I have examined this maxim closely, and believe it, like most popular proverbs,-false

This may happen in three days or in nine, according to the popular proverbs.

They were current in people's mouths long before books were invented; and like other popular proverbs they were the first codes of popular morals.

Sometimes a remarkable ingenuity, which we call wit, adorned his aphorisms; at other times, their liveliness consisted in the happy use of popular proverbs.

Several popular proverbs then gained currency in the sense that there is no fertilizer of the glebe like that put on by the master himself.

Gold Foil Hammered from Popular Proverbs.

Popular proverbs are national, or cosmopolitan, and they are anonymous,-risingfrom among the multitude, and floating on their breath.