Famous Proverbs

1] Money can influence even the spirits

2] When we have gold, we are in fear; when we have none we are in danger

3] Fortune knocks once at every man’s door

4] Don’t take a bull in to a china shop.

5] If one will not, another will

6] Exchange (or Fair exchange) is no robbery

7] He thinks not well that thinks not again

8] Half an egg is better than empty shell

9] Covetousness is the root of all evil

10] Finger were made before forks, and hands before knives

11] He that will thrive, must rise at five; he that has thriven, may lie till seven; but he that will never thrive may lie till eleven

12] To study a great deal is to acquire a priceless treasure

13] No wrong without a remedy

14] Save a thief from the gallows and he’ll cut your throat

15] The worth of a thing is best known by the want of it

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

17] Fall not into the fire when you try to avoid smoke

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

19] Virtue is its own reward

20] Trust is dead-ill payment killed it.

21] Where there is peace, God is

22] A good tongue is a good weapon

23] Beauty draws more than oxen

24] Three helping one another, bear the burthen of six.

25] Law makers should not be law breakers

26] Know your own faults before blaming others for theirs.

27] Gossiping and lying go together

28] Laughter makes good blood

29] He’s his father’s (or mother’s) son

30] Whom god loves, his house is sweet to him

31] The best throw of the dice is to throw them away

32] Advice when most needed is least heeded

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

34] If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing well

35] Truth lies at the bottom of the well

36] Share and share alike

37] In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is king

38] Don’t cast your pearls before swine

39] Homo is a common name to all men.

40] The greatest talkers are the least doers

41] Poverty is no disgrace but it is a great inconvenience

42] It is profound ignorance that inspires the dogmatic tone

43] Jesters do oft prove prophets

44] Blessings brighten as they take their flight

45] A person with a determined heart frightens Problems away

46] If you would make an enemy, lend a man money and ask it of him again

47] You never miss the water till the well runs dry

48] Better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion

49] A man’s studies pass in to his character

50] The dog that is idle barks at his fleas, but he that is hunting feels them not.

51] Mix work with pleasure and you will never go mad.

52] Industry is fortune’s right hand, and frugality her left

53] They are rich who have true friends

54] The wolf knows what the ill beast thinks

55] If one sheep leaps o’er the dyke, all the rest will follow

56] A still tongue makes a wise head

57] The good die young.

58] Every medal has its reverse

59] You cannot skimp on the fodder and have an energetic horse.

60] Only with a new ruler do you realize the value of the old

61] Lightning never strikes twice in the same place

62] Curiosity is ill manners in another’s house

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

64] It is hard to wive and thrive both in a year

65] Cowardice is afraid to be known or seen

66] Money is power

67] All must be as God will

68] Dogs bite twice those who wear ragged clothes.

69] Opportunity seldom knocks twice

70] A good paymaster needs no surety

71] Fortune does not stand waiting at any man’s door

72] What has been, may be

73] Poor men’s words have little weight

74] Hoist your sail when the wind is fair

75] Hypocrisy is a homage that vice pay to virtue

76] With seven nurses, the child loses its eye

77] Parents are patterns

78] A watched pot never boils

79] Silence is also speech

80] One fool praises another

81] Honest is the best policy

82] Health is better than wealth

83] He that brings good news, knocks hard

84] Actions speak louder than words

85] Medical plants from one’s own back-yard are no valued.

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

87] Fortune knocks once at everyone’s door (or gate)

88] Great talkers are never great doers

89] The garment worn determines how one is served

90] You may lead (or take) a horse to water, but you cannot make him drink

91] Fool rush in where angels fear to trend

92] Ale will make a cat speak

93] Parents are patterns

94] An old ox will find a shelter for himself

95] Half the world knows not how the other half lives

96] Poor folk fare the best

97] Every dog is valiant at his won door

98] The folly of one man is the fortune of another

99] There is nothing lost by civility

100] A liar is sooner caught than a cripple