When a cow tries to scratch its ear, It means a shower be very near, When it begins to thump its rib with its tail, Look out for thunder, lightning and hail. |
When the pigeons go abenting, the farmers go lamenting. |
Zeal without knowledge is like fire without light. |
Youth looks forward but age looks back. |
There is nothing which we receive with so much reluctance as advice. |
Set trees poor and they grow rich; set them rich and they oft grow poor. |
Six hours' sleep for a man, seven for a woman and eight for a fool. |
Many eyes go through the meadow, but few see the flowers. |
He that takes the devil into his boat must carry him over the sound. |
Children pick up words as pigeons peas, And utter them again as God shall please. |
A woman that loves to be at the window is a bunch of grapes on the highway. |
A fair October and a good blast, will blow the hag and her broom away fast. |
Even if an ass goes travelling he'll not come home a horse. |
He that eats of the king's goose shall be choked with feathers. |
He who would climb the ladder must begin at the bottom. |
Never love with all your heart, it only ends in breaking. |
Never put off till tomorrow what may be done today. |
Servants like ornaments should be used in their proper places. |
The crow went travelling abroad and came home just as black. |
Time and thinking tame the strongest grief. |