Old Sayings : M

Make a friend when you don’t need one. - Jamaican (on friendship)
Make a meal and contention will cease.- Hebrew (on the human comedy)
Make do with what you have. - unknown
Make haste slowly. - Suetonius (c.69-140)
Make hay while the sun shines. - John Heywood (c.1497-1580)
Make the most of every situation. - unknown
Making money selling manure is better than losing money selling musk. - Egyptian (on buying and selling)
Man cannot live by bread alone. - Bible
Man is made by his beliefs; as he believes, so he is. - The Bhagahvad Gita (a Sanskrit poem)
Manana (tomorrow) is often the busiest day of the week. -Spanish (on procrastination)
Many hands make light work. - John Heywood (c.1497-1580)
Many have quarreled about religion that never practised it. - Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
Many meet the gods but few salute them. - Latin (on courtesy and respect)
Marry in haste, repent in leisure. - unknown
Masterly retreat is in itself a victory. - Norman Vincent Peale (1898-1993)
May the outward and inward man be at one. - Socrates (469-399 BC)
May the wind be always at your back. - unknown
Measure a thousand times; cut once. - Turkish (on caution and care)
Medicine left in the container can’t help. - Yoruba (West African)
Mediocrity is climbing molehills without sweating. - Icelandic (on work)
Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself but talent instantly recognizes genius. - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930)
Men willingly believe what they wish. - Julius Caesar (c.102-44 BC))
Mess with the bull and one usually gets the horns. - Latin American saying
Mind your p’s and q’s. - English Proverb
Misfortune tests the sincerity of friends. - Aesop (c.620-560 BC)
Mistakes are doorways to discovery. - unknown
Money buys everything but good sense.- Yiddish (on money)
Money has no value if it is not used. - Aesop (c.620-560 BC)
Monkey see, monkey do. - Hercurmer Jones by Mr. Glenn McQueen Sr.
More than enough is too much. - unknown
Most people are about as happy as they make their minds up to be. - Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
Much ado about nothing. - William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
Music has charms to soothe a savage beast. - William Congreve (1670-1729)