Famous Proverbs

1] Wine and wenches empty men’s purses

2] Four eyes see better than two.

3] Self-praise is no recommendation

4] A liar is not believed when he speaks the truth

5] Either mend or end

6] The death of the wolves is the safety of the sheep

7] Mustard is a good sauce, but mirth is better

8] Conscience is a thousand witnesses

9] Good horses always get ridden; good men get imposed upon.

10] Brevity is the soul of wit

11] Self do, self have

12] One foot is better than two crutches

13] A man without a smiling face must not open a shop

14] Let every pedlar carry his own burden

15] Let not your tongue run at rover

16] All cats are grey in the dark

17] The first step is the only difficulty

18] Better a good cow than a cow of a good kind

19] He who would catch fish must not mind getting wet.

20] A gift much expected is paid, not given

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

22] Old habits die hard

23] Crime does not pay

24] Delay is the antidote of anger

25] He who gives fair words feds you with and empty spoon

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

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

28] An ill paymaster never wants excuse

29] If you pay not a servant his wages, he will pay himself

30] A fox should not be of the jury at a goose’s trial

31] Pursuits become habits

32] Of two evils choose the lesser

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

34] Better wear out shoes than sheers.

35] The balance distinguishes not between gold and lead

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

37] Penny wise, pound foolish

38] Only a fool will make the doctor his heir

39] Death does not recognize strength

40] Time has wings

41] Do as I say, not as I do

42] God sends cold after Clothes

43] Not good is it to harp on the frayed string

44] A good husband makes a good wife

45] A good servant should never be in the way and never out of the way

46] All doors open to courtesy

47] Little wealth, little care

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

49] Pleasant hours fly past

50] Slow and steady wins the race

51] Life is not all beer and skittles

52] The envious grow thin at others’ prosperity

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

54] Adversity is the touchstone of friendship

55] A good horse cannot wear two saddles

56] When you know there are tigers on the hills, don’t go there

57] Our worst misfortunes are those which never befall us

58] He that loveth danger shall perish therein

59] No man better knows what good is than he who has endured evil

60] Hope is but the dream of those that wake

61] A cotton dress wants to be alongside a silk one

62] Poverty is no sin

63] Work smart; don’t work hard

64] Whatsoever was the father of a disease, an ill diet was the mother.

65] He that comes of a hen, must scrape

66] The kind-hearted person has a heavy load.

67] The garment worn determines how one is served

68] Striving to better, often we mar what’s well.

69] Wine is one thing; drunkenness another

70] He that will not have peace, God gives him war

71] A sleepy master makes his servant a lout

72] On an open plain, the rhododendron is a tall tree

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

74] Promises may make friends, but it is performances that keep them

75] Who hath a good trade, through all waters may wade

76] If there is no wind, the trees will not move

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

78] A man may learn wit every day.

79] Hasty work, double work,

80] Good advice (or counsel) is beyond price

81] The more a man dreams, the less he believes

82] It never rains it pours

83] The best things carried to excess are wrong

84] Dead men don’t bite

85] It is a shame to be shameless

86] Knowledge humbles the great man, astonishes the common man and puffeth up the little man

87] Great fortune brings with it great misfortune

88] No man ever becomes thoroughly bad all at once

89] Things are seldom what they seem.

90] Hungry bellies have no ears

91] The best remedy against an ill man, is much ground between

92] Time flies

93] He that hath a wife and children hath given hostages to fortune

94] A true man and a thief think not the same

95] Kingdoms divided soon fall

96] A man may learn wit every day.

97] Everything new is fine

98] Point not at other’s spots with a foul finger

99] Poor folk fare the best

100] Bear and forbear