A watched kettle never boils.

More Irish Proverbs

• A man loves his sweetheart the most, his wife the best, but his mother the longest.
• A wren in the hand is better than a crane to be caught.
• Don’t become broke by trying to look rich.
• Every eye forms its own fancy.
• A questioning man is halfway to being wise.
• Better to be fortunate than rich.
• Need teaches a plan.
• Continual cheerfulness is a sign of wisdom.
• Humour, to a man, is like a feather pillow. It is filled with what is easy to get but gives great comfort.
• The fox never found a better messenger than himself.
• There is no luck except where there is discipline.
• A little fire that warms is better than a big fire that burns.
• There is only one thing worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.
• Every patient is a doctor after his cure.
• You’ve got to do your own growing no matter how tall your father was.
• May neighbours respect you, trouble neglect you, the angels protect you, and Heaven accept you.
• Idleness is a fool’s desire.
• Never scald your lips with another man’s porridge.
• You’ll never plough a field by turning it over in your mind.
• A tune is more lasting than the song of the birds, and a word more lasting than the wealth of the world.
• Beware of the anger of a patient man.
• May your thoughts be as glad as the shamrocks. May your heart be as light as a song. May each day bring you bright, happy hours that stay with you all year long.
• Say a little and say it well.
• Life is like a cup of tea, it’s all in how you make it!
• Bricks and mortar make a house, but the laughter of children make a home.
• May the most you wish for be the least you get.
• If God sends you down a stony path, may he give you strong shoes.