Evil knows where evil sleeps.
—African Proverb
Marriage is the only war in which you sleep with the enemy.
—Unknown
Whoever is ashamed to sleep with his wife will never have children.
—Egyptian Proverb
Never tickle the nose of a sleeping bear.
—German Proverb
The more you know the less will you sleep.
—Russian Proverb
Fire and gunpowder do not sleep together.
—African Proverb
Poor men sleep the best.
—Japanese Proverb
Success and rest don’t sleep together.
—Russian Proverb
If you want to sleep well, buy the bed of a bankrupt.
—Spanish Proverb
As the master sleeps, the servant dreams.
—Swedish Proverb
In the hotel of decisions the guests sleep well.
—Persian Proverb
It is only in your coffin that you sleep really well.
—Indian Proverb
Who is known as an early riser may sleep longer.
—French Proverb
Curse your wife at evening, sleep alone at night.
—Chinese Proverb
If you’re going to do something tonight that you’ll be sorry for in the morning, sleep late.
—Henny Youngman (1906–98) Anglo-American Comedian, Violinist
The potter sleeps soundly, for no one would steal clay.
—Indian Proverb
There is no woman who sleeps so deeply that the sound of a guitar won’t bring her to the window.
—Spanish Proverb
Rent and taxes never sleep.
—German Proverb
Sleep faster—we need the pillows.
—Yiddish Proverb
Whenever I work hard for other people, I always sleep on an empty stomach.
—African Proverb
Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.
—Italian Proverb
The thief has a chicken’s heart—he sleeps in fear.
—Russian Proverb
Eat in Poland, drink in Hungary, sleep in Germany, and make love in Italy.
—Polish Proverb
When misfortune sleeps, let no one wake her.
—Spanish Proverb
A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder.
—Thomas Fuller (1608–61) English Cleric, Historian
Sleep is the cousin of death.
—African Proverb
In the morning be first up, and in the evening last to go to bed, for they that sleep catch no fish.
—English Proverb
Small children won’t let you sleep, bigger children won’t let you live.
—Yiddish Proverb
The worst things in life are: To be in bed and sleep not, To want for one who comes not, To try to please and please not.
—Arabic Proverb
A man with too much ambition cannot sleep in peace.
—African Proverb