Published in London in 1859, this collection groups proverbs by theme — women, love and marriage, parents and children, youth and age, home, friendship, fortune and caution — and sets English sayings beside their counterparts from other lands. Kelly explains and illustrates them with anecdotes, including a grim tale of a rescued suicide whose rescuer is urged to hang him up again.
A lively, compact read for anyone curious how different peoples have packed the same hard-won wisdom into a single line. Download the free EPUB.