Praise the young and they will blossom |
Put a beggar on horseback and he'll ride to hell. |
Quiet people are well able to look after themselves. |
Show the fatted calf but not the thing that fattened him. |
Snuff at a wake is fine if there's nobody sneezing over the snuff box. |
Soft words butter no parsnips but they won't harden the heart of the cabbage either. |
Strife is better than loneliness. |
Take gifts with a sigh most men give to be paid. |
The best way to keep loyalty in a man's heart is to keep money in his purse. |
The day will come when the cow will have use for her tail. |
The end of a feast is better than the beginning of a fight. |
The fox never found a better messenger than himself. |
The grace of God is found between the saddle and the ground. |
The Irish forgive their great men when they are safely buried. |
The light heart lives long. |