Irish sayings:

• “You’ve got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was.”
• “It is better to be a coward for a minute than dead for the rest of your life.”
• “A good laugh and a long sleep are the two best cures.”
• “You’ll never plow a field by turning it over in your mind.”
• “Both your friend and your enemy think you will never die.”
• “Don’t give cherries to pigs or advice to fools.”
• “Anything will fit a naked man.”
• “The only cure for love is marriage.”

And “He who gets a name for early rising can stay in bed until midday.”