American ProverbsDefinitions

Absence makes the heart grow fonder . . . for someone else.

Adversity often leads to prosperity.

Appropriateness is guard against overdoing — it doesn’t take a hammer to crack a nut.

A Baby is a mother’s anchor ; she cannot swing from her moorings.

Be first is Always drink upstream from the herd.

Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes all the way through.

A Book is a friend.

The Cold (flu) is to be fed and the fever to be starved.

Conscience is only another name for Truth.

A Hanging is also called a necktie party.