Famous Proverbs

1] Striving to better, often we mar what’s well.

2] He that would know what shall be, must consider what has been

3] Venture a small fish to catch a big one

4] Busiest men find the most time

5] Words cut more than swords

6] One must be a servant before one can be a master

7] T’ is safest making peace with sword in hand

8] In a church, in an inn, and in a coffin, all men are equal

9] Stolen pleasures are sweetest

10] A bad excuse is better than none at all

11] Poor folk fare the best

12] Wise men silent, fools talk

13] Oaks may fall when reeds stand the storm

14] It is better to travel hopefully than to arrive

15] The tailor makes the man

16] Dying men speak true

17] Man cannot live by bread alone

18] Young saint, old devil.

19] Hope is but the dream of those that wake

20] Poor men seek meat for their stomach; rich men stomach for their meat.

21] A good example is the best sermon

22] The beaten road is the safest

23] Hew not too high lest the chips fall in thine eye

24] A burnt child dreads the fire

25] Do it now

26] Either mend or end

27] Every bean has its black

28] Two blacks do not make a white

29] They bow to you when borrowing; you bow to them when collecting

30] The more cost, the more honour

31] An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth

32] Eat to live and not live to eat.

33] It is hard to sail over the sea in an egg-shell

34] Much law but little justice

35] He who excuses himself accuses himself

36] God makes the back for the burden

37] Every little helps

38] Where there’s muck, there’s money

39] He that will not be counseled, cannot be helped

40] A word is enough to the wise

41] The eye of the master will do more work than both his hands

42] Friends are thieves of time

43] Lucky men need no counsel

44] Friends agree best at a distance

45] Great trees keep down the little ones

46] The faulty stands on his guard

47] Love laughs at locksmiths

48] So many countries, so many customs

49] He that is absent is soon forgotten

50] Our neighbour’s ground yields better corn than ours

51] Knavery may serve for a turn, nut honesty is best in the long run

52] Silence is also speech

53] Out of sight, out of mind

54] Life is short and time is swift

55] The labourer is worthy of his hire

56] Every beginning is hard

57] Kind hearts are soonest wronged

58] Love cannot be compelled

59] First things first

60] A good reaper deserves a good sickle.

61] An account is an account, and a brother a brother.

62] Don’t swap horses while crossing a stream

63] An old fox is not easily snared

64] The envious man shall never want woe

65] Every cock crows on his own dunghill

66] The tyranny of a multitude is a multiplied tyranny

67] The tongue stings

68] Nothing is so bad but might have been worse

69] He thinks not well that thinks not again

70] Health is great riches

71] Big words seldom go with good deeds

72] He who aims at the moon may hit the top of a tree; he who aims at the top of a tree is unlikely to get off the ground

73] Learn to see in another’s misfortune, the ills which you should avoid.

74] Discontent is the first step in progress

75] So many men, so many opinions

76] The devil is not as black as he is painted

77] There is nothing that costs less than civility

78] Misfortunes find their way even on the darkest night

79] Misery acquaints men with strange bedfellows

80] Delays are not denials

81] A learned man has always riches in himself

82] Follow love and it will flee thee; flee love and it will follow thee

83] The peony, though large, is useless; the date blossom, though small, yields fruit

84] The folly of one man is the fortune of another

85] It is a sad house where the hen crows louder than the cock

86] That which Nature paints never fades

87] A good husband makes a good wife

88] Out of debt, out of danger

89] Learn weeping and you shall gain laughing

90] Who is more busy than he that has least to do?

91] He that serves well need not be afraid to ask his wages

92] It is ill striving against the stream

93] You cannot teach an old dog new tricks

94] Leave well alone

95] If you have known one, you have known them all

96] Desperate diseases need desperate cures

97] Files are easier caught with honey than with vinegar

98] A prophet is without honour in his own country

99] A good name is better than riches

100] Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.