100 Great Thoughts

SN	Proverbs embody the wisdom of the wisest in all times and climes.
1	A boy is, of all beast, the most difficult to control.
2	A cat may look at the king.
3	A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches.
4	A guest is a guest for two days; on the third he is a pest.
5	A laugher a day keeps illness away.
6	A politician is a businessman's step brother.
7	A politician thinks for the next election while a statesman thinks for the next generation.
8	A promise breaker is a shoemaker.
9	A son is a son till he gets a wife; a daughter is a daughter all her life.
10	A tree is known by the fruit it bears.
11	A washer-man's dog neither belongs to the house nor the river.
12	A wise enemy is better than a foolish friend.
13	A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son brings grief to his mother.
14	A woman either loves or hates; there is no third course.
15	Adam ate apples and our teeth still ache.
16	An idle man's brain is a devil's workshop.
17	Be simple, not simpleton; childlike not childish.
18	Beauty and folly often go together.
19	Behind the story of an able man, there always another able man.
20	Below the lamp is always dark.
21	Better and ugly face than an ugly mind.
22	Blessed is the man that endureth temptation
23	Blessings never come in parts; misfortunes never come alone.
24	Both lack of money and sack of money distort minds.
25	Brevity is the soul of wit.
26	Children should be seen but not heard.
27	Cogit ergo sum. (I think therefore I am.)
28	Concealed talents bring no reputation.
29	Corrupt freemen are the worst slaves.
30	Democracy is the government of the mediocre by the average for the fools. Read more...