Famous Proverbs

1] Haste is of (or from) the devil

2] All must be as God will

3] The most high Good sees and bears; me neighbour knows, nothing, and yet is always finding fault.

4] Too much cunning undoes

5] A man of knowledge increaseth strength

6] A quarrelsome man has no good neighbours

7] Old vessels must leak

8] He that commits a fault, thinks everyone speaks of it.

9] Hazard not your wealth on a poor man’s advice

10] Too much cunning undoes

11] Charity begins at home.

12] Deeds are fruits; words are but leaves

13] To take revenge is often to sacrifice oneself

14] The tide never goes out so far but it always comes in again

15] Envy is the sorrow of fools.

16] Exchange (or Fair exchange) is no robbery

17] Ill weeds grow apace (or fast)

18] Ugly women finely dressed, are the uglier for it.

19] Everything in moderation.

20] Cast not the first stone.

21] All glory comes from daring to begin

22] Nature is the true law

23] It is well to live that one may learn

24] The least boy always carries the greatest fiddle

25] A white –wasted crow will not long remain white

26] Conscience is a thousand witnesses

27] We live laws, not by examples

28] Quietness is a great treasure

29] The pen is the tongue of the hand

30] Rats desert (or forsake) a sinking ship

31] One hour today is worth two tomorrow

32] More haste, less speed

33] Great oaks from little acorns grow

34] Fortune favours fools

35] An account is an account, and a brother a brother.

36] We live by laws, not by examples

37] Comparisons are odious

38] Set a beggar on horse back and he’ll ride to the devil

39] A man in debt is caught in a net

40] The wolf may lose his teeth, but never his nature

41] No man is his craft’s master the first day

42] If you pay not a servant his wages, he will pay himself

43] Don’t cry for the moon

44] There are more ways of killing a cat than choking it with cream.

45] Waste not, want not

46] He that compiles against his will, is of his own opinion still

47] Steer not after every mariner’s direction

48] That fish will soon be caught that nibbles at every bait

49] Where there is no might, right loses itself

50] Ambition loses many a man

51] Loyalty is worth more than money

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

53] He has to do what is foul, never comes away clean

54] A mill cannot grind with water that is past

55] Every advantage has its disadvantage

56] Burn not your house to fright the mouse away

57] Striving to better, often we mar what’s well.

58] Experience is a dear school, but fools learn in no other

59] The Friar Preached against stealing and had a goose in his sleeve

60] Learning is the eye of the mind

61] He that lives wickedly can hardly die honestly

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

63] Our own opinion is never wrong

64] Nothing comes from nothing

65] An old dog barks not in vain

66] First impressions are half the battle

67] The rotten apple injures its neighbours.

68] Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday – but never jam today

69] What’s in a name?

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

71] The remedy for injuries is not to remember them

72] An honorable man would rather be a chicken’s beak than the rump of an ox.

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

74] A word to the wise is enough

75] Money isn’t everything

76] Let us eat and drink; for tomorrow we die.

77] When two elephants struggle, it is the grass that suffers

78] The slowest barker is the surest biter

79] Silence gives (or means) consent

80] A healthy man is a successful man

81] Mettle is dangerous in a blind horse

82] Where there is no trust there is no love

83] No honest man ever repented his honesty

84] Of one ill come many

85] Don’t bargain for fish which are still in the water

86] A thief passes for a gentle man when stealing has made him rich

87] An ounce of practice is worth a pound of precept

88] Even a clever wife cannot prepare a meal when there is no food

89] All things are possible with god

90] Better never begin than never make an end

91] Put out your tubs when it is raining

92] The reason of the strongest is always the best.

93] At the end of the game, the king and pawn go in to the same bag.

94] Better be safe than sorry

95] Nothing is so bad but might have been worse

96] No matter how much perfume you put on an onion, it will still emit a bad smell.

97] Better unborn than untaught

98] First try and then trust

99] No man knows what good is than he who has endured evil

100] Go not to hell for company