Don’t buy a cow to get a glass of milk.

More American Proverbs

• The face is the index of the mind, but appearances are deceitful.
• Honesty is praised and left to starve.
• Hunger fetches the wolf out of the woods.
• The king’s cheese goes half away in parings.
• A dirty floor means a busy stove.
• Ambition is putting a ladder against the sky.
• In a united family, hapiness springs up of itself.
• If you would enjoy the fruit, pluck not the flower.
• Above all nations is humanity.
• Dig the well before you are thirsty.
• The tail can’t shake the dog.
• The wicked work harder to preach hell than the righteous do to get to heaven.
• Action without thought is like shooting without aim.
• If we blame others for our failures, then we should also give others credit for our successes.
• There is a time to fish and a time to dry nets.
• If it were not for eating, the back might wear gold.
• There’s a pot gold at the end of the rainbow.
• Your ignorance is your worst enemy.
• Clean your own doorstep before you clean someone else’s.
• Colleges hate geniuses, just as convents hate saints.
• Conceit is the self satisfaction of a jackass.
• Contempt is the best return for scurrility.
• Cows can catch no rabbits.
• An educated fool is dangerous.
• An empty sack won’t stand alone.
• The real owners of the land are not yet born.
• If you have wit and learning, add to it wisdom and modesty.