Famous Proverbs

1] All doors open to courtesy

2] First think, and then speak

3] It is the first step that is troublesome

4] What may be done at any time is done at no time

5] It is easy to do what one’s own self wills

6] If the thorn falls, the leaf is pierced; if the leaf falls the leaf is pierced

7] There is nothing that costs less than civility

8] Wise is the man who never exposes himself to unnecessary danger

9] He that dare not venture must not complain of ill luck

10] The longest journey starts with a single step

11] Only with a new ruler do you realize the value of the old

12] No flying without wings.

13] Without diligence, no prize

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

15] Say as men say, but think to yourself.

16] Laughter makes good blood

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

18] Discontent is the first step in progress

19] When wine sinks, words swim

20] From word to deed is a great space

21] Who repairs not his gutter, repairs his whole house

22] If we have not the world’s wealth, we have the world’s ease

23] Hope springs eternal in the human heart

24] Mettle is dangerous in a blind horse

25] Hope deferred makes the heart sick

26] Adversity makes strange bedfellows

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

28] He who cannot put up with extreme hardship cannot be the best among men

29] It is a great victory that comes without blood

30] Man punishes the action but God the intention

31] You cannot make a crab walk straight

32] Laws catch flies but let hornets go free

33] Work won’t kill but worry will.

34] Better never begin than never make an end

35] Zeal without knowledge is a runaway horse

36] Even though one’s aunt sells the cakes, one will not buy unless they are cheap.

37] Fling dirt enough, and some will stick

38] Nothing comes from nothing

39] Eat to live and not live to eat.

40] Call no man happy till he is dead

41] It is ill jesting with edged tools

42] Every horse thinks its own pack heaviest

43] Harsh words cut wounds that fester like cankerous sores

44] It at first you don’t succeed, try, try, try again

45] Money makes the man

46] Keep some till further more come

47] Covetousness is always filling a bottomless vessel

48] He that touches pitch shall be defiled

49] The tongue breaks bone, and herself has none

50] Pride is at the bottom of all mistakes

51] The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence

52] Every bean has its black

53] One is what one eats

54] Good luck beats early rising

55] Poverty is no disgrace but it is a great inconvenience

56] It is the first step that is troublesome

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

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

59] Naughty boys sometimes make good men.

60] Numbers overcome the brave

61] The end crowns the work.

62] Failure teaches success

63] Truth is mighty and will prevail

64] Accidents will happen in the best regulated families

65] Many dishes make many diseases

66] Misfortune arrives on horseback but departs on foot

67] Put not the bucket too often in the well

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

69] Open confession is good for the soul

70] Laugh before breakfast, you’ll cry before supper

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

72] A ragged colt may make a good horse.

73] Though the left hand conquers the right, no advantage is gained

74] Parents are patterns

75] Possibilities are infinite

76] Bind the sack before it be full

77] One thief will not rob another

78] A liar can go round the world but cannot come back

79] Children and fools must not play with edged tools

80] A man can die but once

81] Through indecision, opportunity is often lost.

82] All truths are not to be told

83] No man can serve two masters

84] Quietness is a great treasure

85] Servants will not be diligent, where the master’s negligent

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

87] Pleasing ware is half sold

88] Six feet of earth make all men equal

89] Better are small fish than an empty dish

90] Riches rather enlarge than satisfy appetites

91] What is worth doing is worth doing well

92] He is wise who looks ahead

93] Extremity of right is wrong

94] To study a great deal is to acquire a priceless treasure

95] There is no place like home

96] It is too late to lock the stable when the horse has been stolen

97] From small beginnings come great things

98] Many hands make light work

99] No land without stones, or meat without bones

100] Though it rains gold and silver there, it’s a foreign land; though it rains daggers and spears here, it’s our own country