Famous Proverbs

1] Content is better than riches

2] When it pleases not God, the saint can do little

3] The tongue ever turns to the aching tooth

4] There is no tree but bears some fruit

5] Poor folk fare the best

6] Everything new is fine

7] Make yourself all honey and the flies will devour you

8] It is a sorry flock where the ewe bears the bell

9] A man may bear till his back breaks

10] Travel makes a wise man better, but a fool worse

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

12] Where there is no trust there is no love

13] Talk of an angel and you’ll hear the fluttering of his wings

14] Beauty is in the eye of the beholder

15] Bare walls make giddy housewives

16] Children and fools cannot lie.

17] Every Jack must have his Jill

18] Time lost cannot be recalled

19] When you live next to a cemetery, you cannot weep for everyone

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

21] Idleness is the root of all evil

22] He is a good friend that speaks well of us behind our backs

23] Big fish eat little fish

24] No, thank you’ has lost you many a good butter-cake

25] Life is short and time is swift

26] A fool always rushes to the fore.

27] It takes a wise man to be a fool

28] Slow and steady wins the race

29] Dry bread at home is better than roast meat abroad

30] Punctuality is the politeness of kings.

31] Good riding at two anchors, men have told, for if one breaks the other may hold

32] The heart soon forgets what the eye sees not

33] It is an ill sign to see a fox lick a lamb

34] Laugh and grow fat

35] Our own opinion is never wrong

36] Great fortune brings with it great misfortune

37] Time has wings

38] A strong town is not won in an hour

39] Love turns pimples

40] However much the arm may swing out, the armpit is where it sticks

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

42] Go to bed with the lamb, and rise with the lark

43] No convenience without its inconvenience

44] There is honour among thieves

45] As you brew, so shall you drink.

46] They that value not praise, will never do anything worthy of praise

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

48] The mean is the best

49] III luck is good for something

50] Let us eat and drink; for tomorrow we die.

51] There’s no great loss without some gain

52] A clear conscience fears not false accusations

53] An angry man is not fit to pray

54] Wedlock is padlock

55] Money refused loses its brightness

56] Let bygones be bygones

57] The first step is the hardest

58] A house divided against itself cannot stand

59] If you put noting into your purse, you can take nothing out

60] Live and Learn

61] Don’t ask a blind man which is the right way

62] Lavishness is not generosity

63] We must not look for a golden life in an iron age

64] Sickness soaks the purse

65] No flying without wings.

66] The worth of a thing is best known by the want of it

67] Work smart; don’t work hard

68] A good garden may have some ill weeds

69] A man’s wealth is his enemy

70] Words bind men

71] Local ginger is never as hot as imported ginger

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

73] There is no smoke without fire

74] All’s grist that comes to the mill.

75] He that is born a fool is never cured

76] Luck for fools and chance for the ugly

77] Business is business

78] Dry bread at home is better than roast meat abroad

79] Great consolation may grow out of the smallest saying

80] It is too late to grieve when the chance is past

81] Wishes can never fill a sack

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

83] In vain they rise early that used to rise late

84] The mob has many heads but no brains

85] The righteous man sins before an open chest

86] The dog is a lion in his own house

87] A man whose conscience is clear, of a knock at midnight has no fear

88] Health is great riches

89] He that has plenty of goods will have more

90] Much law but little justice

91] You can’t teach an old dog new tricks

92] He that has no shame has no conscience

93] His bark is worse than his bite

94] Give a clown your finger, and he will take your hand

95] Use makes mastery

96] He that serves every body is paid by nobody

97] Every dog is a lion at home

98] Better be out of the world than out of the fashion.

99] If Jack’s in love, he’s no judge of Jill’s beauty

100] A good name is a rich heritage