Proverbs
- A bad workman always blames his tools.
- A constant guest is never welcome.
- A cracked bell can never sound well.
- A contented mind is a perpetual feast.
- Actions speak louder than words.
- A drowning man will catch at a straw.
- Adversity makes a man wise, not rich.
- A fair death honours the whole life.
- A friend in need is a friend in indeed.
- A friend is easier lost than found.
- After a storm comes a calm.
- A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever.
- A good beginning is half the battle.
- A good husband makes a good wife.
- A good name is sooner lost than won.
- A good wife is a good prize.
- A good winter brings a good summer.
- A lazy youth, a lousy age.
- A living dog is better than a dead lion.
- A little learning is a dangerous thing.
- A little pot is soon hot.
- A little is better than none.
- All things are difficult before they are easy.
- All that glitters is not gold.
- All’s well that ends well.
- A man is known by his friends.
- A man who has friends must show himself friendly.
- Among the blinds the one-eyed man is king.
- An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
- An empty sack cannot stand upright.
- A secret between more than two is no secret.
- An evil lesson is soon learned.
- An eye for eye and a tooth for a tooth.
- A penny saved is a penny earned.
- An Englishman’s house is his castle.
- A still tongue makes a wise head.
- A woman’s work is never done.
- A tale never loses in the telling.
- A work ill done must be twice done.
- Bad excuses are worse than none.
- Barking dogs seldom bite.
- Beggars’ bags are bottomless.
- Beauty and folly are often companions.
- Be just before you are generous.
- Better go to heaven in rags than to hell in embroidery.
- Better lose the saddle than the horse.
- Books and friends should be few but good.
- Choose a wife by your ear rather than by your eye.
- Children and fools tell the truth.
- Circumstances alter cases.
- Cloudy mornings give way to clear evenings.
- Cleanliness is next to godliness.
- Comfort is better than pride.
- Cowards die many times before their deaths.
- Content is better than riches.
- Diligence is the mother of good luck.
- Doing nothing is doing ill.
- Do not cut down the tree that gives you shade.
- Do not cry out before you are hurt.
- Do not keep all the eggs in one basket.
- Do not quarrel with your bread and butter.
- Do not rob Peter to pay Paul.
- Dying is as natural as living.
- Early to bed, early to rise, make a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.
- East or west, home is best.
- Eat to live, but not live to eat.
- Empty vessels make the most noise.
- Every bird likes its own nest the best.
- Envy never enriched any man.
- Everything is good when new, but friends when old.
- Everything comes to him who waits.
- Experience is the best teacher.
- Everything is good when new, but friends when old.
- Experience is the father of wisdom.
- False friends are worse than bitter enemies.
- Facts speak louder than words.
- Face to face, the truth comes out.
- First impressions are most lasting.
- Far from eye, far from heart.
- Fools build houses and wise men live in them.
- Four eyes see more than two.
- Good advice is harsh to the ear.
- Good health is above wealth.
- Go while the going is good.
- He that begins many things , finishes but few.
- He laughs best who laughs last.
- He that is full of himself is very empty.
- He who has a mind to beat a dog will easily find a stick.
- He that travels far knows much.
- He who plays with fire gets burnt.
- He who is ashamed of asking is ashamed of learning.
- Home is where the heart is.
- Honesty is the best policy.
- Hope for the best and prepare for the worst.
- Hunger is the best sauce.
- If it were not for hope, the heart would break.
- In the deepest water is the best fishing.
- If we dream, everything is possible.
- It is a foolish sheep that makes the wolf his confessor.
- It is better to be alone than in bad company.
- It is better to do well than to say well.
- It is never too late to learn.
- It is easier to get money than to keep it.
- It takes two to make a quarrel.
- Judge not a book by its cover.
- Keep your mouth shut and your ears open.
- Kill not the goose that lays the golden eggs.
- Knowledge in youth is wisdom in age.
- Knowledge makes humble; ignorance make proud.
- Laugh, and the world laughs with you; Weep, and you weep alone.
- Lay things by, they many come to use.
- Love thy neighbor, but pull not down thy hedge.
- Little drops of water make the mighty ocean.
- Man proposes, God disposes.
- Many drops make a shower.
- Men make houses, women make homes.
- Misfortunes never come singly.
- Misfortune tests the sincerity of friends.
- Nothing is difficult to the man who will try.
- Never do things by halves.
- Never hit a man when he’s down.
- No bees, no honey; no work, no money.
- No man is born wise or learned.
- No road is long with good company.
- Necessity is the mother of invention.
- No way is impossible to courage.
- One man’s fault is another man’s lesson.
- Out of sight, out of mind.
- Practise what you preach.
- Prevention is better than cure.
- Sadness and gladness succeed one another.
- Saying and doing are two things.
- Short pleasure, long lament.
- Speech is the picture of the mind.
- The best mirror is an old friend.
- Take honour from me and my life is done.
- The lazy man’s the beggar’s brother.
- The nearer the church, the farther from God.
