American proverbs

Women are like books: too much gilding makes men suspicious that the binding is the most important part.

The generous can forget that they have given, but the grateful can never forget that they have received.

Real happiness is found not in doing the things you like to do, but in liking the things you have to do.

Getting what you go after is called success, but liking it while you are getting it is called happiness.

If men could see the epitaphs their friends write they would believe they had gotten into the wrong grave.

One half the troubles in this world can be traced to saying 'yes' too quick or saying 'no' not soon enough.

Folks spend their health to acquire wealth and later spend their wealth in an effort to regain their health.

You can't keep the birds from flying over your head, but you can keep them from building a nest in your hair.

The Pilgrim Fathers landed on the shores of America and fell on their knees; then they fell upon the aborigines.

It is better to keep a wolf out of the fold than to trust drawing his teeth and talons after he shall have entered.

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