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