Famous Proverbs

1] Plain dealing is best. Plain dealing is a jewel

2] Many a true word is spoken in jest

3] Let people laugh, as long as I am warm

4] It is ill waiting for dead men’s shoes

5] A fool’s bolt may sometimes hit the mark

6] Better an apple given than eaten

7] Necessity is the mother of invention

8] Love your neighbour, yet pull not down your hedge

9] The loftiest towers rise from the ground

10] The tide must be taken when it comes

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

12] The word is far him who has patience

13] If one sheep leaps over the ditch (or dyke), all the rest will follow

14] Pinch the right thigh and the left will feel the pain too.

15] Money breeds (or makes, or begets) money

16] Prove your friend ere you have need

17] One may change the place but not the mind.

18] The best things come in small packages

19] Every groom is a king at home

20] He who would climb the ladder must begin at the bottom

21] Debt is an evil conscience

22] Don’t judge any man until you have walked two moons in his moccasins.

23] No pains, no gains

24] Barking dogs seldom bite

25] The tongue stings

26] Better at home than a mile from it

27] He that follows Nature , is never out of his way

28] Don’t cast your pearls before swine

29] Health and money go far

30] A single filament of silk does not make a thread; a single tree does not make a forest

31] It is best to be on the safe side

32] Even fools sometimes speak to the purpose

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

34] A single arrow is easily broken, but not ten in a bundle.

35] A fool’s bolt is soon shot

36] No man can serve two masters

37] Home is where the heart is

38] Deliver your words not by number but by weight

39] Slander leaves a sc ore behind it

40] Travel with open eyes and you will become a scholar

41] Men count up the faults of those who keep them waiting

42] Give credit where credit is due

43] It is a poor kin that has neither whore nor thief in it

44] A small pepper is hotter than a large one

45] A woman’s work is never done

46] Repentance is a bitter physic

47] Men are not to be measured in inches

48] Use the means, and God will give the blessings

49] Have two strings to your bow

50] A man’s mother is his other God

51] The way to a man’s heart is through his stomach

52] It is good sheltering under an old hedge

53] Hunger is the teacher of many

54] Learning is a treasure which accompanies its owner everywhere.

55] Will without reason is blind, and against reason, is mad

56] Lend your money and lose a friend

57] The balance distinguishes not between gold and lead

58] Know thyself

59] Every beggar is descended from some king, and every king is descended from some beggar.

60] A good Conscience is the best divinity

61] Opportunity seldom knocks twice

62] If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em

63] Keep conscience clear, then never fear

64] Variety is charming

65] One must be a servant before one can be a master

66] Fair play’s a jewel

67] Praise is always pleasant

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

69] Only a fool will make the doctor his heir

70] Wrong never comes right

71] It is a great victory that comes without blood

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

73] It is an ill bargain where no man wins

74] Health is great riches

75] Better ask the way than go astray

76] Lend, and lose the loan or gain an enemy

77] The strength of the chain is in the weakest link.

78] Soon gotten, soon spent

79] A good servant must have good wages

80] The race is got by running

81] Every Jack must have his Jill

82] An ass must be tied where the master will have him

83] You see a man’s face but not his heart.

84] The bait hides the hook

85] Tune the harp strings to be neither too loose nor too taut

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

87] Procrastination is the thief of time

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

89] He who sows, trusts in God

90] Too much money makes one mad

91] A man of knowledge increaseth strength

92] Blood will have blood

93] Half a loaf is better than do bread

94] The early bird catches the worm

95] A liar is sooner caught than a cripple

96] Excessive happiness produces pain

97] Man may have a thousand plans, but god’s plan is best

98] Little things please little minds

99] Wise men are caught in wiles

100] Every why has a wherefore