It is better to be a coward for a minute than dead the rest of your life.
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.