Patch grief with proverbs ...

(A proverb is) the wisdom of many and the wit of one.

A proverb is the child of experience.

The wisdom of nations lies in their proverbs, which are brief and pithy.

A proverb is no proverb to you till life has illustrated it.

Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long experience.

Proverbs are potted wisdom.

A knowledge of Sanskrit is of little use to a man trapped in a sewer.

You can make few friends by driving northwards on a southbound carriageway.

Many hands make a tall horse.

A new dishwasher can't mend a broken heart, but it will do the washing up.

We'll jump off that bridge when we come to it.

You've buttered your bread, now sleep in it.

One does not moisten a stamp with the Niagara Falls.

If there's no lead in your pencil you don't need a rubber.

A nose that can see is worth two that sniff.

The grass is always greener over the septic tank.