1614 American Proverbs / Page 62
1221.
The best way to get someone to stop digging his heels in is to dig out the sand around him.1222.
The best way to get something done is to do it yourself.1223.
The best way to have a friend is to be a friend.1224.
The best way to keep friends is not to give them away.1225.
The best way to kill time is to work it to death.1226.
The better the day, the better the deed.1227.
The bigger the tree, the harder she falls.1228.
The busy man has few idle visitors: to the boiling pot the flies come not.1229.
The cat may look at the queen.1230.
The cemeteries are filled with people who thought the world couldn't get along without them.1231.
The chickens have come home to roost.1232.
The child is the father of the man.1233.
The cow has forgotten she was once a calf.1234.
The cuckold is the last that knows of it.1235.
The customer's always right.1236.
The daughter of a spry old woman makes a poor housekeeper.1237.
The dead are soon forgotten.1238.
The deities of one age are the bywords of the next.1239.
The devil always tends to his own business.1240.
The devil can quote Scripture to his own advantage.