There is many a slip ‘twixt cup and lip.

More American Proverbs

• A smart coat is a good letter of introduction.
• All that shines is not silver.
• It is better to be lied about than to lie.
• The higher you climb, the harder you may fall.
• Consent to common custom, but not to common folly.
• Courtesy is the password to safety.
• Cunning is the ape of wisdom.
• Dare to be true; nothing can need a lie.
• If you want something done and done well, do it yourself.
• Democracy is better than tyranny.
• Dime is money, as the Dutchman says.
• If you dance, you must pay the piper.
• If you can’t lick `em, join `em.
• If you are a cock, crow; if a hen, lay eggs.
• Any port in a storm.
• There is no education like adversity.
• There must be a first time for everything.
• The fates lead the willing man; an unwilling man they drag.
• The fruit doesn’t fall far from the tree.
• Hunger finds no fault with moldy corn.
• A good friend is someone who will bail you out of jail, but your best friend is the one sitting next to you saying “that was fucking awesome”.
• Always a valley before a hill.
• In the boy see the man.
• A house divided against itself cannot stand.
• The only thing a heated argument ever produced is coolness.
• Deep calls unto deep.
• The road to ruin is kept in good repair, and the travellers pay the expense.