Do not be in a hurry to tie what you cannot untie.
English Proverb Quotations
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He that plants trees loves others besides himself.
Give neither advice nor salt, until you are asked for it.
A stumble may prevent a fall.
This is courage in a man to bear unflinchingly what heaven sends.
One boy is more trouble that a dozen girls.
The shortest answer is doing.
A smooth sea never made a skilled mariner.
Advice is least heeded when most needed.
Some have been thought brave because they were afraid to run away.
Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it.
Danger and delight grow on one stalk.
Use soft words and hard arguments.
Never fall out with your bread and butter.
In the morning be first up, and in the evening last to go to bed, for they that sleep catch no fish.
He that has no charity deserves no mercy.
If you want to be happy for a year, plant a garden;
if you want to be happy for life, plant a tree.
if you want to be happy for life, plant a tree.
Spread the table and contention will cease.
In times of prosperity friends will be plenty, in times of adversity not one in twenty.
Don't dig your grave with your own knife and fork.
First deserve, and then desire.
We are usually the best men when in the worst health.
Every path has its puddle.
A man's first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own heart, his next to escape the censures of the world.
A full cup must be carried steadily.
Proportion your expenses to what you have, not what you expect.
When a proud man hears another praised, he feels himself injured.
A man is as old as he feels himself to be.
Many things are lost for want of asking.
Write down the advice of him who loves you, though you like it not at present.
He that lives in a glass house must not throw stones.
The eyes are the window of the soul.
Don't fall before you're pushed.
We never know the worth of water 'til the well is dry.
Let him make use of instinct who cannot make use of reason.