English Language

"Never trouble trouble 'til trouble troubles you."

"So pack up your troubles in your old kit-bag. And smile, smile, smile. (George Asaf)"

"Divers Proverbs, Nathan Bailey, 1721 p.b72"

"A half truth is a whole lie."

"Truth gives a short answer, lies go round about. (Strauss, 1994 p. 221)"

"The truth shall set you free, or The truth will set you free."

"Truth is stranger than fiction."

"Truth lies within a little and certain compass, but error is immense. (Henry St. John)"

"Truth may be blamed, but it shall never be shamed."

"Truth seeks no corners."

"Don't try to be someone you're not."

"You never know what you can do until you try."

"It takes two to make a quarrel."

"Two heads are better than one."

"He that stays in the valley will not get over the hill."

"Variety is the soul of pleasure. (Aphra Behn)"

"Let every vat stand upon its own bottom. (William Bullein)"

"Empty vessels make the most sound."

"The vicar of Bray will be vicar of Bray. (Manser, 2007 p. 286)"

"Where vice goes before, vengeance follows after."

"It takes a village to raise a child."

"Virtue which parleys is near a surrender."

"Hitch your wagon to a star. (Ralph Waldo Emerson)"

"Wait and see. (Herbert Asquith)"

"Don't talk the talk if you can't walk the walk."

"Learn to walk before you run."

"Walk softly, carry a big stick."

"Walk the talk. (Manser, 2007)"

"War is too important to be left to the generals."

"Willful waste makes woeful want."

"Still water runs deep."

"Wade not in unknown waters."

"What a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive."

"All the wealth I had ran in my veins; I was a gentleman. (William Shakespeare)"

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

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

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

"Don't try to reinvent the wheel."

"The squeaky wheel gets the grease."

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"Take the will for the deed. (Strauss, 1994 p. 881)"

"Where there is a will, there is a way."