1614 American Proverbs / Page 74
1461. We always return to our first loves.
1462. We are as big as the thing which bothers us.
1463. We can be deceived by fair appearance.
1464. We do not inherit the land from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children.
1465. We easily disbelieve those things which we desire not.
1466. We hate those who will not take our advice and despise those who do.
1467. We judge others by their acts, but ourselves by our intentions.
1468. We may give advice, but we cannot give conduct.
1469. We must all eat a peck of dirt before we die.
1470. We must take the bitter with the better.
1471. We see least with borrowed eyes.
1472. We seldom fear what we can laugh at.
1473. We'll cross that bridge when we get to it.
1474. Weak men wait for opportunities, strong men make them.
1475. Wealth consists not of having great possessions but of having few wants.
1476. Welcome is the best dish on the table.
1477. What a fool does in the end, the wise man does in the beginning.
1478. What a man can be is born with him; what he becomes is a result of his environment.
1479. What a story these old walls could tell.
1480. What goes around comes around.