Favourite Proverbs.

Manners maketh man.

In the words of my English teacher when one of us, it may have been me, gave her a back answer: They also enhance woman.

All that glitters is not gold.

Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.

My dads favourite, and something I’ve always lived by and passed to my kids...” be careful who you tread on , on your way up the ladder, because you may meet them on your way down”

In the Land of the blind, the one eyed man is king

She who laughs last obviously didn't get the joke!

You can't make a silk purse from a sow's ear.

We are all unique. Just like everyone else.

It's not the one who inflicts the most but the one who endures the most that triumphs in the end.

Be Happy for this Moment. This Moment is Your Life

I was beside myself with worry.

Procrastination is the thief of time

On the same lines

Never put off for tomorrow what you can do today,
Tomorrow never comes no matter what you say.

Don't risk the ship for a halfpenny worth of tar and a stitch in time saves nine.
Have unfortunate experiences as a result of not practising these two!

I've always liked Proverbs 31: a good wife gets up early and tells the servants what to do. If only!!

Don't listen to your gut, it only delivers feaces , or pooh if you prefer.

Don't judge a book by its cover.

Be good and let who will be clever.

A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.

This too will pass.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

There is many a slip twixt the cup and the lip.

When one door closes another always opens
I live by this I'm optimistic lol

Today is the tomorrow you worried about & all is well ?

Lettice that is my DH’s well practised favourite-although he usually passes them to me to read.??

Least said, soonest mended.

Do as you would be done by.

My daughter once had a boyfriend whose first language was Welsh. He used to get a bit confused with English sayings. He once told her”Count your chickens lucky!”

"Discretion is the better part of valour".

Can't say I always follow this but I still like the proverb.

Be careful what you wish for
Or as St. Teresa of Avila said:
'There are more tears shed over answered prayers than unanswered prayers'