Proverbs
When wrathful words arise, a closed mouth is soothing.
Have a mouth of ivy and a heart of holly.
Associate with nobles, but be not cold to the poor and lowly.
A constant guest is never welcome.
A short visit is best, and that not too often, even to the house of a friend.
Blind should be the eyes in the abode of another.
Great minds live apart. People may meet, but the mountains and rocks never.
A man with loud talk makes truth itself seem folly.
It is difficult to soothe the proud.
A hound's tooth, a thorn in the hand, and a fool's retort are the three sharpest things of all.
Neither praise nor dispraise thyself; the well bred are always modest.
A man may be his own ruin. It is a wedge from itself that splits the oak tree.
Falling is easier than standing.
There is no joy without affliction.
No one seeks a relationship with the unfortunate.
A foot at rest meets nothing.
In slender currents comes good luck; in rolling torrents comes misfortune.
A little friendship is better than much friendship.
The peacemaker is never in the way.
Forsake not a friend of many years for the acquaintance of a day.
There is no sorrow like the loss of friends.
There is no galling trial until one gets married.
Reputation is more enduring than life.
Wine is pleasant, but unpleasant the price.
Drinking is the brother of robbery.
Character is better than wealth.
The lake is not encumbered by the swan; nor the steed by the bridle; nor the sheep by the wool; nor the man by the soul in him.
Do not take the thatch from your own roof to buy slates for another man's house.
The tree remains, but not the hand that planted it.
A heavy purse makes a light heart.
Better April showers than the breadth of the ocean in gold.
The willow tree has a soul in it which speaks in music. (This, supposedly, is the reason why Irish harps are made of willow.).
Never count your crops till June is over.