Give neither advice nor salt, until you are asked for it.
God gives the milk but not the pail.
Gray hairs are death's blossoms.
He is a fool that kisseth the maid when he may kiss the mistress.
He that bulls the cow must keep the calf.
He that does amiss may do well.
He that seeks trouble never misses.
He that will steal an egg will steal an ox.
He that would the daughter win, Must with the mother first begin.
He that's a wise man by day is no fool by night.
He who killeth the lion when absent feareth a mouse when present.
He who pays the piper may call the tune.
Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst.
If wishes were horses, beggars might ride.
If you want a thing done, go. If not, send. The shortest answer is doing.
If you want to be happy for a year, plant a garden; If you want to be happy for life, plant a tree.
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.
Innocent actions carry their warrant with them.
It is an equal failing to trust everybody and to trust nobody.
It is better to begin in the evening than not at all.
