Famous Proverbs

1] Strike while the iron is hot

2] Young saint, old devil.

3] From a foolish judge, a quick sentence

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

5] Wise men are caught in wiles

6] Extremes are dangerous

7] Every law has a loophole

8] He who can wait obtains what he wishes.

9] Sailors get their money like horses, and spend it like asses

10] A tree often transplanted, bears not much fruit

11] It’s an ill wind that blows nobody any good

12] Wise men propose, and fools determine

13] Rain water leaks through the roof-top

14] Great minds think alike

15] Findings are keepings

16] It is better to travel hopefully than to arrive

17] Busiest men find the most time

18] He that is afraid of bad luck will never know good.

19] A rich man can do nothing wrong

20] The tide must be taken when it comes

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

22] Saying is one thing, and doing another

23] All’s fair in love and war

24] God sends cold after Clothes

25] Drive thy business or it will drive thee.

26] Everyone leaps over the dyke where it is lowest

27] For a web begun, God sends the thread

28] The sun shines upon all alike.

29] Children and fools must not play with edged tools

30] Keep something for a rainy day

31] One volunteer is worth two pressed men

32] One reason is as good as fifty

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

34] A contented mind is a perpetual feast

35] Two midwives will twist the baby’s head

36] An old horse knows the route

37] He that loses anything and gets wisdom by it is a gainer by the loss

38] The knowledge of a learned man is limited if he stays at home all the time

39] It foolish sheep that makes the wolf his confessor

40] Brevity is the soul of wit

41] Know thyself

42] From word to deed is a great space

43] It is misery enough to have once been happy

44] Nothing stake, nothing draw.

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

46] A man may learn wit every day.

47] Be careful to whom you give

48] Let sleeping dogs lie

49] Nature is the true law

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

51] The exception proves the rule

52] Do as the friar says, not as he does

53] A guilty conscience needs no accuser

54] Respect is greater from a distance

55] The envious man shall never want woe

56] First come, first served

57] A good reaper deserves a good sickle.

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

59] There is nothing like being on the safe side

60] A pound of care will not pay an ounce of debt.

61] He that dare not venture must not complain of ill luck

62] Nature does nothing in vain

63] As you sow, so shall you reap

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

65] A crust is better than no bread.

66] The ant had wings to her hurt

67] When wrath speaks, wisdom veils her face.

68] Friendship should not be all on one side

69] A wise man hears one word and understands two

70] Sweet are the uses of adversity

71] Make yourself all honey and the flies will devour you

72] Habits are at first cobwebs, at last cables.

73] It is easy to bear the misfortunes of others

74] Saying is one thing, and doing another

75] Boys will be boys

76] All are not thieves that dogs bark at

77] Once a knave, always a knave

78] How who makes no mistakes, makes nothing.

79] It is no use spoiling the ship for a half penny worth of tar

80] Have patience with a friend rather than lost him forever.

81] It is better to have done something great than to have never been successful

82] One father is more than a hundred school masters

83] Nature hates all sudden changes

84] The last suitor wins the maid

85] The tongue breaks bone, and herself has none

86] Books and friends should be few but good

87] God is a sure paymaster

88] Knowledge without practice makes but half an artist

89] Death is the grand leveler

90] The worse the evil, the calmer we face it.

91] Woods that grows warped can never be straightened

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

93] Slow help is no help

94] Confession of our fault is the next thing to innocence

95] What has been, may be

96] To err is human

97] Forgiveness is perfect when the sin is not remembered

98] In a clam sea, every man is a pilot

99] Pursuits become habits

100] The good is often the enemy of the best