Famous Proverbs

1] Nothing venture (or ventured), nothing gain (or gained)

2] Don’t put the cart before the horse

3] Not lock will hold against the power of gold

4] Great alms-giving lessens no man’s living

5] Fields have eyes and woods have ears

6] He that will not be counseled, cannot be helped

7] He is rich that has few wants

8] Neither bribe, nor lose thy right

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

10] Step by step the ladder is ascended

11] There’s no great loss without some gain

12] Opportunity makes the thief

13] Every man has his price

14] Stolen goods never thrive

15] Comfort is not known if poverty does not come before it

16] He’s his father’s (or mother’s) son

17] He who seizes the right moment is the right man

18] We live laws, not by examples

19] Give a clown your finger, and he will take your hand

20] Easy come, easy go

21] Kill not the goose that lays the golden eggs

22] Names are debts

23] Rust wastes more than use

24] If fortune turns against you, even jelly breaks your tooth

25] Eat at pleasure, drink by measure

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

27] Live and Learn

28] The delay is good which makes the way the safer

29] Better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion

30] The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world

31] Haste is of (or from) the devil

32] Much babbling is not without offence

33] He is a fool who makes his physician his heir

34] Conscience is a thousand witnesses

35] Noting is impossible to a willing heart

36] Don’t burn the candle at both ends

37] There’s no place like home

38] Dirty water does not wash clean.

39] Brute strength without reason falls of its own weight

40] A wise man changes his mind, a fool never.

41] Stolen pleasures are sweetest

42] Never catch a falling knife or a falling friend

43] No honest man ever repented his honesty

44] Even the tiger will appear if you talk about him

45] Only the wearer knows where the shoe pinches

46] For a web begun, God sends the thread

47] Say as men say, but think to yourself.

48] Jack would be a gentleman if he had money

49] Vice is often clothed in virtue’s habit

50] Friendship should not be all on one

51] He that sows thistles shall reap prickles.

52] He is an ill husband who is not missed

53] When bees area old, they yield n honey

54] Men are blind in their own cause

55] Fools rejoice at promises

56] Only with a new ruler do you realize the value of the old

57] Learn not and know not

58] Money makes the man

59] He who waits for another man’s platter has a cold meal

60] They say so’ is half a lie

61] One kindness is the price of another

62] It is no use crying over spilt milk

63] If fools went not to market, bad wares would not be sold.

64] The dog that is idle barks at his fleas, but he that is hunting feels them not.

65] Suffering does not manifest itself

66] Don’t cry for the moon

67] Never trouble trouble till trouble troubles you

68] Keep some till further more come

69] Idle folks lack no excuses

70] Every man is the architect of his own fortune

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

72] When the boat reaches the middle of the river, it is too late to repair the leak

73] Many hands make light work

74] Better be alone than in bad company

75] An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure

76] Every oak has been an acorn

77] Experience is the best teacher

78] The first step is the only difficulty

79] It is not the burden but the overburden that kills the beast

80] Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves

81] A good dog deserves a good bone

82] Give a loan and buy quarrel

83] It is the bridle and spur that makes a good horse

84] Our worst misfortunes are those which never befall us

85] Use the means, and God will give the blessings

86] Friendship is a plant which must be often watered

87] Ale will make a cat speak

88] Words fly, writings remain

89] He knows most who speaks least

90] Strike while the iron is hot

91] Health is better than wealth

92] The first time, a novice the second time, an adept

93] When meat is in anger is out

94] Work won’t kill but worry will.

95] Do not limp before the lame

96] Have two strings to your bow

97] From small beginnings come great things

98] Because he would not eat it, the food got maggoty

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

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