There are always more fish in the pond.

More American Proverbs

• A diamond daughter turns to glass as a wife.
• A stout heart crushes some ill luck.
• All things are easy to industry, all things difficult to sloth.
• The longest mile is the last mile home.
• It costs something to be a Christian, but it costs more to be a sinner.
• A divided man makes an unhappy spirit.
• A woman can’t drive her husband, but she can lead him.
• If you want to know the value of money, try borrowing some.
• A donkey is but a donkey though laden with gold.
• The shortest distance between two points is a straight line.
• A duck won’t bite you.
• From middle age on, everything of interest is either illegal, immoral or fattening.
• There are many kinds of fruit that grow on the tree of life, but none so sweet as friendship.
• Dogs delight to bark and bite for God has made them so.
• A live dog is better than a dead lion.
• Arrogance is a kingdom without a crown.
• The more responsibilities a man assumes, the more likely he is to meet them.
• The fool wanders; the wise man travels.
• Youth is a blunder, manhood a struggle, old age a regret.
• Commerce flourishes by circumstances precarious.
• A great fortune is a great servitude.
• Industry is fortune’s right hand and frugality her left.
• Crosses are the ladders to heaven.
• Ignorance is bliss.
• The outward forms the inward man reveal – we guess the pulp before we cut the peel.
• The receiver is as bad as the thief.
• Abundance, like want, ruins many.