More American Proverbs

Poets are born, not made.... >>

The reason some people are stingy is also the reason they are rich.... >>

Praise makes a bad man worse.... >>

Silence is golden, speech is silver.... >>

Scratch my back and I'll scratch yours.... >>

Other Proverbs

He who promises incurs a debt.... (Spanish) >>

It will all come out in the soap-suds.... (Spanish) >>

Every cask smells of the wine it contained.... (Spanish) >>

He that stirs honey will have some of it stick to him.... (Spanish) >>

Manual play, clown's play.... (Spanish) >>

I am just as good as you are, and a damned sight better.

- American Proverb