Proverbs

“Carpe diem [seize the day].”

“Even a clock that does not work is right twice a day.”

—Polish Proverb

“If you chase two rabbits, you will not catch either one.”

—Russian Proverb

“Tis better to buy a small bouquet and give to your friend this very day, than a bushel of roses white and red to lay on his coffin after he’s dead.”

“To one who does not know, a small garden is a forest.”

“To the ass, or the sow, their own offspring appears the fairest in creation.”

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