American proverbs

It costs something to be a Christian, but it costs more to be a sinner.

The early bird may catch the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.

Wealth consists not of having great possessions but of having few wants.

Fortune is like price: if you can wait long enough, the price will fall.

It is an easy matter for a stingy man to get rich -- but what's the use?

Your whole destiny is involved in the attitude you take toward your sin.

Through wisdom is a house built, and by understanding it is established.

If you make yourself into a doormat, people will wipe their feet on you.

No river can return to its source, yet all rivers must have a beginning.

It's not the gale but the set of the sail that determines the way you go.

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