Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
The best of hunters lies more than he hunts.
The best of mankind is a farmer; the best
food is fruit.
The best of men are but men at best.
The best of nursing may overcome the worst
disease.
The best of the mill is that the sacks can't
speak.
The best of the things you own, is what is
useful to you.
The best ointment comes in small boxes.
The best or the worst for a man is his wife.
The best parents are both purses for money
and sacks for the corn.
The best part of a book is not the thought it
contains but the thought it suggests.
The best part of happiness lies is in the
secret heart of a lover.
The best part of repentance is a little sinning.
The best payment is on the peck bottom.
The best pears are eaten by the pigs.
The best pears fall into the pigs' mouths.
The best physicians are Dr. Diet, Dr. Quiet,
and Dr. Merryman.
The best pilots are ashore.
The best place in the world is on the back of
a horse, and the best thing to do in time
is to read a book.
The best place to find a helping hand is at
the end of your own arm.
The best preparation for tomorrow is to
make sure today's work is superbly
done.
The best remedy against an ill man, is much
ground between.
The best shortage is a shortage of words.
The best soldiers are not warlike.
The best soup is made of old meat.
The best spices are in small bags.
The best surgeon is he that has been well
hacked himself.
The best swimmer is the first to drown
himself.
The best thing about a man is his dog.
The best thing God did was to make one
day follow another.
The best thing is the newest thing.
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The best things are the first to perish.
The best things come in small packages.
The best things come in small parcels.
The best things in life are free
The best things in life are free.
The best throw of the dice is to throw them
away.
The best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago;
the next best time is now.
The best time to plant a tree was 20 years
ago. The second best time is today.
The best to sit with in all times is a book.
The best trees are the most beaten.
The best trees grow on the steepest hills
The best way to catch a bird is not by
scaring it away.
The best way to eat hot soup is little by little.
The best way to eat the elephant standing in
your path is to cut it up into little pieces.
The best way to find happiness is not to
search for it.
The best way to get even is to forget
The best way to get praise is to die.
The best way to get someone to stop digging
his heels in is to dig out the sand around
him.
The best way to get something done is to do
it yourself.
The best way to have a friend is to be a
friend.
The best way to keep friends is not to give
them away.
The best way to keep loyalty in a man's
heart is to keep money in his purse.
The best way to kill time is to work it to
death.
The best way to learn to ride is on an old
bike.
The best way to see divine light is to put out
your own candle.
The best way to solve a problem is to attack
the cause of it.
The best weapon is the one that's to hand.
The best wine has its lees.
The best wine is that a body drinks of
another man's cost.