885 quotes found
“When fire and water are at war it is the fire that loses.”
“God made the ocean but the Dutch made Holland.”
“Sticks and stones will break my bones but names will never hurt me.”
“When you have only two pennies left in the world buy a loaf of bread with one. and a lily with the other.”
“He is lifeless that is faultless.”
“If the best man's faults were written on his forehead it would make him pull his hat over his eyes.”
“Even a clock that is not going is right twice a day.”
“Without perseverance talent is a barren bed.”
“One man's meat is another's poison.”
“He who says what he likes shall hear what he does not like.”
“He that seeks trouble always finds it.”
“If a man plants melons he will reap melons if he sows beans he will reap beans.”
“The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it.”
“Bed is the poor man's opera.”
“The rich would have to eat money but luckily the poor provide food.”
“He who despises his own life is soon master of another's.”
“Praise the wise man behind his back but a woman to her face.”
“God helps those who help themselves.”
“Pray to God but keep rowing to shore.”
“Call on God but row away from the rocks.”
