Folk Wisdom

“All that glitters is not gold.”

“The apple doesn't fall far from the tree.”

“Roots make the tree.”

“As above, so below; as within, so without.”

“First the belly, then the dance.”

“A bird cannot fly with one wing.”

“It is more blessed to give than to receive.”

“It is more blessed to give than to receive.”

“Wipe the slate clean.”

“Still waters run deep.”

“Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.”

“A chip off the old block.”

“She needed wheels and had to move on clouds — and the clouds, it turns out, were enough.”

“Do not do to others what you do not want done to yourself.”

“Where there's a will, there's a way.”

“Hatred is never appeased by hatred; hatred is appeased by love.”

“Bloom where you are planted.”

“Drop by drop fills the pitcher.”

“He who gives quickly gives twice.”

“An empty stomach has no ears.”

“A friend in need is a friend indeed.”

“United we stand.”

“Forgive them, for they know not what they do.”

“Forgive them, for they know not what they do.”

“Good fences make good neighbors.”

“If the only tool you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.”

“A handshake is a contract.”

“Haste makes waste.”

“Let brothers be united, that is the first law.”

“What is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbor.”

“I know that I know nothing.”

“A key does not make a home.”

“Know thyself.”

“What's bred in the bone.”

“"To look with love is to be the love that you look with."”

“"Whatever you have been looking for has been looking through your eyes."”

“Love is a plant — water it daily.”

“Many hands make light work.”

“The map is not the territory.”

“A merry heart doeth good like a medicine.”

“"The looking and the heart burn with the same fire."”

“He who looks in the mirror discovers his own defects.”

“Many hands make light work.”

“No man is an island.”

“An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.”

“Practice makes perfect.”

“Practice what you preach.”

“First live, then philosophize.”

“Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.”

“You cannot step in the same river twice.”

“The road to hell is paved with good intentions.”

“To be seen is to be held; to be held is to begin.”

“If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.”

“Still waters run deep.”

“It takes a village to raise a child.”

“A tempest in a teapot.”

“This too shall pass.”

“A journey of a thousand miles begins beneath one's feet.”

“Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”

“Truth will out.”

“I am because we are.”

“Tell me who you walk with, and I'll tell you who you are.”

“What goes around comes around.”

“Where there's a will, there's a way.”

“To see a world in a grain of sand, and a heaven in a wild flower; hold infinity in the palm of your hand, and eternity in an hour.”