628 Proverbs about Woman / Page 8
141. It is better to irritate a dog than an old woman.
142. Six hours sleep for a man, seven for a woman, and eight for a fool.
143. The woman who gives is seldom good; the woman who accepts is in the power of the giver.
144. Water, smoke, and a vicious woman, drive men out of the house.
145. When woman reigns the devil governs.
146. Who takes an eel by the tail and a woman at her word, may say he holds nothing.
147. Woman, impromptu; man, on reflection.
148. Necessity teaches the naked woman to spin.
149. It is no child's play when an old woman dances.
150. A cross-grained woman and a snappish dog take care of the house.
151. A truth-telling woman has few friends.
152. A woman may be ever so old, if she take fire she will jump.
153. A woman's first counsel is the best.
154. All keys hang not at one woman's girdle.
155. An ill-tempered woman is the devil's door-nail.
156. Had it not been for an if, the old woman would have bitten a wolf.
157. Kind words and few are a woman's ornament.
158. Slander expires at a good woman's door.
159. "If `almost' did not exist," said the woman, "than I would have shot a hare."
160. Silence is a wonderful jewel for a woman but she seldom wears it.
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