Mom's wise sayings

Mom had many wise sayings that she used to guide us when we were growing up. Some were from her own mother and father, some from Shakespeare, others from the people of Elgin or folklore.

We have been collecting them to pass on to our own families, and they include:

-Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
-You can’t give a favour away
-People in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones
-It's better to find a whole worm in your apple than half a worm!
-Better the devil you know than the one you don't
-I'm like a little pot, soon hot!
-Just because everybody's doing something, doesn't mean it's right
-Boys will be boys…
-We’ll cross that bridge when we come to it
-Don’t put all your eggs in one basket
-Out of sight, out of mind
-Necessity is the mother of invention
-Great minds think alike, and fools seldom differ
-Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned
-If at first you don't succeed, try, try again
-One good turn deserves another
-Put on your thinking cap
-If you can't say anything nice, then don't say anything at all
-Little pitchers have big ears
-Many hands make light work
-Never look a gift horse in the mouth
-You can’t lose what you never had
-Patience is a virtue
-No rest for the weary!
-Sticks and stones may break your bones, but names can never hurt you
-Nothing ventured, nothing gained
-Once bitten, twice shy
-Pride goeth before a fall
-Anyone can make a mistake but only a darn fool makes the same mistake twice
-Parting is such sweet sorrow
-The pen is mightier than the sword
-Some things are better left unsaid
-The early bird catches the worm
-The squeaky wheel gets the grease
-There is no fool like an old fool
-Two wrongs don't make a right
-Where there's a will, there's a way
-You can take a girl out of the country but you can't take the country out of the girl
-A little learning is a dangerous thing
-You can take a horse to water but you can’t make him drink
-A friend in need is a friend indeed
-A fool and his money are soon parted
-It’s no use closing the barn door after the horse is out!
-A jack of all trades and master of none!
-I can get my girls to do anything they want to do!
-It's a poor household that can't support one princess!
-This soup tastes like the chicken walked through on stilts!
-He has a gait like a pair of bars.
-Any problem that can be solved with money, isn't a problem.
-There are 3 stages in life: Help me! I can help myself. And, can I help you?
-To make a garden grow, you have to give it away
-You need that like a toad needs side pockets
-He’s a big frog in a small pond
-Still waters run deep
-He’d be a tall man if he didn’t have so much turned under for feet
-Beware the anger of a silent man
-About to sneeze: You’ll kiss a fool!
-Never part in anger….
-You children are like the 5 fingers on my hand; I need you all to make my life complete

Always

Ann