Famous Proverbs

1] He seems wise with whom all things thrive

2] Content is more than a kingdom

3] That which proves too much proves nothing

4] Give and take is fair play

5] No day so clear but has dark clouds

6] There is no royal road to learning

7] Look before you leap

8] Love your neighbour, yet pull not down your hedge

9] A woman’s work is never done

10] Of a new prince, new bondage

11] A fool says what he knows, and a wise man knows what he says.

12] He who gives to the unworthy loses doubly

13] There is nothing that costs less than civility

14] No bees, no honey’, that sweetness will come in to the mouth

15] Beware of no man more than himself

16] No flying without wings.

17] Old vessels must leak

18] Money makes the man

19] Facts are more eloquent than oratory

20] Better late than never

21] Necessity is mother of invention

22] Wrong has no warrant

23] The first step is the only difficulty

24] We do as we can, since we can’t do as we would

25] God tempers that wind to the shorn lamb

26] Love me, love the crows on my roof

27] Two heads are better than one

28] Wine is the best broom for trouble

29] The owl thinks her own young fairest

30] Every may be has a may not be

31] You can’t clap with one hand

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

33] Much law but little justice

34] Where there is peace, God is

35] Wrong never comes right

36] It needs more skill than I can tell to play the second fiddle well

37] Every man is the architect of his own fortune

38] Think of ease, but work on.

39] Corruption of the best becomes the worst

40] He that burns most, shines most

41] You cannot make an omelette without breaking eggs

42] Dead men tell no tales

43] Health without money is half an ague

44] Bare walls make giddy housewives

45] Men are not to be measured in inches

46] Big fish eat little fish

47] It is hard to wive and thrive both in a year

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

49] Wishes can never fill a sack

50] He that has no rest at home is in the world’s hell

51] Look on the bright side

52] Beggars must not be choosers

53] Long roads test the horse; long dealings test the friend

54] If each would sweep before his own door, we should have a clean city

55] A little too late, is much too late

56] Affection blinds reason

57] Better are small fish than an empty dish

58] Little pitchers have big ears.

59] A good Conscience is the best divinity

60] It is better (or more blessed) to give than to take

61] No pot so ugly as not to find a cover

62] A man of courage never wants weapons

63] There is many a good tune played on an old fiddle

64] One sword keeps another in the sheath

65] Don’t ask a blind man which is the right way

66] Birds once snared fear all bushes

67] Wishes can never fill a sack

68] Ill weeds grow apace (or fast)

69] He that brings good news, knocks hard

70] He should have (or He needs) a long spoon who sups with the devil

71] Cloudy mornings turn to clear afternoons

72] Fools live poor to die rich

73] The garment worn determines how one is served

74] Charity covers a Multitude of sins

75] Of a new prince, new bondage

76] The beaten road is the safest

77] Don’t cry before you are hurt

78] First impressions are most lasting

79] Avoid a questioner, for he is also a tattler

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

81] Ambition makes people diligent

82] It is easy to move rivers and mountains, but difficult to change a person’s basic nature

83] Hew not too high lest the chips fall in thine eye

84] The healthful man can give counsel to the sick

85] Don’t wash your dirty linen in public

86] It is ill sitting at Rome and striving against the pope

87] A single arrow is easily broken, but not ten in a bundle.

88] Don’t wash your dirty linen in public

89] Muck and money go together

90] He who comes first, grinds first.

91] There is nothing permanent except change

92] Zeal without knowledge is a runaway horse

93] A lion may be beholden to a mouse

94] He is not fit to command others, that cannot command himself

95] Vice makes virtue shine

96] More than enough is too much

97] Never do things by halves

98] Don’t meet trouble half-way

99] Let sleeping dogs lie

100] There’s always room at the top