Famous Proverbs

1] A scalded cat fears hot water.

2] Make yourself all honey and the flies will devour you

3] The child says nothing but what it hears by the fire

4] The wish is father to the thought

5] Choose thy company before thy drink

6] The courteous one learns his courtesy from the discourteous.

7] Don’t swap horses while crossing a stream

8] He who aims at the moon may hit the top of a tree; he who aims at the top of a tree is unlikely to get off the ground

9] Patience is a virtue

10] All must be as God will

11] Even the grubs in the rocks manage to survive

12] Never do evil that good may come of it

13] Talk much end err much

14] An empty sack cannot stand upright

15] Better ask the way than go astray

16] Never too late to late to repent

17] Practice what you preach

18] How who makes no mistakes, makes nothing.

19] Keep not ill men company, lest you increase the number

20] He that lives wickedly can hardly die honestly

21] Every tub must stand on its own bottom

22] Slender cannot make a good man bad; when the water recedes, the stone is still there.

23] After a dream of a wedding, comes a corpse

24] Much law but little justice

25] He that seeks trouble never misses

26] The first step is the only difficulty

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

28] Christmas comes but once a year

29] One kindness is the price of another

30] Easier said than done

31] Nothing venture (or ventured), nothing gain (or gained)

32] No road is long with good company

33] An angry man opens his mouth and shuts his eyes.

34] Men count up the faults of those who keep them waiting

35] A man’s wealth is his enemy

36] The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world

37] Actions speak louder than words

38] Dogs bite twice those who wear ragged clothes.

39] Too much hope deceives

40] The highest tree has the greatest fall

41] The purse of the patient protracts the disease

42] God heals, and the physician takes the fee

43] Bear and forbear

44] Waste is not grandeur

45] Learn weeping and you shall gain laughing

46] The wise forget an insult, as the ungrateful a kindness

47] If wishes were butter cakes, beggars might bite

48] Two wrongs do not make a right

49] Confide in an aunt and the world will know

50] He that can stay. Obtains

51] Life is not all beer and skittles

52] Fools live poor to die rich

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

54] It is n time to stoop when the head is off.

55] If the devil finds a man idle, he’ll set him to work

56] Riches along make no men happy

57] You can’t win them all

58] It is the beautiful bird which gets caged

59] Some have been thought brave because they are afraid to run away

60] He that stumbles twice over one stone, deserves to break his shin

61] Desert and reward seldom keep company

62] Send a fool to France and he’ll come back a fool

63] All’s well that ends well

64] The longest way round is the shortest way home

65] It is hard to sail over the sea in an egg-shell

66] Never was a cat or dog drowned, that could but see the shore

67] The devil knows many things because he is old

68] A good name keeps its luster in the dark

69] A fool and his money are soon parted

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

71] You may lead (or take) a horse to water, but you cannot make him drink

72] The lion had need of the mouse

73] When angry, count a hundred

74] An ounce of patience is worth a pound of brains

75] Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, and half shut afterwards

76] If the doctor cures, the sun sees it; but if he kills, the earth hides it.

77] You cannot get blood (or water) out of a stone

78] It is an ill bird that fouls its own nest

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

80] Good to begin well, better to end well.

81] Honest is the best policy

82] Courtesy is the inseparable companion of virtue

83] Suffering does not manifest itself

84] A beggar can never be bankrupt

85] Gold is tried in the fire

86] A tree often transplanted, bears not much fruit

87] All heiresses are beautiful.

88] Dogs that bark at a distance bite not at hand

89] When fortune smiles, embrace her.

90] The death of the wolves is the safety of the sheep

91] He that falls today may rise tomorrow

92] Good horses always get ridden; good men get imposed upon.

93] All’s well that ends well

94] One thief will not rob another

95] He that would know what shall be, must consider what has been

96] An ill tongue may do much

97] One learns to know oneself best behind one’s back

98] Don’t take a bull in to a china shop.

99] He who can wait obtains what he wishes.

100] A ragged colt may make a good horse.