Famous Proverbs

1] Good to begin well, better to end well.

2] Death alone can kill hope

3] Nature is the true law

4] Cheats never prosper

5] He that eats well should do his duty well

6] Laziness travels so slowly that poverty soon overtakes him

7] Full of courtesy, full of craft

8] They bow to you when borrowing; you bow to them when collecting

9] A cheerful wife is the joy of life

10] He who pays the piper calls the tune

11] Youth will have its course.

12] A good example is the best sermon

13] Life means strife

14] Better be first in a village than second at Rome

15] He that has a tongue in his head may find his way anywhere

16] He that has lost his credit, is dead to the world

17] One today is worth two tomorrows

18] Words bind men

19] When good cheer is lacking, our friends will be packing

20] He is wise who looks ahead

21] Don’t teach your grandmother to suck eggs.

22] Better an egg today than a hen tomorrow.

23] He that dwells next door to a cripple, will learn to halt

24] Where there are reeds, there is water

25] He that sows virtue reaps fame

26] Wedlock is padlock

27] Set a wolf to keep the sheep

28] Every law has a loophole

29] Possibilities are infinite

30] Accidents will happen

31] Better fill a man’s belly than his eye

32] Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery

33] It is a great victory that comes without blood

34] Live and Learn

35] Man cannot live by bread alone

36] A rolling stone gathers no moss

37] If you wish good advice, consult an old man

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

39] It is best to be on the safe side

40] In the end, things will mend

41] A good conscience is a soft pillow

42] Worse things happen at sea

43] Unpaid debts are unforgiven sins

44] You cannot sell the cow and sup the milk

45] There are more ways of killing a cat than choking it with cream.

46] Anger and haste hinder good counsel

47] A good payer is master of another’s purse

48] First impressions are the most lasting

49] Never judge from appearances

50] Dying is as natural as living

51] At the end of the game, the king and pawn go in to the same bag.

52] Out of debt, out of danger

53] Love laughs at locksmiths

54] Never trouble trouble till trouble troubles you

55] It is ill jesting with edged tools

56] An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening

57] He that sows virtue reaps fame

58] Hope deferred makes the heart sick

59] Ill news comes apace.

60] While the word is in your mouth, it is your own; when ‘tis another’s

61] He who works before dawn will soon be his own master

62] Adversity comes with instruction in its hand

63] Heaven takes care of children, sailor and drunken men

64] More than enough is too much

65] A man’s in his own mouth stinks

66] Jackdaw always perches by jackdaw.

67] Children learn to creep ere they can go

68] It is good fishing in troubled waters

69] All good things must come to an end

70] When two tigers fight, one is sure to be hurt

71] The camel never sees its own hump, but that of its brother is always before its eyes

72] The labourer is worthy of his hire

73] To fright a bird is not the way to catch her

74] What can you expect from a pig (or hog) but a grunt?

75] Advice when most needed is least heeded

76] Burn not your house to fright the mouse away

77] Where there is peace, there is blessing

78] All’s well that ends well

79] The difficult is done at once; the impossible takes a little longer

80] Wine and wenches empty men’s purses

81] As long as the old horse lives, his habits will not change

82] In my own house, I am king

83] Don’t put all your eggs in one basket

84] What’s in a name?

85] Moderation in all things

86] It is easier to raise the devil than to lay him

87] Don’t bargain for fish which are still in the water

88] He is not laughed at the laughs at himself first

89] Marriage halves our griefs, doubles our joys and quadruples our expenses

90] From small beginnings come great things

91] Harp not for ever on the same string

92] If one sheep leaps over the ditch (or dyke), all the rest will follow

93] Every law has a loophole

94] Idle folks have the least leisure

95] It is ill striving (or swimming) against the stream (or tide)

96] Brevity is the soul of wit

97] If you agree to carry the calf, they’ll make you carry the cow.

98] Kingdoms divided soon fall

99] Keep not ill men company, lest you increase the number

100] A fool may give a wise man counsel