Famous Proverbs

1] You cannot catch old birds with chaff

2] Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.

3] Wine and wenches empty men’s purses

4] He that has a fellow-ruler, has an over-ruler. ¶ There is no good accord, where every man would be a lord

5] Love is sweet torment

6] He who comes late must eat what is left

7] Company in misery makes it light

8] He that cannot pay in purse must pay in person

9] Good counsel has no price. Nothing is given so freely as advice.

10] Evil to him who evil thinks.

11] Example is the greatest of all seducers

12] Don’t make a mountain out of molehill

13] Never refuse a good offer

14] A fool believes everything

15] When two men look after a horse, it will surely be thin; when two families keep a boat, it will surely leak

16] A discontented man knows not where to sit easy

17] Wink at small faults

18] Constant dripping (or dropping) wears away the stone

19] They also serve who only stand and wait

20] Silence is golden

21] How who makes no mistakes, makes nothing.

22] The mills of God grind slowly but they grind exceedingly small

23] Valour delights in the test

24] Self-preservation is the first law of nature

25] It is not work that kills but worry

26] A monk can’t shave his own head

27] Once a knave, always a knave

28] Jack would be a gentleman if he could speak French

29] The coward threatens only when he is safe

30] Money would be gotten if there were money to get it with

31] Counsel must be followed, not praised.

32] Beware of a silent man and still water

33] Little and often fills the purse

34] The tongue talks at the heads cost

35] Look on the bright side

36] He that stumbles twice over one stone, deserves to break his shin

37] You cannot have your cake and eat it

38] The dog is a lion in his own house

39] A willing helper does not wait until he is asked.

40] The wolf may lose his teeth, but never his nature

41] Homer sometimes nods

42] Experience must be bought

43] Do not halloo till you are out of the wood

44] Everything tempts the man who fears temptation. If you can’t be good, be careful.

45] No pain, no cure

46] Eat at pleasure, drink by measure

47] When I lent, I was a friend; and when I asked, I was unkind

48] Faint heart never won fair lady

49] Where there’s a will there’s a way

50] Praise no man till he is dead.

51] Mercy surpasses justice

52] Don’t change horses in mid-stream

53] A good face is a letter of recommendation

54] The surest way to remain poor is to be an honest man

55] Money gives a bold front: it doesn’t talk – it screams

56] Venture a small fish to catch a big one

57] The poor suffer all the wrong

58] You may lead (or take) a horse to water, but you cannot make him drink

59] The tongue ever turns to the aching tooth

60] No garden without its weeds.

61] Don’t wear out (or outstay) your welcome

62] He who gives to the unworthy loses doubly

63] Keep no more cats than will catch mice

64] Curses, like chickens, come home to roost

65] Cut your coat according to your cloth

66] You cannot have it both ways

67] Master easy, servant slack

68] Things are seldom what they seem.

69] An ill paymaster never wants excuse

70] One thief will not rob another

71] It’s an ill wind that blows nobody any good

72] Danger makes men devout

73] Law cannot persuade where it cannot punish

74] The least boy always carries the greatest fiddle

75] Good clothes open all doors

76] Creditors have better memories than debtors

77] The bread never falls but on its buttered side

78] Sadness and happiness succeed each other.

79] The bird is known by his note, the man by his words

80] If things were to be done twice, all would be wise.

81] There is no place like home

82] If you always say ‘No’, you’ll never get married

83] Give and take is fair play

84] You cannot know the wine by the barrel

85] Young colts will canter.

86] Venture a small fish to catch a great one.

87] Men are not to be measured in inches

88] A little body often harbours a great soul

89] Patient waiters are no losers

90] A chain is no stronger than its weakest link

91] Necessity is the mother of invention

92] An apple a day keeps the doctor away

93] Facts are stubborn things

94] Tell the truth and shame the devil

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

96] God made the country ,and man made the town

97] A burthen of one’s own choice is not felt

98] If it were not for hope, the heart would break

99] Patience is a virtue

100] The rain of tears is necessary to the harvest of learning