Famous Proverbs

1] Out of debt, out of danger

2] Better late than never

3] He freezes who does not burn

4] Quarrels do not last long if the wrong is only on one side

5] Every man is his own worst enemy

6] Go not to hell for company

7] Health without money is half an ague

8] Cheats never prosper

9] Accusing the times is but excusing ourselves.

10] Hope deferred makes the heart sick

11] The greatest talkers are the least doers

12] A penny weight of love is worth a pound of law

13] A good friend is my nearest relation

14] Gold will not buy everything

15] You can’t tell a book by its cover

16] Burn not your house to fright the mouse away

17] A wise man is never less alone than when he is alone

18] All things are easy, that are done willingly

19] An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure

20] Ill comes often on the back worse

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

22] A man must plough with such oxen as he has

23] It is more pain to do nothing than something

24] What cannot gold do?

25] It is the first step that is troublesome

26] Lookers-on see more than players

27] Where there is peace, there is blessing

28] No bees, no honey’, that sweetness will come in to the mouth

29] He that brings good news, knocks hard

30] Many dishes make many diseases

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

32] He who begins many things, finishes but few

33] By falling we learn to go safely

34] Findings are keepings

35] Never put off till tomorrow what may be done today

36] A good Jack makes a good Jill.

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

38] Great actions speak minds

39] He that tells his wife news, is but newly wed

40] Don’t bite the hand that feeds you

41] The more laws, the more offenders

42] A bully is always a coward

43] The best wine comes from an old vessel

44] A good word stills great anger

45] The shoemaker’s son always goes barefoot.

46] The tyranny of a multitude is a multiplied tyranny

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

48] Not even Hercules could contend against two

49] The sun is never the worse for shining on a dunghill

50] You cannot know the wine by the barrel

51] See a pin and let it lie, you’ll want a pin before you die

52] Fish begins to stink at the head

53] Better unborn than untaught

54] Wise men learn by other men’s harm, fools, by their own

55] There is more than one way to skin a cat.

56] It is the first step that is troublesome

57] Life is not all beer and skittles

58] You cannot get blood (or water) out of a stone

59] Every man is the architect of his own fortune

60] The grace of God enough

61] He who leaps high must take a long run

62] Let another’s shipwreck be you sea-mark.

63] Small gifts make friends, great ones make enemies

64] He that commits a fault, thinks everyone speaks of it.

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

66] Delays are not denials

67] Never do things by halves

68] The eye that sees all things else sees not itself

69] Grief pent up will break the heart

70] He that never ate flesh, thinks a pudding is a dainty

71] He that has nothing need fear to lose nothing

72] We always weaken whatever we exaggerate

73] He that will not go over the stile, must be thrust through the gate

74] Content is better than riches

75] Be not afraid of going slowly; be only afraid of standing still

76] Better a louse in the pot than no flesh at all

77] He who has seen little marvels much

78] Never hit a man when he’s down

79] Mercy surpasses justice

80] Sometimes the best gain is to lose

81] Ill news comes unsent for.

82] Nothing is so popular as kindness.

83] If two men ride on a horse, one must ride behind

84] It is good sheltering under an old hedge

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

86] The devil knows many things because he is old

87] Misfortune makes foes of friends

88] Lookers-on see most of the game

89] Opportunity seldom knocks twice

90] Every man has his price

91] God defend me from my friends; from enemies, I can defend myself.

92] Every man to his trade.

93] Reputation is often got without merit, and lost without crime

94] A deaf husband and a blind wife are always a happy couple

95] He is rich that has few wants

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

97] A bribe will enter without knocking

98] There is truth in wine

99] Call no man happy till he is dead

100] Bear and forbear