Famous Proverbs

1] Hope for the best and prepare for the worst

2] It is safer to hear and take counsel, than give it.

3] Shame in a kindred cannot be avoided

4] A stitch in time saves nine

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

6] He that the devil drives, feels no lead at his heels

7] It is too late to husband when all is spent

8] A man may learn wit every day.

9] Luck for fools and chance for the ugly

10] You cannot run with the hare and hunt with the hounds

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

12] Friendship should not be all on one side

13] Love can find a way

14] Absence makes the heart grow fonder

15] An ill marriage is a spring of ill fortune

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

17] He that shall endure to the end, the same shall be saved

18] Wiles help weak folk

19] Some people will never learn anything because they understand everything too soon.

20] Many words, many buffets

21] Better go about than fall in to the ditch

22] A fault confessed is half redressed

23] The higher you climb, the harder you fall

24] Light grows the burden which is well borne

25] The falling drops hollow the stone

26] They also serve who only stand and wait

27] Gold goes in at any gate except heaven’s

28] One fool praises another

29] He that flings dirt at another dirtieth himself most

30] Don’t make a mountain out of molehill

31] Nearest the heart comes out first

32] A man’s mother is his other God

33] Past cure, past care

34] Error cannot be defended but by error

35] It is not gay coat that makes the gentleman

36] Giving much to the poor, doth enrich a man’s store.

37] Wrong has no warrant

38] He that wants health wants all

39] Much babbling is not without offence

40] There is no fool like an old fool

41] Give us the tools, and we will finish the job

42] Truthfulness becomes the gentleman

43] He who waits for another man’s platter has a cold meal

44] Praises fill not the belly

45] The hero appears only when the tiger is dead

46] Bells call others, but themselves enter not in to the church

47] A wise man hears one word and understands two

48] One is what one eats

49] Beauty is in the eye of the beholder

50] He that would climb the ladder must begin at the bottom

51] Love turns pimples

52] Better be alone than in bad company

53] Procrastination is the thief of time

54] Too far east is west

55] Names and natures do often agree

56] Fair without, false within

57] One man sows and another reaps

58] Sometimes the best gain is to lose

59] Honey is sweet, but the bee stings

60] Past experiences are the best guide for future undertakings

61] All things require skills but an appetite

62] A good name keeps its luster in the dark

63] A beggar can never be bankrupt

64] He travels the fastest who travels alone

65] A fault once denied is twice committed

66] Things are seldom what they seem.

67] If you wish to die young, make your physician your heir

68] Bad luck often brings good luck

69] He knows which side his bread is buttered

70] There is nothing that costs less than civility

71] When a man is happy, he does not hear the clock strike

72] Love conquers all

73] Love your friend with his fault

74] A good anvil does not fear the hammer

75] Thrift is a great revenue

76] Better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion

77] A merchant that gains not, loses

78] It is an ill dog that deserves not a crust

79] Every advantage has its disadvantage

80] It is the bridle and spur that makes a good horse

81] It is easier to get a favour from fortune than to keep it

82] He that mischief hatches mischief catches.

83] Great gain makes easy work

84] At the end of the game, you’ll see who’s the winner

85] Loyalty is worth more than money

86] Like father, like son

87] Opportunity seldom knocks twice

88] It is a hard-fought field where no man escapes unkilled

89] One barber shaves another gratis

90] After dinner sit a while, after supper walk a mile.

91] Practice what you preach

92] The hand that gives, gathers

93] Every Jack must have his Jill

94] Think on the end before you begin

95] A lion may come to be beholden to a mouse

96] Idle folks lack no excuses

97] A man should keep from the blind and give t his kin.

98] Love me, love my dog

99] Often and little eating makes a man fat

100] A thing of beauty is a joy forever