English Language

"We should not expect to find old heads on young shoulders. (Strauss, 1994 p. 77)"

"Those have most power to hurt us that we love. (Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher)"

"Willful waste makes woeful want. (Wolfgang, 1992 p. 925)"

"There is no other purgatory but a woman. (Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher)"

"Two heads are better than one.'"

"A man's folly ought to be his greatest secret."

"He that hath a head of wax must not walk in the sun. (Ward, 1842 p. 54)"

"The wish is father to the thought."

"He that can have patience can have what he will. (Strauss, 1994 p. 87)"

"Good men are hard to find."

"Hawks will not pick out Hawk's eyes."

"Be careful what you wish for, you just might get it."

"He who is not with me is against me."

"Well behaved women seldom make history."

"Make haste slowly."

"You must not run after two hares at the same time."

"Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing."

"Drumming is not the way to catch a hare. (Strauss, 1994 p. 753)"

"Hard words break no bones. (Strauss, 1998 p. 17)"

"Wine in , truth out. (16th century)"

"The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom. (William Blake)"

"Handsome is that handsome does. (1670) (Strauss, 1994 p. 879)"

"One hand washes the other."

"Life is too short (to drink bad wine)."

"Never let the right hand know what the left hand is doing."

"Never do things by halves."

"For when the wine is in the wit is out. (Thomas Becon)"

"Good wine needs no bush."

"Some are wise and some are otherwise. (1659)"

"Touch wood. (20th century)"

"Smile, and the world smiles with you; cry, and you cry alone."

"Fretting cares make grey hairs. (Strauss, 1994 p. 631"

"There are only two kinds of women, the plain and the coloured."

"Two things prolong your life: A quiet heart and a loving wife."

"He that will thrive must first ask his wife."

"Choose a wife rather by your ear than your eye. (Strauss, 1994 p. 655)"

"The cobbler's wife is the worst shod."

"Wives are young men's mistresses; companions for middle age; and old men's nurses. (Francis Bacon)"

"The squeaky wheel gets the grease."

"Don't try to reinvent the wheel."

"A cheerful wife is the spice of life. (Strauss, 1998 p. 20)"

"Go West, young man, go West! (John Soule)"

"Wealth rarely brings happiness. (Strauss, 1994 p. 670)"

"Set a herring to catch a whale. (Strauss, 1994 p. 1134)"

"A man's best fortune or his worst is a wife. (Strauss, 1994 p. 65)"

"He that will not when he may, when he will he may have nay."

"Still water runs deep."

"Willful waste makes woeful want."

"Wade not in unknown waters."

"Walk the talk. (Manser, 2007)"