115 Welsh Proverbs / Page 4
61. Man's mind is a watch that needs winding daily.
62. Memory slips, letters remain.
63. Milk for a child, meat for a man, beer for the old.
64. Money is the key that opens all locks.
65. More the hurry, more the obstacles.
66. Never trust overmuch to a new friend or an old enemy.
67. No good will come of over sleeping.
68. Nothing is so clean as a fish.
69. Of a compliment only a third is meant.
70. Of all weights, old age is the heaviest.
71. Old age comes not on its own.
72. Old age is a hundred disorders.
73. Old age will not come alone.
74. Old feel the blows suffered when young.
75. Old proverbs are the children of truth.
76. One needs a long spoon to sup with the devil.
77. Patience is the mother of all wisdom.
78. People aren't good unless others are made better by them.
79. Perfect love sometimes does not come until the first grandchild.
80. Playing with fire will eventually turn bitter.