Famous Proverbs

1] Gluttony kills more than the sword

2] Frugality is the mother of virtue

3] There are as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it

4] Every man is his own worst enemy

5] God comes at last when think he is farthest off

6] Not good is it to harp on the on the frayed string

7] A goose drinks as much as gander

8] Hunger is the best sauce

9] Never buy a pig in a poke

10] There are more men threatened than stricken

11] The highest tree has the greatest fall

12] Don’t pour out the dirty water before you have cleaned

13] A jest breaks no bones

14] Don’t cut off your nose to spite your face

15] A fool’s bolt is soon shot

16] Charity excuseth not cheating.

17] The end justifies the means

18] Set a wolf to keep the sheep

19] Two wrongs do not make a right

20] Habit is second nature

21] The earthen pot must keep clear of the brass kettle

22] Courtesy is the inseparable companion of virtue

23] The fine pullet shows its excellence from the egg.

24] Will without reason is blind, and against reason, is mad

25] Money is the sinew of affairs

26] Old age doesn’t protect from folly

27] Don’t ride the high horse

28] The perfect good is the exercise of virtue

29] Never say die

30] If anything can go wrong, it will

31] In wine there is truth

32] A wise man is never less alone than when he is alone

33] Good clothes open all doors

34] Wake not a sleeping lion

35] We can live without our friends, but not without our neighbours

36] Of a new prince, new bondage

37] Forgiveness is perfect when the sin is not remembered

38] Where there’s a will there’s a way

39] There is no accounting for tastes

40] The best remedy against an ill man, is much ground between

41] Health is not value till sickness comes

42] A rose by any other name would smell as sweet

43] Beauty is in the face; grace is all over.

44] It costs more to do ill than to do well

45] Children and fools cannot lie.

46] Never make threats you cannot carry out.

47] A house divided against itself cannot stand

48] He that would know what shall be, must consider what has been

49] Oaks may fall when reeds stand the storm

50] The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world

51] He that will steal a pin will steal a better thing

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

53] A man is valued as he makes himself valuable

54] Knowledge humbles the great man, astonishes the common man and puffeth up the little man

55] Gifts are scorned where givers are despised

56] Four eyes see more than two

57] Debt is an evil conscience

58] A fool says what he knows, and a wise man knows what he says.

59] Discontent is the first step in progress

60] He that has an ill name is half hanged

61] Better to ask the way than go astray.

62] A good conscience is a constant feast

63] If things were to be done twice, all would be wise.

64] Desire beautifies what is ugly

65] Do as I say, not as I do

66] He that is in poverty is still in suspicion

67] What has been, may be

68] He that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow

69] In haste is error

70] A burdened conscience will never need a hangman

71] All things that great men do are well done

72] Water is the king of food

73] Tomorrow never comes

74] Brute strength without reason falls of its own weight

75] Exchange is no robbery

76] Don’t cry stinking fish

77] You cannot serve God and Mammon

78] In your anxiety to avoid losing a drop, you spill the whole lot

79] If the fingers of one hand quarrel, they cannot pick up food

80] The best things are hard to come by.

81] Exchange (or Fair exchange) is no robbery

82] Truth may walk through the world unarmed

83] Vice makes virtue shine

84] A man’s mother is his other God

85] Debt is an evil conscience

86] The fine pullet shows its excellence from the egg.

87] It is well to live that one may learn

88] The absent saint gets no candle

89] Great gain makes easy work

90] He laughs ill that laughs himself to death

91] Open confession is good for the soul

92] Death keeps no calendar

93] He that may not do as he would, must do as he may

94] Eat at pleasure, drink by measure

95] Punishment is a cripple, but it arrives

96] He gives twice who gives quickly

97] Children have wide ears and long tongues.

98] An angry man opens his mouth and shuts his eyes.

99] Nothing is so certain as death

100] Six feet of earth make all men equal