Modern Proverbs

The lack of money is the root of all evil.

Mark Twain

You can lead a horse to water, but if you can get him to float on his back, then you've got something.

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Charlotte Brontë

Look twice before you leap.

Early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.

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Too many cooks spoil the broth, but it only takes one to burn it.

Julia Child

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Money can't buy happiness, but it allows you to suffer in comfort.

He who laughs last thinks slowest.

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If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Then quit. No use being a damn fool about it.

W.C. Fields

Carol Leifer

I'm not into working out. My philosophy: No pain, no pain.

He who laughs last wanted to tell the same joke

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You can't judge a book by its cover. But you can tell a lot by the first page.

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Jerry Seinfeld

Sometimes the road less traveled is less traveled for a reason.

Money can't buy everything....but then again neither can no money.

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A fool and his money were lucky to get together in the first place.

Harry Anderson

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The only reason the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence is because there is more manure over there.

Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines.

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Familiarity breeds contempt - and children.

Mark Twain

Irvine H. Page

I came, I saw, I concurred.

Ambition is a poor excuse for not having enough sense to be lazy.

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To stir is human; to stay in bed, divine.

Joe Greene

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Why not go out on a limb? Isn't that where the fruit is?

To err is human, but the eraser should outlive the pencil.

Scott Pierson

Home is where the house is.

Anonymous

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When the cat's away, there are fewer hairs on the armchair.

Before you criticize someone, walk a mile in their shoes. That way you're a mile away, and you have their shoes too.

Anonymous

The optimist says the glass is half full. The pessimist says the glass is half empty. The pragmatist, being thirsty, drinks the water.

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Anything worth fighting for is worth fighting dirty for.

Early to rise and early to bed makes a male healthy and wealthy and dead.

James Thurber

The things that come to those who wait may be the things left by those that got there first.

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A journey of a thousand miles starts with a cash advance.

He who laughs, lasts!

Mary Pettibone Poole

Laugh and the world laughs with you, snore and you sleep alone.

Anthony Burgess

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Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach him to use the Net and he won't bother you for weeks.

A word to the wise is unnecessary.

La Rouchefoucauld

Sweat is nature's way of showing you your muscles are crying.

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Kin Hubbard

Boys will be boys, and so will a lot of middle-aged men.

Someday we'll look back on this moment and plow into a parked car.

Evan Davis

All the world's a cage.

Jeanne Phillips

P. T. Barnum

Every crowd has a silver lining.

Anything not worth doing is worth not doing well. Think about it.

Elias Schwartz

A stitch in time would have confused Einstein.

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Rodney Dangerfield

Life is just a bowl of pits.

Don't put all your begs in one ask it

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If at first you don't succeed, ask if the loser gets anything.

Mark Elsey

 

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