The weaker the argument, the stronger the words.

More American Proverbs

• The more you eat, the more you want.
• If your time ain’t come not even a doctor can kill you.
• Experience is a comb which fate gives to a man when his hair is all gone.
• Despair is the conclusion of fools.
• The show must go on.
• An old friend wears well.
• A farmer on his knees is higher than a gentleman on his legs.
• An ounce of proof is worth a ton of assertions.
• A fellow can do anything if he lists.
• Adversity does best discover virtue.
• A long life may not be good enough, but a good life is long enough.
• It is better to tell your money where to go than to ask where it went.
• Hope is a good breakfast, but a poor supper.
• A swift eater, a swift worker.
• A true wife is her husband’s flower of beauty.
• A guilty dog always barks.
• In fair weather prepare for foul.
• A house without books is like a room without windows.
• Deceit is a lie which wears a smile.
• If you look back, you’ll soon be going that way.
• If you eat a live toad first thing in the morning, nothing worse will happen all day long.
• Disappointment hurts more than pain.
• Distance is the best remedy against an evil-disposed man.
• Do not trust flatterers.
• If the shoe fits, put it on.
• There is no accounting about tastes.
• Adversity has no friends.