Thought for the day...

A widow is like a boat without a rudder.



Little boats must hug the shore; larger ships may venture more.



You can’t go far in a row boat without oars.



A bold attempt is half success.



Good luck trails a bold man; misfortune tails the timid.

 

A wise man makes his own decisions; an ignorant man follows public opinion. Chinese proverb

Fortune favors the bold.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Don’t judge a book by its cover.

A wicked book is the wickeder because it cannot repent.

 

Today must not borrow nothing of tomorrow.



Borrowing things brings sorrowing.



The borrower is a slave to the lender, the debtor to the creditor.



Borrowed clothes don’t fit the body; borrowed thoughts don’t fit the mind.



Better a bad buy than a good loan.

 

If you work for two bosses you must lie to one of them.



No man can serve two masters.



Never let the bottom of your purse or your mind be seen.



The boughs that bear most hang lowest.



Always have two strings for your bow.

 

Boys will be boys. As the boy is, so is the man.



Men brag to hide their fears.



Great braggers are little doers.



They brag most that can do the least.



Money spent on the brain is never spent in vain.

 

Never saw off the branch you are sitting on.

Half a loaf of bread is better than none.

Bread is the staff of life.

Man cannot live by bread alone.

If you have bread, don’t look for cake.

Eaten bread is forgotten.

Dropped bread will always land buttered side down.


Since the above is true, and since a cat always lands on his feet, what would happen if you tied a piece of bread to a cat’s back and threw the cat?

 

Never give a sucker an even break.



Want and necessity break faiths and oaths.



Necessity knows no law.



Vipers breed vipers.



Brevity is the soul of wit.

 

Money will soothe the itching palm.



Every man has his price.



Don’t buy the cow if you can get the cream for nothing.



You can’t cross a bridge until you come to it.



Whoever brings finds the door wide open, except when he brings trouble.