Famous Proverbs

1] Every one thinks his own cross is heaviest

2] Accidents will happen in the best regulated families

3] He that eats least eats most

4] You cannot serve God and Mammon

5] He that shows his purse, longs to be rid of it

6] Ready money is ready medicine

7] Fine feathers make fine birds.

8] Fingers were made before forks

9] He who excuses himself accuses himself

10] Curiosity is ill manners in another’s house

11] Nothing is easy to the unwilling

12] A horse that will not carry a saddle must have no oats.

13] Everyone puts his fault on the times.

14] Courtesy (Or Civility, or Politeness) costs nothing

15] Exchange is no robbery

16] Who hath a good trade, through all waters may wade

17] So many men, so many opinions

18] Lovers are madmen

19] Through hardship to the stars

20] It is a sorry flock where the ewe bears the bell

21] Truth is mighty and will prevail

22] Take the will for the deed

23] One lie makes many

24] There is no accounting for tastes

25] A man in debt is caught in a net

26] Harsh words cut wounds that fester like cankerous sores

27] All griefs with bread are less

28] He that mischief hatches mischief catches.

29] Don’t hide your light under a bushel

30] One foot is better than two crutches

31] Take the will for the deed

32] Kind hearts are soonest wronged

33] Accidents will happen

34] The disinterested observer may perceive what is missed by those who are directly involved

35] A door must be either shut or open

36] Where bad’s the best, bad must be the choice

37] Homo is a common name to all men.

38] Stolen pleasures are sweetest

39] God gives us the milk, but not the pail

40] Misfortune tells us what fortune is

41] What is bred in the bone will never come out of the flesh

42] The greatest step is that out of doors

43] Dreams are lies

44] Two heads are better than one

45] Travel makes a wise man better, but a fool worse

46] Jack would be a gentleman if he had money

47] Where ignorance is bliss, ‘tis folly to be wise

48] It is too late to look up after you have collided

49] A willing helper does not wait until he is asked.

50] The longest (or farthest) way round is the nearest (or shortest) way home.

51] At open doors, dogs come in

52] A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush

53] Too much hope deceives

54] Flesh is frail

55] Look on the bright side

56] Nothing is given so freely as advice

57] Hoist your sail when the wind is fair

58] Small is the seed of every greatness

59] The more laws, the more offenders

60] Friends are thieves of time

61] Respect is greater from a distance

62] The crow laughs at the pig for being black

63] The dog that fetches, will carry.

64] There are spots even in the sun

65] Men are blind in their own cause

66] A closed mouth catches no files

67] The best go first

68] Jack would be a gentleman if he could speak French

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

70] He cannot speak well that cannot hold his tongue

71] A little learning is dangerous thing

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

73] A bad padlock invites a picklock

74] Experience is not always the kindest of teachers, but it is surely the best

75] Variety takes away satiety

76] Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny

77] We should publish our joys and conceal our griefs

78] Steer not after every mariner’s direction

79] The morning hour has gold in its mouth

80] Submitting to one wrong brings on another.

81] When Adam delved and Eve span, who was then a gentleman?

82] A beggar can never be bankrupt

83] He that would eat the kernel must crack the nut

84] Too much money makes one mad

85] All covet all lose.

86] From a foolish judge, a quick sentence

87] Morning dreams come true

88] If you can’t ride two horses at once, you shouldn’t be in the circus

89] Silence is a woman’s best garment

90] One barber shaves another gratis

91] Nearest the heart comes out first

92] It is a poor kin that has neither whore nor thief in it

93] Soon learnt, soon forgotten

94] Better a little loss than a long sorrow

95] A good payer is master of another’s purse

96] Travel broadens the mind

97] A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds

98] There is nothing lost by civility

99] He that promises too much means nothing

100] A man has choice to begin love, but not to end it.