Famous Proverbs

1] Fortune knocks once at every man’s door

2] The devil finds work for idle hands to do

3] He that sows virtue reaps fame

4] Great actions speak minds

5] You may know by a handful the whole sack

6] Virtue has all things in itself

7] The mill cannot grind with water that is past

8] Beggars must not (can’t) be choosers

9] A blow with a word strikes deeper than a blow with a sword

10] A hundred pounds of sorrow pays not one ounce of debt

11] In the end, things will mend

12] The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world

13] You cannot have it both ways

14] Words are but wind, but seeing’s believing

15] Wife and Children are bills of charges

16] Poverty is the mother of crime

17] To err is human

18] Evil to him who evil thinks.

19] The hen that lays the eggs knows the pain

20] A man’s best fortune, or his worst, is a wife

21] Long life has long misery

22] Fling dirt enough, and some will stick

23] Self-praise is no recommendation

24] Wherever an ass falls, there will he never fall again

25] Black will take no other hue

26] Silence never makes mistakes

27] Even water has its ebb and flow

28] Look on the bright side

29] A horse that will not carry a saddle must have no oats.

30] Trust is dead-ill payment killed it.

31] He who depends on another, dines ill and sups worse

32] Grasp all, lose all

33] A crowd is not company

34] A healthy man is a successful man

35] Wise men propose, and fools determine

36] A discontented man knows not where to sit easy

37] Every why has a wherefore

38] Life would be too smooth, if it has no rubs in it.

39] Curiosity is ill manners in another’s house

40] A contented mind is a perpetual feast

41] An old ox makes a straight furrow

42] Speech is silver, silence is golden

43] Many kiss the hand they wish to cut off

44] Good is good but better carries it

45] He that repairs not a part, builds all

46] Things are seldom what they seem.

47] No playing with a straw before an old cat.

48] An ounce of mother is worth a ton of priest

49] A fool’s mouth is his destruction

50] He that does most at once, does least

51] The hunchback does not see his own hump, but his companion’s

52] Trusting often makes fidelity

53] A cat may look at a king

54] Procrastination is the thief of time

55] One is not smelt where all stink

56] He knows which side his bread is buttered

57] The ass that brays most eats

58] It is well to live that one may learn

59] Woods that grows warped can never be straightened

60] Desire beautifies what is ugly

61] If you would be well served, serve yourself

62] Everything new is fine

63] He who leaps high must take a long run

64] Frugality is the mother of virtue

65] Sickness soaks the purse

66] Soon hot, soon cold

67] The weeds overgrow the corn.

68] No naked man is sought after to be rifled

69] It is as hard to please a knave as knight

70] Shame in a kindred cannot be avoided

71] The voice is the best music

72] Misery loves company.

73] Money has no smell

74] The darkest hour is that before the dawn

75] No pain, no cure

76] Erring is not heating

77] Too many cooks spoil the broth

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

79] Pride is at the bottom of all mistakes

80] The devil lurks behind the cross

81] He that ventures not fails not.

82] Win a good reputation, and sleep at your ease

83] Tie a chicken with an elephant rope, and it will slip off; tie an elephant with a chicken-tether, and it will break away.

84] First impressions are the most lasting

85] Wake not a sleeping lion

86] Rich folk have many friends

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

88] He that fights and runs away may live to fight another day

89] Never catch a falling knife or a falling friend

90] The exception proves the rule

91] He who considers too much will perform little.

92] Kindle not a fire that you cannot extinguish

93] You never know your luck

94] Patient waiters are no losers

95] A friend is easier lost than found

96] The reason of the strongest is always the best.

97] A good example is the best sermon

98] Time has wings

99] Submitting to one wrong brings on another.

100] A fool’s bolt is soon shot