American Sayings

Old English Sayings

This above all, to thine own self be true.
- William Shakespeare

What's done is done.
- William Shakespeare

Comparisons are odious.
- Old English Saying

To err is human, to forgive divine.
- Alexander Pope

American Sayings

Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.
- George Washington

In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.
- Thomas Jefferson

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.
- Thomas Jefferson

Well done is better than well said.
- Benjamin Franklin

Life's Tragedy is that we get old to soon and wise too late.
- Benjamin Franklin

Those who stand for nothing fall for anything.
- Alexander Hamilton

Old minds are like old horses; you must exercise them if you wish to keep them in working order.
- John Adams