253 Greek Proverbs / Page 10
181. Sweet is the memory of past labor.
182. Swift gratitude is the sweetest.
183. Take a young woman for the pleasure of possessing her until she is old.
184. Terrifying are the weaknesses of power.
185. The beginning is the half of every action.
186. The best fish hook cannot catch limp cheese.
187. The excess of a virtue is a vice.
188. The fly sat upon the axle of the chariot-wheel and said "What a lot of dust I raise!"
189. The fox that waits until the chicken falls from the perch dies from hunger.
190. The frog wanted to be an ox and swelled up until he burst.
191. The grumbling mother-in-law forgets that she once was a bride.
192. The heart that loves is always young.
193. The house of envy lies in the lowest hollows, golden, sunless, breathed upon by no wind, grim and filled full of inert chill, and lacking warmth, is always roiled in fog.
194. The knee is closer than the calf.
195. The more the mother-in-law drinks the more friendly is her greeting.
196. The net of the sleeper catches fish.
197. The old age of an eagle is better than the youth of a sparrow.
198. The people make the town.
199. The rest of the world does not know what newlyweds know.
200. The sins we often regret are the sins we never commit.