Famous Proverbs

1] In peace, prepare for war

2] No day so clear but has dark clouds

3] He that has no rest at home is in the world’s hell

4] Health without money is half an ague

5] Without knowing the force of words, it is impossible to know the man

6] Diseases are the price of ill pleasures

7] He that makes himself a sheep, shall be eaten by the wolf

8] Unpaid debts are unforgiven sins

9] Don’t meet trouble half-way

10] Worse things happen at sea

11] Honest men marry soon, wise men not at all

12] He who owes is in all the wrong

13] If you wish to die young, make your physician your heir

14] If an ass goes a – traveling, he’ll not come home a horse

15] Strings high stretched either soon crack or quickly grow out of tune.

16] A nod is as good as wink to a blind horse

17] It is hard to sail over the sea in an egg-shell

18] Do right and fear no man

19] Even dust, when piled up, may form a hill

20] It is too late to call back yesterday

21] A good name is a rich heritage

22] Things are seldom what they seem.

23] A joke’s a very serious thing

24] Rich folk have many friends

25] A fool’s bolt may sometimes hit the mark

26] No man is wise at all times

27] All heiresses are beautiful.

28] He preaches well (or best) that lives well (or best).

29] Life would be too smooth, if it has no rubs in it.

30] More have repented speech than silence

31] Come with the wind, got with the water

32] Frugality is the mother of virtue

33] Be not too bold with your biggers or betters

34] Everything must have a beginning

35] That which is easily done is soon believed

36] He that forecasts all perils will never sail the sea

37] Let a fool hold his tongue and he will pass for a sage

38] Erring is not heating

39] Variety takes away satiety

40] Burn not your house to rid it of the mouse.

41] Seldom is a long man wise, or a low man lowly

42] Neglect will kill an injury sooner than revenge

43] The tide must be taken when it comes

44] You see a man’s face but not his heart.

45] Riches rather enlarge than satisfy appetites

46] All things that great men do are well done

47] He that brings good news, knocks hard

48] Words fly, writings remain

49] Fire is a good servant a bad master

50] Without luck, it is better not to be born

51] None so busy as those who do nothing.

52] He that would have the fruit, must climb the tree.

53] Better an apple given than eaten

54] There’s a time and place for everything

55] Let not the sun do down on your wrath

56] Long absent, soon forgotten

57] All things that great men do are well done

58] A good Jack makes a good Jill.

59] No matter how much perfume you put on an onion, it will still emit a bad smell.

60] He that once deceives, is ever suspected

61] You cannot unscramble eggs

62] Silence and thinking can no man offend

63] Everything is of use to a housekeeper

64] Patience surpasses learning

65] Lovers’ quarrels are soon mended

66] A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder

67] History repeats itself

68] Poverty is not a shame, but the being ashamed of it is

69] Ignorance is the peace of life

70] Love your friend with his fault

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

72] All that glitters is not gold

73] Little things are great to little men

74] Wisdom is neither inheritance nor legacy

75] A gift much expected is paid, not given

76] They are rich who have true friends

77] Where your will is ready, your feet are light

78] Even water has its ebb and flow

79] Those near the temple deride the gods

80] Even reckoning makes long friends

81] The strong man and the waterfall channel their own path

82] Don’t make a mountain out of molehill

83] Take time by the forelock

84] A fair face may hide a foul heart.

85] A hedge between keeps friendship green

86] Give a dog a bad name and hang him

87] Though it rains gold and silver there, it’s a foreign land; though it rains daggers and spears here, it’s our own country

88] He that gives his goods before he be dead, take up a mallet and knock him on the head

89] It is no use crying over spilt milk

90] A black hen lays a white egg

91] An enemy may chance to give good counsel

92] Poverty is the mother of crime

93] The flesh is aye fairest that is farthest from the bone

94] The morning hour has gold in its mouth

95] All things require skills but an appetite

96] All doors open to courtesy

97] Content is the philosopher’s stone that turns all it touches in to gold

98] He that boasts of his own knowledge proclaims his ignorance

99] No man is content with his lot

100] The more laws, the more offenders