Famous Proverbs

1] Every man for himself, and God for us all.

2] Exchange is no robbery

3] Neglect will kill an injury sooner than revenge

4] It is an ill sign to see a fox lick a lamb

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

6] Easier said than done

7] True gold is not transformed by fire

8] The garment worn determines how one is served

9] You cannot serve God and Mammon

10] III luck is good for something

11] It is profound ignorance that inspires the dogmatic tone

12] Bear and forbear

13] Those near the temple deride the gods

14] A successful man is seldom at ease; a life of ease does not breed success

15] He who sits in the well to observe the sky does not see very much.

16] Make not your sauce, before you have caught the fish.

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

18] Spread the table, and contention will cease

19] Money is the only monarch

20] Easier said than done

21] Who keeps company with the wolf, will learn to howl

22] A good face is a letter of recommendation

23] Plain dealing is a jewel

24] What we spent, we had; what we gave, we have: what we left, we lost

25] Judge not of men and things at first sight

26] A word spoken is past recalling

27] He that travels far knows much

28] If one sheep leaps over the ditch (or dyke), all the rest will follow

29] It’s a silly fish that is caught twice with the same bait.

30] Names and natures do often agree

31] Half the world knows not how the other half lives

32] Two midwives will twist the baby’s head

33] A growing youth has a wolf in his belly

34] Everyone puts his fault on the times.

35] He is a fool that makes a hammer of his fist

36] We are all Adam’s children

37] Everything is good in its season

38] You cannot sell the cow and sup (or drink) the milk

39] Things are only worth one makes them worth

40] The pleasures of the mighty are the tears of the poor

41] Repentance is a bitter physic

42] Call a spade a spade

43] When misfortune sleeps, let no one wake her

44] Rust wastes more than use

45] More than enough is too much

46] A thing you don’t want is dear at any price.

47] All is vanity.

48] A man with no hands is given a ring.

49] Gold is tried in the fire

50] One cannot put back the clock

51] Only the wearer knows where the shoe pinches

52] Even silence may be eloquent

53] When you live next to a cemetery, you cannot weep for everyone

54] Handsome is as handsome does

55] Eavesdroppers never hear any good of themselves

56] An empty purse fills the face with wrinkles

57] Plain dealing is a jewel, but they that use it die beggars

58] Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof

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

60] If the wise erred not, it would go hard with fools.

61] A liar is sooner caught than a cripple

62] A good paymaster needs no surety

63] Advice when most needed is least heeded

64] Early sow, early mow

65] No day so clear but has dark clouds

66] He that brings good news, knocks hard

67] Dying is as natural as living

68] To study a great deal is to acquire a priceless treasure

69] It will be the same a hundred years hence

70] At open doors, dogs come in

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

72] Learning makes a good man better and an ill man worse

73] We must not look for a golden life in an iron age

74] A little help is worth a deal of pity

75] No garden without its weeds.

76] He thinks not well that thinks not again

77] The wisest of the wise may err.

78] God’s lambs will play.

79] Woods that grows warped can never be straightened

80] Easter so longed for is gone in a day

81] A straight stick is crooked in water

82] Forgive and forget

83] Bad excuses are worse than none.

84] A good beginning makes a good ending.

85] No feast lasts forever.

86] Do it now

87] Much would have more

88] A jest breaks no bones

89] Wise men silent, fools talk

90] God provides for him that trusts

91] The cobbler’s children are always the worst shod

92] Pleasant hours fly past

93] It is easy to find a stick to beat a dog

94] No choice amongst stinking fish

95] The folly of one man is the fortune of another

96] God forgives sins, otherwise heaven would be empty.

97] None are so fond of secrets as those who don’t mean to keep them

98] It is easy to be wise after the event

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

100] So many men, so many opinions