The Fly That Plays Too Long
The fly that plays too long in the candle, singes his wings at last.
The fly that plays too long in the candle, singes his wings at last.
He that has a white horse and a fair wife never wants trouble.
The best wine is that a body drinks of another man’s cost.
Between promising and performing a man may marry his daughter.
Wise men have their mouth in their heart, fools their heart in their mouth.
Sorrow for a husband is like a pain in the elbow, sharp and short.
You can take a horse to the water, but you can’t make him drink .
It is good to strike the serpent’s head with your enemy’s hand.
Three things drive a man out of his house – smoke, rain and a scolding wife.
Experience without learning is better than learning without experience.
He that leaves the highway to cut short, commonly goes about.
Wise men learn by other men’s harms; fools, by their own.
A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.
Love cannot be compelled.
Life is a waste if you didn’t live as you would have wanted to.
Come trouble, but come alone.
Blood doesn’t turn into water.
Too many words are the poverty of mankind.