Famous Proverbs

1] Great hopes make great men

2] Virtue joints man to god

3] Everybody’s business is nobody’s business

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

5] Nothing is impossible to a willing heart

6] Variety is the spice of life

7] He that would have the fruit, must climb the tree.

8] Fair play’s a jewel

9] A wise man changes his mind, a fool never.

10] Had I fish’ was never good with garlic

11] In everything consider the end

12] Marriage makes or mars a man

13] Better fill a man’s belly than his eye

14] If fools went not to market, bad wares would not be sold.

15] His bark is worse than his bite

16] Early sow, early mow

17] Eat at pleasure, drink by measure

18] Experience is the mother of wisdom

19] Beware of him who makes thee presents

20] What is worse than ill luck?

21] A good lather is half the shave

22] Hope is grief’s best music

23] From small beginnings come great things

24] Gossiping and lying go together

25] Union is strength.

26] It is easy to bear the misfortunes of others

27] He who aims at the moon may hit the top of a tree; he who aims at the top of a tree is unlikely to get off the ground

28] Quickly come, quickly go

29] Never do things by halves

30] Hope is the poor man’s bread

31] Haste makes waste

32] Ask, and it shall be given to you.

33] The tide must be taken when it comes

34] Some have been thought brave because they are afraid to run away

35] Years know more than books

36] Wedlock is padlock

37] When things are at the worst, they begin to mend

38] He who sows, trusts in God

39] Never hit a man when he’s down

40] The submitting to one wrong brings on another

41] The best things come in small packages

42] The longest journey starts with a single step

43] The cat would eat fish and would not wet her feet

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

45] All heiresses are beautiful.

46] God rejoices when one beggar scratches another

47] Better cut the shoe than pinch the foot

48] A tree often transplanted, bears not much fruit

49] Tell the truth and shame the devil

50] Beauty draws more than oxen

51] When a friend asks, there is not tomorrow

52] Big fish eat little fish

53] Fools rejoice at promises

54] No good building without a good foundation.

55] Better to be safe than sorry.

56] A guilty conscience needs no accuser

57] Manners make the man

58] Fools rejoice at promises

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

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

61] Great talkers are never great doers

62] In peace, prepare for war

63] Saying is one thing, and doing another

64] Health is better than wealth

65] Rule youth well and age will rule itself

66] He that will eat the kernel, must crack the nut

67] Soon hot, soon cold

68] Don’t swap horses while crossing a stream

69] Men are not angles

70] When the word is out it belongs to another

71] Nature is content with little.

72] A man apt to promise, is apt to forget

73] Many drops make a shower

74] The good intention excuses the bad action

75] Live not to eat, but eat to live

76] You scratch my back and I’ll scratch yours

77] Self-preservation is the first law of nature

78] Light burden I heavy if far borne

79] Little things please little minds

80] If you deal with a fox, think of his tricks

81] East or west, home is best

82] Idleness (or An idle brain) is the devil’s workshop

83] Pat any man and dust will fly

84] It is well to live that one may learn

85] Better are small fish than an empty dish

86] Let us do evil that good may come

87] He that would have the fruit, must climb the tree.

88] There is death in the pot.

89] God comes at last when think he is farthest off

90] He that has lost his credit, is dead to the world

91] Better learn late than never

92] A word spoken is past recalling

93] Liars should have good memories

94] He who holds the ladder is as bad as the thief

95] Accusing the times is but excusing ourselves.

96] It is easier to raise the devil than to lay him

97] Avoid a questioner, for he is also a tattler

98] Everyone puts his fault on the times.

99] Mere wishes are silly fishes

100] Don’t kick against the pricks