Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
The best advice one can give to the hungry
is bread.
The best always goes first.
The best answer comes from the man who
isn't angry.
The best answer to anger is silence.
The best armor is to keep out of range.
The best armor is to keep out of range.
The best asset is a clean conscience.
The best bed that a man can sleep on is
peace.
The best blessing for a good harvest is a
pumpkin full of sweat.
The best brewer sometimes makes bad beer.
The best bullfighter is the one in the box
seats.
The best candle is understanding.
The best cart may overthrow.
The best cast at dice is not to play.
The best cause requires a good champion.
The best chaperon a girl can have is to be in
love with another fellow.
The best cloth has uneven threads.
The best company must part, as King
Dagobert said to his hounds.
The best cook drops a whole tomato.
The best counselors are the dead.
The best cure for drunkenness is to observe
a drunken person when you are sober.
The best dancer comes from the sitting
lounge.
The best defense is a good offense.
The best defense is to attack.
The best doctor is to be found in hell.
The best doctor prevents illness, an average
doctor visits when the illness is
imminent, and the unskilled doctor
treats your present illness.
The best doctors are Dr. Diet, Dr, Quiet, and
Dr. Merryman.
The best driver will sometimes upset.
The best feed of a horse is his master's eye.
The best fighting is often against yourself.
The best fish hook cannot catch limp cheese.
The best fishing is in the deepest waters.
The best fodder is the mater's eye.
The best friend is the one who does not joke
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around.
The best friends are in one's purse.
The best gifts are those which expect no
return.
The best go first, the bad remain to mend.
The best gold is supple.
The best goods are the cheapest.
The best helmsmen stand on shore.
The best help is at the end of your hands.
The best herbs are in the smallest bags.
The best horse can't wear two saddles.
The best horse doesn't always win the race.
The best horse needs a whip, intelligent men
need advice, and devout women need a
man.
The best horse stumbles sometimes.
The best is the cheapest.
The best is the enemy of the good
The best is the enemy of the good.
The best is what one has in his hand.
The best kind of closed door is the one you
can leave unlocked.
The best knowledge is to know yourself.
The best laid plans of mice and men often go
astray.
The best laid plans of mice and men often go
awry.
The best leaders of all, the people know not
they exist. They turn to each other and
say We did it ourselves.
The best looking-glass is the eyes of a friend.
The best manure is under the farmer's shoe.
The best memory is not so firm as faded ink.
The best memory is that which forgets
nothing, but injuries. Write kindness in
marble and write injuries in the dust.
The best mirror is a friend's eye.
The best mirror is an old friend.
The best mirror of all is an old friend.
The best mode of instruction is to practise
what we preach.
The best morsels are never given to a
beggar.
The best of all worlds: A sunny Christmas
and a log fire on Easter.
The best of friends must part.