More American Proverbs

Never swap horses crossing a stream.... >>

A girl with cotton stockings never sees a mouse.... >>

A dose of adversity is often as needful as a dose of medicine.... >>

If you desire many things, many things will be seem but a few.... >>

It does not always rain when a pig squeals.... >>

Other Proverbs

He who listens at doors hears more than he desires.... (French) >>

If you have a sore eye wipe it with your elbow.... (French) >>

Pulling the devil by the tail does not lead far young or old... (French) >>

That day is lost on which one has not laughed.... (French) >>

He who wishes to live at Rome must not quarrel with the pope... (French) >>

It takes three generation to make a gentleman.

- American Proverb