Irish

You’ll never plough a field by turning it over in your mind.
May the most you wish for be the least you get.
Wherever you go and whatever you do, may the luck of the Irish be there with you.
A trout in the pot is better than a salmon in the sea.
A good laugh and a long sleep are the best cures in the doctor’s book.
May your heart be light and happy, may your smile be big and wide, and may your pockets always have a coin or two inside!
No time for health today, no health for your time tomorrow.
May the enemies of Ireland never eat bread nor drink whisky, but be tormented with itching without benefit of scratching.
What butter and whiskey won’t cure, there is no cure for.
However long the day, the evening will come.
Every man is sociable until a cow invades his garden.
May the hinges of our friendship never grow rusty.
Who gossips with you will gossip of you.
A man loves his sweetheart the most, his wife the best, but his mother the longest.
Need teaches a plan.
There is only one thing worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.
A tune is more lasting than the song of the birds, and a word more lasting than the wealth of the world.
If God sends you down a stony path, may he give you strong shoes.
Do not resent growing old. Many are denied the privilege.
Age is honorable and youth is noble.
Better to be a man of character than a man of means.
He who comes with a story to you brings two away from you.
The older the fiddle the sweeter the tune.
May your home always be too small to hold all your friends.
Beautiful young people are acts of nature but beautiful old people are works of art.
If you come up in this world be sure not to go down in the next.
Lie down with dogs and you’ll rise with fleas.
When a twig grows hard it is difficult to twist it. Every beginning is weak.
A misty winter brings a pleasant spring, a pleasant winter a misty spring.
A wren in the hand is better than a crane to be caught.
Continual cheerfulness is a sign of wisdom.
Every patient is a doctor after his cure.
Beware of the anger of a patient man.
Slow is every foot on an unknown path.
If you are enough lucky to be Irish, you are lucky enough!
There’s no need to fear the wind if your haystacks are tied down.
There is luck in sharing thing.
The longest road out is the shortest road home.
What’s good for the goose is good for the gander.
The friend that can be bought is not worth buying.
If you buy what you don’t need, you might have to sell what you do.
Soft words butter no parsnips but they won’t harden the heart of the cabbage either.
Take the world nice and easy, and the world will take you the same.
Here’s to a long life and a merry one. A quick death and an easy one. A pretty girl and an honest one. A cold pint and another one!
Where the tongue slips it speaks the truth.
Don’t become broke by trying to look rich.
Humour, to a man, is like a feather pillow. It is filled with what is easy to get but gives great comfort.
You’ve got to do your own growing no matter how tall your father was.
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.
A watched kettle never boils.
It is often that a person’s mouth broke his nose.
It’s better to spend money like there’s no tomorrow than to spend tonight like there’s no money!
Experience is the comb that life gives a bald man – A man who has lived long enough to lose his hair will no doubt know a thing or two about life.
There’s no need to fear the wind if your haystacks are tied down.
May you have the hindsight to know where you’ve been, the foresight to know where you are going, and the insight to know when you have gone too far.
A good word never broke a tooth.
A face without freckles is like a sky without stars.
The light heart lives long.
Better good manners than good looks.
It’s for her own good that the cat purrs.
Men are like bagpipes – no sound comes from them until they are full.
Every eye forms its own fancy.
The fox never found a better messenger than himself.
May neighbours respect you, trouble neglect you, the angels protect you, and Heaven accept you.
Say a little and say it well.
Forgetting a debt doesn’t mean it’s paid.
God’s help is nearer than the door.
If you’re enough lucky to be Irish… You’re lucky enough!
A good friend is like a four-leaf clover; hard to find and lucky to have.
He who loses money, loses much; he who loses a friend, loses more; he who loses faith, loses all.
There are finer fish in the sea than have ever been caught.
Two people shorten the road.
Here’s to me, and here’s to you. And here’s to love and laughter. I’ll be true as long as you. And not one moment after.
If you do not sow in the spring you will not reap in the autumn.
It’s no use carrying an umbrella if your shoes are leaking.
If you do not sow in the spring, you will not reap in the autumn.
May the hinges of our friendship never grow rusty!
A questioning man is halfway to being wise.
There is no luck except where there is discipline.
Idleness is a fool’s desire.
Life is like a cup of tea, it’s all in how you make it!
In every land, hardness is in the north of it, softness in the south, industry in the east, and fire and inspiration in the west.
Who keeps his tongue keeps his friends.
From the day you marry your heart will be in your mouth and your hand in your pocket.
God made time, but man made haste.
May you be at the gates of heaven an hour before the devil knows you’re dead!
It is better to be a coward for a minute than dead the rest of your life.
May you live as long as you want, and never want as long as you live.
May misfortune follow you the rest of your life, and never catch up.
All the world’s a stage and most of us are desperately unrehearsed.
A cabin with plenty of food is better than a hungry castle.
A family of Irish birth will argue and fight, but let a shout come from without, and see them all unite.
The best things in life are the people we love, the places we have been and the memories we have made along the way.
Better to be fortunate than rich.
A little fire that warms is better than a big fire that burns.
Never scald your lips with another man’s porridge.
Bricks and mortar make a house, but the laughter of children make a home.
May the saddest day of your future be no worse than the happiest day of your past.