1. I dtosach na h-aicíde is fusa í a leigheas
   It is easier to cure a disease at its beginning [A stitch in time save nine]
2. Is fearr an tsláinte ná na táinte
   Health is better than riches
3. Ní thagann éag gan ábhar
   Death does not come without a reason [There is a reason for everything]
4. Níl luibh ná leigheas in aghaidh an bháis
   There is no remedy or cure against death
5. Má tá moladh uait, faigh bás - má tá cáineadh uait, pós
   If you want praise, die - if you want torment, marry
6. Ná mol fear go bás, nó lá go tráthnóna
   Don't praise a man until he is dead, nor a day until evening [One does not know what either will become]
7. Is fada a bhíonn an fear ag fás agus is gearr a bhíonn an bás á chloí
   It takes a man a long time to grow, but it takes death a short time to overcome him
8. Bás in Éirinn, agus caint leis na haingil
   May you die in Ireland, and talk to the angels [Old Irish wish]

9. Ná feic a bhfeicir
   Is ná clois a gcloisir
   Is má fiafraítear díot
   Abair ná feadrais
   Don't see what you see
   Don't hear what you hear
   And if you're asked
   Say you don't know

10. Is minic a bheir dall ar ghiorria
    It is often a blind person caught a hare [Used in order to quell boasting]

11. An rud ná cloiseann an chluas ní chuireann sé buairt ar an gcroí
    What the ear does not hear does not worry the heart
12. Is fearr rith maith ná drochsheasamh
    A good run is better than a bad stand

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