Famous Proverbs

1] Every man is his own worst enemy

2] Laws catch flies but let hornets go free

3] Brave actions never want a trumpet.

4] That fish will soon be caught that nibbles at every bait

5] One swallow does not make a summer

6] There’s no fence against ill fortune.

7] Wives must be had, be they good or bad

8] A dragon that is stranded in shallow water, becomes the butt of shrimps

9] God is a sure paymaster

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

11] It is no use spoiling the ship for a half penny worth of tar

12] He that compiles against his will, is of his own opinion still

13] Patient men with the day.

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

15] One sword keeps another in the sheath

16] Death keeps no calendar

17] Money is the sinew of affairs

18] The poorer one is, the more devils one meets

19] Let us do evil that good may come

20] Laugh and grow fat

21] Good horses always get ridden; good men get imposed upon.

22] Care killed the cat

23] Two heads are better than one

24] Quickly come, quickly go

25] You must grin and bear it

26] Wrong has no warrant

27] Home is where the heart is

28] Health is not value till sickness comes

29] Sooner begun, sooner done

30] The end justifies the means

31] She’s her father’s (or mother’s) daughter

32] The envious grow thin at others’ prosperity

33] Riches along make no men happy

34] What cannot gold do?

35] Work won’t kill but worry will.

36] Fair exchange is no robbery

37] One speak of rat droppings will spoil a whole pan of rice

38] Don’t tell tales out of school

39] Children have wide ears and long tongues.

40] If you want peace, prepare for war

41] A fool may give a wise counsel. A fool’s bolt may sometimes hit the mark.

42] Who hath a good trade, through all waters may wade

43] It is late to cover the well when the child is drowned.

44] It is courage that wins, and not good weapons

45] Many words, many buffets

46] He learned timely to beg that could not say ‘Nay’

47] Repeat a piece of good advice three times and even a dog will be bored.

48] Necessity is mother of invention

49] A good servant should never be in the way and never out of the way

50] To fright a bird is not the way to catch her

51] Kind hearts are more than coronets

52] Wife and Children are bills of charges

53] Marriage makes or mars a man

54] A thing you don’t want is dear at any price.

55] Silence is golden

56] What is worth doing is worth doing well

57] Know when to spend and when to spare, and you need not be busy, you’ll never be bare

58] A hundred pounds of sorrow pays not one ounce of debt

59] Care is no cure

60] Grief pent up will break the heart

61] Will iron become fine gold, however often refined?

62] Every dog is a lion at home

63] Do not kick against the pricks

64] Fortune favours the brave (or bold).

65] Where there is whispering there is lying

66] The falling drops hollow the stone

67] Content is better than riches

68] Courtesy (Or Civility, or Politeness) costs nothing

69] Wisdom is neither inheritance nor legacy

70] Come with the wind, got with the water

71] A person with a determined heart frightens Problems away

72] Where bad’s the best, bad must be the choice

73] Put out your tubs when it is raining

74] We can live without our friends, but not without our neighbours

75] Morning dreams come true

76] Soon gotten, soon spent

77] As you bake, so shall you eat.

78] Moderation in all things

79] Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them

80] Law makers should not be law breakers

81] Poverty is not a crime

82] Health and wealth create beauty

83] Hard words break no bones

84] Self-preservation is the first law of nature

85] Little birds that can sing and won’t sing should be made to sing

86] It needs more skill than I can tell to play the second fiddle well

87] Honest men marry soon, wise men not at all

88] If the father is spotted, the son will be speckled

89] You win some, you lose some

90] A burnt child dreads the fire

91] Don’t teach your grandmother how to suck eggs

92] Gluttony kills more than the sword

93] Spit to the heavens, and spittle falls on your own nose

94] Every cock crows on his own dunghill

95] No man is infallible

96] Error cannot be defended but by error

97] When the dog catches mice, it is meddling in the cat’s business.

98] Asking costs little

99] Never make threats you cannot carry out.

100] No one ought to judge in his own cause