Famous Proverbs

1] Bad excuses are worse than none.

2] Venture a small fish to catch a great one.

3] The first step is the hardest

4] It is an ill dog that deserves not a crust

5] The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world

6] Constant dripping (or dropping) wears away the stone

7] If there were no clouds, we should not enjoy the sun

8] Three helping one another, bear the burthen of six.

9] The love of money is the root of all evil

10] Don’t build the sty before the litter comes

11] Adam’s ale is the best brew

12] A good name keeps its luster in the dark

13] Manners and money make a gentleman

14] Give credit where credit is due

15] Better the devil you know than the devil you don’t know

16] A mouse may help a lion

17] He freezes who does not burn

18] Wives must be had, be they good or bad

19] Every dog has his day

20] The blind man is not afraid of ghosts

21] A light purse makes a heavy heart

22] Save your breath to cool the porridge

23] Save a thief from the gallows and he’ll cut your throat

24] Appetite comes with eating

25] Does sound come from an unstruck drum?

26] Don’t build the sty before the litter comes

27] Time and tide wait for no man

28] It is the lot of a king to do well but to be ill-spoken of

29] A jack of all traders is master of none

30] If you have bread, don’t look for cake

31] Heaven helps those who help themselves

32] Pardoning the bad is injuring the good

33] Confession of our fault is the next thing to innocence

34] Wisdom is neither inheritance nor legacy

35] Where the tongue slips, it speaks the truth

36] In my own house, I am king

37] Everything new is fine

38] A good paymaster needs no surety

39] The purse of the patient protracts the disease

40] The pen is the tongue of the hand

41] One foot is better than two crutches

42] Old cattle breed not

43] Worry is the interest we pay on trouble before it is due

44] The lion had need of the mouse

45] They are rich who have true friends

46] Long tarrying takes all the thanks away

47] Water is a boon in the desert, but the drowning man curses it.

48] Content is more than a kingdom

49] Every dog is a lion at home

50] Tune the harp strings to be neither too loose nor too taut

51] Ill news comes unsent for.

52] Time flees without a delay

53] A learned man has always riches in himself

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

55] Health is great riches

56] Look on the bright side

57] Love me, love my dog

58] There is a great difference between words and deeds

59] Hope springs eternal in the human heart

60] From a foolish judge, a quick sentence

61] The highest branch is not the safest roost

62] Let every pedlar carry his own burden

63] You can’t take it with you when you die

64] Drinking water neither makes a man sick, nor in debt, nor his wife a widow

65] Put not the bucket too often in the well

66] Frugality is the mother of virtue

67] Brave actions never want a trumpet.

68] No convenience without its inconvenience

69] There is many a fair thing full false

70] When fortune smiles, embrace her.

71] Precept begins, examples accomplish

72] Better be alone than in bad company

73] You may know by a handful the whole sack

74] Self-praise is no recommendation

75] Words are but wind

76] A liar can go round the world but cannot come back

77] Eat to live and not live to eat.

78] In the end, things will mend

79] It is better to conceal one’s knowledge than to reveal one’s ignorance

80] Habit is second nature

81] Much science, much sorrow

82] He cannot speak well that cannot hold his tongue

83] Rule youth well and age will rule itself

84] Old habits die hard

85] Words have wings, and cannot be recalled

86] Every oak has been an acorn

87] He who lives with cats will get a taste for mice

88] Poor men go to heaven as soon as rich

89] When the ear will not listen, the heart escapes sorrow

90] Every family has a skeleton in the cupboard

91] Ask a silly question and you’ll get a silly answer.

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

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

94] No, thank you’ has lost you many a good butter-cake

95] Among the blind, the one-eyed man is king

96] Saying is one thing, and doing another

97] He who would catch fish must not mind getting wet.

98] Dying men speak true

99] Accidents will happen in the best regulated families

100] He that fights and runs away may live to fight another day