that is past, nor does opportunity knock twice, so strike while the iron is hot, but polish it at leisure, and take advantage of windows of opportunity, since you won’t get a second bite at a cherry, and when a pear is ripe it falls, so the white heron is a bird of a single flight, but the mockingbird has no voice of its own, and a believer is a songless bird in a cage, for everything has its price, so forewarned is forearmed, but no plan survives first contact with the enemy, thus better an egg today than a hen tomorrow, as yesterday is ashes, tomorrow is wood, and only today does the fire burn brightly, and forever is composed of nows, as you come carefully upon your hour, though if two ride a horse, one must ride behind, and there is always one who kisses, and one who turns the cheek, for better is the branch that bends, than the branch that breaks, but when the great bells are ringing no one hears the little ones, and that which is easily done is soon believed, as what one desires one easily believes, for there is no beast that does not roar in its den, and savage bears agree with one another, so the danger is great if you stumble as you go to battle, since the man that once sold the lion’s skin was killed in hunting him, and burned biscuits will not make a warm house, but every little bit helps, and a bit in the morning is better than nothing all day, as it is worse to be blind than bald, and if you get burnt, you have to sit on the blister, and little boys who play with matches get burnt, as everyone lays a burden on a willing horse, since a burden is light on the shoulders of another, but bury can’t and you’ll find will, as can’t is a liar, and I don’t will do less, and though you can’t take it with you, speak when you are spoken to and come when called, but don’t call a dog when you are carrying a stick in your hand, or put the cart before the horse, and to make the cart go you must grease the wheels, but as a little stone may upset a large cart, take the cash and let the credit go, and let those without sin cast the first stone, as a lost cat always comes back, but send the children to town and you will have to go yourself, as children are not a vase to be filled, but a fire to be lit, as the child is the father of the man and the mother of the woman, though great men’s son’s seldom do well, as nothing grows under a big tree, however the best pears fall into the pig’s mouth, and oaks may fall when reeds brave the storm, but a pig in the parlour is still a pig, and when the tree is fallen, every one brings their ax, so don’t bark up the wrong tree, when it takes all kinds of trees to make a forest, just as it takes all kinds of people to make the world, for you are not the only person on the beach, though people with wax heads should not walk in the sun, and many people think they are hard-boiled when they are only half baked, but it is a poor pie that doesn’t grease its own tin, and you can’t put your footprints in the sands of time if you are sitting down, so jump when the wave is on the swell, but if you don’t look out for yourself nobody else will, for look and you shall find, just as if you daub yourself with honey you will have plenty of flies, and as honour is the reward of virtue, but beware of little expenses, as a small leak will sink a ship, and though big buckets can be filled at small streams, each man makes his own shipwreck, and old smugglers make good customs officers, as it takes one to know one, and takes a snake to catch a snake, so are sweetest songs sung in sorrow, while silly songs may be sung many ways, but you must take the sour with the sweet, the good things with the bad, and a little spark kindles a great fire, but if it is not worth saying, don’t say it, as dull scissors can’t cut straight, though only a poor worker blames their tools, so always leave them laughing, as laughter is the best medicine, for sickness is felt, but health not at all, just as all complain about a want of silver, but none for a want of sense, for we are born crying, live complaining, and die disappointed, and though true joy is free to all, peace is only found in the graveyard, where the spark sleeps in the stone, for sleep is the brother of death, and we are all equals when we are asleep, as sleep knits up the ravelled sleeve of care, and sleep shuts up the eyes of sorrows, thus hope springs eternal, for if things look hopeless, you may be facing in the wrong direction, for a train gets to its destination by staying on track, so have fun while your are living for you will be a long time dead, and measure your treasure by the pleasure it brings, as there are many abilities in the world that fortune never shines on, and if you look for the horse you are riding on, or try to catch the wind in a net, or draw water with a sieve, or plough the air, or use oil to extinguish a fire, or dig a well with a needle, or twist a rope of sand, or use a lantern at noonday, or throw pearls before swine, either your folly ought to be your greatest secret or a change is a change for the good, and a change never hurts more than a change of the moon, so don’t look for the horse you are riding on, or try to catch the wind with a net, or draw water with a sieve, or plough the air, or use oil to extinguish a fire, or dig a well with a needle, or twist a rope of sand, or use a lantern at noonday, and especially don’t throw pearls before swine, just keep on keeping on, for to persevere is to win, and performers are needed more than reformers, for you can tell a lot by the way a person walks, there never was a persimmon, except there was a possum to eat it, and cowards die many times before their death, but watch out for the hurry up man, for just as you always hurt the one you love, it hurts to be beautiful, though the truth doesn’t hurt unless it ought to, so a word hurts more than a wound, and the deepest wounds are often inflicted by praise, for though the wound be healed, the scar remains, as does the written word, so never write what you would not say, and think much, speak little, write less, for it costs more to bear wrongs than to avenge them, and to forget a wrong is the best revenge, since two wrongs do not make a right, but it is better to ask twice than to go wrong once, and the worm is always wrong when it argues with the chicken, as the chickens will always come home to roost, and since the last chicken is the hardest to catch, don’t count your chickens before they are hatched, and keep your chickens in your own backyard, as it is better to loose the wool than the sheep, and your loss is my gain, though they who lose today may win tomorrow, but a thing that is worth doing is worth doing well, …