Famous Proverbs

1] A good conscience is a sure card

2] True gold is not transformed by fire

3] Cowardice is afraid to be known or seen

4] Good is good but better carries it

5] Second thoughts are best

6] Debt is an evil conscience

7] You cannot have your cake and eat it

8] New things are fair

9] A watched pot never boils

10] It is n time to stoop when the head is off.

11] None are so fond of secrets as those who don’t mean to keep them

12] How forceful are right words

13] Those that make the best use of their time, have none to spare

14] Friends agree best at a distance

15] Ill gotten, ill spent

16] He that has a fellow-ruler, has an over-ruler. ¶ There is no good accord, where every man would be a lord

17] It is courage that wins, and not good weapons

18] No man is content with his lot

19] Make haste slowly

20] Corn him well and he will work better

21] Steer not after every mariner’s direction

22] The cord breaks t last by the weakest pull

23] Man does what he can, and God what he will

24] The fairest silk is soonest stained

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

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

27] Once a knave, always a knave

28] It is easier to pour away water than to gather it.

29] You may have too much of a good thing

30] If you do not enter a tiger’s den, you cannot get its cubs

31] Love is without reason

32] Habits are at first cobwebs, at last cables

33] Since god has not bent the top of the palm tree, he has given a long neck to the giraffe

34] The peacock has fair features, but foul feet.

35] Prove your friend ere you have need

36] Every dog has his day

37] The child is father of the man

38] Never hit a man when he’s down

39] He that ventures not fails not.

40] One hour today is worth two tomorrow

41] A wise man hears one word and understands two

42] When bees area old, they yield n honey

43] First creep, then walk

44] He who seizes the right moment is the right man

45] Better to have one eye than be blind altogether

46] Friendship should not be all on one side

47] The Friar Preached against stealing and had a goose in his sleeve

48] The race is got by running

49] Suffering does not manifest itself

50] Little fishes slip through nets, but great fishes are taken

51] Where the tongue slips, it speaks the truth

52] Pursuits become habits

53] A man may lose more in an hour than he can get in seven

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

55] A crowd is not company

56] White there’s life there’s hope

57] Sooner will men hold fore in the mouth than keep a secret

58] Does sound come from an unstruck drum?

59] Discretion is the better part of valour

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

61] He who leaps high must take a long run

62] Every cloud has a silver lining

63] Don’t cry stinking fish

64] Kick a tone in anger, and you will hurt your own feet

65] III counsel mars all

66] Every law has a loophole

67] Sooner begun, sooner done

68] Patient waiters are no losers

69] Love is a disease, and the loved on is the only medicine

70] None but the brave deserves the fair

71] Wise men do not argue with idiots

72] Better an open enemy than a false friend

73] Borrowed garments never fit well

74] You must lose a fly to catch a trout

75] Health and money go far

76] Young saint, old devil.

77] He freezes who does not burn

78] Care killed the cat

79] Plain dealing is a jewel

80] Patience is the remedy of the world

81] Advice when most needed is least heeded

82] Experience without learning is better than learning without experience

83] Small is the seed of every greatness

84] One speak of rat droppings will spoil a whole pan of rice

85] Possibilities are infinite

86] Hope for the best and prepare for the worst

87] Sow thin and mow thin

88] It takes a wise man to be a fool

89] The thief doth fear each bush an offer

90] True doctrines require no miracles

91] Children and fools cannot lie.

92] When a tiger dies, it leaves a skin; when a man dies, he leaves a name

93] Mount Fuji itself is not So beautiful to one who is cold and hungry

94] When a dwarf ascends a staircase, he gets higher every step

95] The bee sucks honey out of the bitterest flowers

96] He that tells a secret, is another’s servant.

97] Marriage is a lottery

98] A good name keeps its luster in the dark

99] An old horse knows the route

100] The cow knows not what her tail is worth till she has lost it