1000 English Proverbs and Sayings

1. A bad beginning makes a bad ending. 2. A bad corn promise is better than a good lawsuit. 3. A bad workman quarrels with his tools. 4. A bargain is a bargain. 5. A beggar can never be bankrupt. 6. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. 7. A bird ma be known b its song. !. A black hen la s a white egg. ". A blind leader o# the blind. 1$. A blind man would be glad to see. 11. A broken #riendship ma be soldered% but will never be sound. 12. A burden o# one&s own choice is not #elt. 13. A burnt child dreads the #ire. 14. A cat in gloves catches no mice. 15. A cit that parle s is hal# gotten. 16. A civil denial is better than a rude grant. 17. A clean #ast is better than a dirt break#ast. 1!. A clean hand wants no washing. 1". A clear conscience laughs at #alse accusations. 2$. A close mouth catches no #lies. 21. A cock is valiant on his own dunghill. 22. A cracked bell can never sound well. 23. A creaking door hangs long on its hinges. 24. A curst cow has short horns. 25. A danger #oreseen is hal# avoided. 26. A drop in the bucket. 27. A drowning man will catch at a straw. 2!. A #air #ace ma hide a #oul heart. 2". A #ault con#essed is hal# redressed. 3$. A #l in the ointment. 31. A #ool alwa s rushes to the #ore. 32. A #ool and his mone are soon parted. 33. A #ool at #ort is a #ool indeed. 34. A #ool ma ask more questions in an hour than a wise man can answer in seven ears. 35. A #ool ma throw a stone into a well which a hundred wise men cannot pull out. 36. A #ool&s tongue runs be#ore his wit. 37. A #orced kindness deserves no thanks. 3!. A #oul morn ma turn to a #air da . 3". A #o' is not taken twice in the same snare. 4$. A #riend in need is a #riend indeed. 43. A #riend is never known till needed. 42. A #riend to all is a #riend to none.

43. A #riend&s #rown is better than a #oe&s smile. 44. A good anvil does not #ear the hammer. 45. A good beginning is hal# the battle. 46. A good beginning makes a good ending. 47. A good deed is never lost. 4!. A good dog deserves a good bone. 4". A good e'ample is the best sermon. 5$. A good #ace is a letter o# recommendation. 51. A good (ack makes a good (ill. 52. A good marksman ma miss. 53. A good name is better than riches. 54. A good name is sooner lost than won. 55. A good name keeps its lustre in the dark. 56. A good wi#e makes a good husband. 57. A great dowr is a bed #ull o# brambles. 5!. A great #ortune is a great slaver . 5". A great ship asks deep waters. 6$. A guilt conscience needs no accuser. 61. A hard nut to crack. 62. A heav purse makes a light heart. 63. A hedge between keeps #riendship green. 64. A hone tongue% a heart o# gall. 65. A hungr bell has no ears. 66. A hungr man is an angr man. 67. A (ack o# all trades is master o# none. 6!. A (oke never gains an enem but o#ten loses a #riend. 6". A law er never goes to law himsel#. 7$. A la) sheep thinks its wool heav . 71. A liar is not believed when he speaks the truth. 72. A lie begets a lie. 73. A light purse is a heav curse. 74. A light purse makes a heav heart. 75. A little bod o#ten harbours a great soul. 76. A little #ire is quickl trodden out. 77. A man can die but once. 7!. A man can do no more than he can. 7". A man is known b the compan he keeps. !$. A man o# words and not o# deeds is like a garden #ull o# weeds. !1. A miserl #ather makes a prodigal son. !2. A miss is as good as a mile. !3. A new broom sweeps clean. !4. A nod #rom a lord is a break#ast #or a #ool. !5. A penn saved is a penn gained. !6. A penn soul never came to twopence. !7. A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder. !!. A rolling stone gathers no moss.

!". A round peg in a square hole. "$. A sh cat makes a proud mouse. "1. A silent #ool is counted wise. "2. A small leak will sink a great ship. "3. A so#t answer turns awa wrath. "4. A sound mind in a sound bod . "5. A stitch in time saves nine. "6. A storm in a teacup. "7. A tattler is worse than a thie#. "!. A thie# knows a thie# as a wol# knows a wol#. "". A thie# passes #or a gentleman when stealing has made him rich. 1$$. A threatened blow is seldom given. 1$1. A tree is known b its #ruit. 1$2. A wager is a #ool&s argument. 1$3. A watched pot never boils. 1$4. A wise man changes his mind% a #ool never will. 1$5. A wol# in sheep&s clothing. 1$6. A wonder lasts but nine da s. 1$7. A word is enough to the wise. 1$!. A word spoken is past recalling. 1$". Actions speak louder than words. 11$. Adversit is a great schoolmaster. 111. Adversit makes strange bed#ellows. 112. A#ter a storm comes a calm. 113. A#ter dinner comes the reckoning. 114. A#ter dinner sit *sleep+ a while% a#ter supper walk a mile. 115. A#ter rain comes #air weather. 116. A#ter us the deluge. 117. Agues come on horseback% but go awa on #oot. 11!. All are good lasses% but whence come the bad wives, 11". All are not #riends that speak us #air. 12$. All are not hunters that blow the horn. 121. All are not merr that dance lightl . 122. All are not saints that go to church. 123. All asses wag their ears. 124. All bread is not baked in one oven. 125. All cats are gre in the dark *in the night+. 126. All covet% all lose. 127. All doors open to courtes . 12!. All is #ish that comes to his net. 12". All is not lost that is in peril. 13$. All is well that ends well. 131. All la load on the willing horse. 132. All men can&t be #irst. 133. All men can&t be masters. 134. All promises are either broken or kept.

135. All roads lead to -ome . 136. All sugar and hone . 137. All that glitters is not gold. 13!. All things are di##icult be#ore the are eas . 13". All truths are not to be told. 14$. All work and no pla makes (ack a dull bo . 141. .Almost. never killed a #l *was never hanged+. 142. Among the blind the one/e ed man is king. 143. An apple a da keeps the doctor awa . 144. An ass in a lion&s skin. 145. An ass is but an ass% though laden with gold. 146. An ass loaded with gold climbs to the top o# the castle. 147. An empt hand is no lure #or a hawk. 14!. An empt sack cannot stand upright. 14". An empt vessel gives a greater sound than a #ull barrel. 15$. An evil chance seldom comes alone. 151. An honest tale speeds best% being plainl told. 152. An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening. 153. An idle brain is the devil&s workshop. 154. An ill wound is cured% not an ill name. 155. An oak is not #elled at one stroke. 156. An old dog barks not in vain. 157. An open door ma tempt a saint. 15!. An ounce o# discretion is worth a pound o# learning. 15". An o' is taken b the horns% and a man b the tongue. 16$. An un#ortunate man would be drowned in a teacup. 161. Anger and haste hinder good counsel. 162. An port in a storm. 163. Appearances are deceit#ul. 164. Appetite comes with eating. 165. As drunk as a lord. 166. As innocent as a babe unborn. 167. As like as an apple to an o ster. 16!. As like as two peas. 16". As old as the hills. 17$. As plain as the nose on a man&s #ace. 171. As plain as two and two make #our. 172. As snug as a bug in a rug . 173. As sure as eggs is eggs. 174. As the call% so the echo. 175. As the #ool thinks% so the bell clinks. 176. As the old cock crows% so does the oung. 177. As the tree #alls% so shall it lie. 17!. As the tree% so the #ruit. 17". As welcome as #lowers in 0a . 1!$. As welcome as water in one&s shoes.

1!1. As well be hanged #or a sheep as #or a lamb. 1!2. As ou brew% so must ou drink. 1!3. As ou make our bed% so must ou lie on it. 1!4. As ou sow% so shall ou reap. 1!5. Ask no questions and ou will be told no lies. 1!6. At the ends o# the earth. 1!7. 1acchus has drowned more men than 2eptune. 1!!. 1ad news has wings. 1!". 1arking does seldom bite. 1"$. 1e slow to promise and quick to per#orm. 1"1. 1e swi#t to hear% slow to speak. 1"2. 1eaut is but skin/deep. 1"3. 1eaut lies in lover&s e es. 1"4. 1e#ore one can sa (ack -obinson. 1"5. 1e#ore ou make a #riend eat a bushel o# salt with him. 1"6. 1eggars cannot be choosers. 1"7. 1elieve not all that ou see nor hal# what ou hear. 1"!. 1est de#ence is o##ence. 1"". 1etter a glorious death than a shame#ul li#e. 2$$. 1etter a lean peace than a #at victor . 2$1. 1etter a little #ire to warm us% than a great one to burn us. 2$2. 1etter an egg toda than a hen tomorrow. 2$3. 1etter an open enem than a #alse #riend. 2$4. 1etter be alone than in bad compan . 2$5. 1etter be born luck than rich. 2$6. 1etter be envied than pitied. 2$7. 1etter be the head o# a dog than the tail o# a lion. 2$!. 1etter den at once than promise long. 2$". 1etter die standing than live kneeling. 21$. 1etter earl than late. 211. 1etter give a shilling than lend a hal#/crown. 212. 1etter go to bed supperless than rise in debt. 213. 1etter late than never. 214. 1etter lose a 3est than a #riend. 215. 1etter one/e ed than stone/blind. 216. 1etter the devil ou know than the devil ou don&t. 217. 1etter the #oot slip than the tongue. 21!. 1etter to do well than to sa well. 21". 1etter to reign in hell% than serve in heaven. 22$. 1etter unborn than untaught. 221. 1etter untaught than ill/taught. 222. 1etween the cup and the lip a morsel ma slip. 223. 1etween the devil and the deep *blue+ sea. 224. 1etween two evils &tis not worth choosing. 225. 1etween two stools one goes *#alls+ to the ground. 226. 1etween the upper and nether millstone.

227. 1etwi't and between. 22!. 1eware o# a silent dog and still water. 22". 1ind the sack be#ore it be #ull. 23$. 1irds o# a #eather #lock together. 231. 1lind men can 3udge no colours. 232. 1lood is thicker than water. 233. 1orrowed garments never #it well. 234. 1revit is the soul o# wit. 235. 1urn not our house to rid it o# the mouse. 236. 1usiness be#ore pleasure. 237. 1 doing nothing we learn to do ill. 23!. 1 hook or b crook. 23". 1 the street o# &b /and/b e& one arrives at the house o# &2ever&. 24$. 4alamit is man&s true touchstone. 241. 4are killed the cat. 242. 4atch the bear be#ore ou sell his skin. 243. 4aution is the parent o# sa#et . 244. 4harit begins at home. 245. 4heapest is the dearest. 246. 4heek brings success. 247. 4hildren and #ools must not pla with edged tools. 24!. 4hildren are poor men&s riches. 24". 4hoose an author as ou choose a #riend. 25$. 4hristmas comes but once a ear% *but when it comes it brings good cheer+. 251. 4ircumstances alter cases. 252. 4law me% and 5 will claw thee. 253. 4leanliness is ne't to godliness. 254. 4ompan in distress makes trouble less. 255. 4on#ession is the #irst step to repentance. 256. 4ounsel is no command. 257. 4reditors have better memories than debtors. 25!. 4ross the stream where it is shallowest. 25". 4rows do not pick crow&s e es. 26$. 4uriosit killed a cat. 261. 4urses like chickens come home to roost. 262. 4ustom is a second nature. 263. 4ustom is the plague o# wise men and the idol o# #ools. 264. 4ut our coat according to our cloth. 265. 6eath is the grand leveller. 266. 6eath pa s all debts. 267. 6eath when it comes will have no denial. 26!. 6ebt is the worst povert . 26". 6eeds% not words. 27$. 6ela s are dangerous. 271. 6esperate diseases must have desperate remedies.

272. 6iligence is the mother o# success *good luck+. 273. 6iseases are the interests o# pleasures. 274. 6ivide and rule. 275. 6o as ou would be done b . 276. 6og does not eat dog. 277. 6og eats dog. 27!. 6ogs that put up man hares kill none. 27". 6oing is better than sa ing. 2!$. 6on&t count our chickens be#ore the are hatched. 2!1. 6on&t cross the bridges be#ore ou come to them. 2!2. 6on&t have th cloak to make when it begins to rain. 2!3. 6on&t keep a dog and bark oursel#. 2!4. 6on&t look a gi#t horse in the mouth. 2!5. 6on&t put all our eggs in one basket. 2!6. 6on&t sell the bear&s skin be#ore ou&ve caught it. 2!7. 6on&t trouble trouble until trouble troubles ou. 2!!. 6on&t whistle *halloo+ until ou are out o# the wood. 2!". 6ot our i&s and cross our t&s. 2"$. 6raw not our bow till our arrow is #i'ed. 2"1. 6rive the nail that will go. 2"2. 6runken da s have all their tomorrow. 2"3. 6runkenness reveals what soberness conceals. 2"4. 6umb dogs are dangerous. 2"5. 7ach bird loves to hear himsel# sing. 2"6. 7arl to bed and earl to rise makes a man health % wealth and wise. 2"7. 7asier said than done. 2"!. 7ast or 8est , home is best. 2"". 7as come% eas go. 3$$. 7at at pleasure% drink with measure. 3$1. 7mpt vessels make the greatest *the most+ sound. 3$2. 7nough is as good as a #east. 3$3. 7nv shoots at others and wounds hersel#. 3$4. 7ven reckoning makes long #riends. 3$5. 7ver ass loves to hear himsel# bra . 3$6. 7ver barber knows that. 3$7. 7ver bean has its black. 3$!. 7ver bird likes its own nest. 3$". 7ver bullet has its billet. 31$. 7ver countr has its customs. 311. 7ver dark cloud has a silver lining. 312. 7ver da is not 9unda . 313. 7ver dog has his da . 314. 7ver dog is a lion at home. 315. 7ver dog is valiant at his own door. 316. 7ver (ack has his (ill. 317. 7ver man has a #ool in his sleeve.

31!. 7ver man has his #aults. 31". 7ver man has his hobb /horse. 32$. 7ver man is the architect o# his own #ortunes. 321. 7ver man to his taste. 322. 7ver miller draws water to his own mill. 323. 7ver mother thinks her own gosling a swan. 324. 7ver one&s #aults are not written in their #oreheads. 325. 7ver tub must stand on its own bottom. 326. 7ver white has its black% and ever sweet its sour. 327. 7ver wh has a where#ore. 32!. 7ver bod &s business is nobod &s business. 32". 7ver thing comes to him who waits. 33$. 7ver thing is good in its season. 331. 7vil communications corrupt good manners. 332. 7'perience is the mother o# wisdom. 333. 7'perience keeps a dear school% but #ools learn in no other. 334. 7'perience keeps no school% she teaches her pupils singl . 335. 7'tremes meet. 336. :acts are stubborn things. 337. :aint heart never won #air lad . 33!. :air without% #oul *#alse+ within. 33". :air words break no bones. 34$. :alse #riends are worse than open enemies. 341. :amiliarit breeds contempt. 342. :ar #rom e e% #ar #rom heart. 343. :asting comes a#ter #easting. 344. :aults are thick where love is thin. 345. :east toda and #ast tomorrow. 346. :ine #eathers make #ine birds. 347. :ine words butter no parsnips. 34!. :irst catch our hare. 34". :irst come% #irst served. 35$. :irst deserve and then desire. 351. :irst think% then speak. 352. :ish and compan stink in three da s. 353. :ish begins to stink at the head. 354. :ollow the river and ou&ll get to the sea. 355. :ool&s haste is no speed. 356. :ools and madmen speak the truth. 357. :ools grow without watering. 35!. :ools ma sometimes speak to the purpose. 35". :ools never know when the are well. 36$. :ools rush in where angels #ear to tread. 361. :or the love o# the game. 362. :orbearance is no acquittance. 363. :orbidden #ruit is sweet.

364. :orewarned is #orearmed. 365. :ortune #avours the brave *the bold+. 366. :ortune is easil #ound% but hard to be kept. 367. :our e es see more *better+ than two. 36!. :riends are thieves o# time. 36". :rom bad to worse. 37$. :rom pillar to post. 371. ;entilit without abilit is worse than plain beggar . 372. ;et a name to rise earl % and ou ma lie all da . 373. ;i#ts #rom enemies are dangerous. 374. ;ive a #ool rope enough% and he will hang himsel#. 375. ;ive ever man th ear% but #ew th voice. 376. ;ive him an inch and he&ll take an ell. 377. ;ive never the wol# the wether to keep. 37!. ;lutton kills more men than the sword. 37". ;o to bed with the lamb and rise with the lark. 3!$. ;ood clothes open all doors. 3!1. ;ood counsel does no harm. 3!2. ;ood health is above wealth. 3!3. ;ood masters make good servants. 3!4. ;ood words and no deeds. 3!5. ;ood words without deeds are rushes and reeds. 3!6. ;ossiping and l ing go hand in hand. 3!7. ;rasp all% lose all. 3!!. ;reat barkers are no biters. 3!". ;reat boast% small roast. 3"$. ;reat cr and little wool. 3"1. ;reat spenders are bad lenders. 3"2. ;reat talkers are great liars. 3"3. ;reat talkers are little doers. 3"4. ;reed #olk have long arms. 3"5. <abit cures habit. 3"6. <al# a loa# is better than no bread. 3"7. .<amlet. without the =rince o# 6enmark . 3"!. <andsome is that handsome does. 3"". <appiness takes no account o# time. 4$$. <app is he that is happ in his children. 4$1. <ard words break no bones. 4$2. <ares ma pull dead lions b the beard. 4$3. <arm watch% harm catch. 4$4. <aste makes waste. 4$5. <ast climbers have sudden #alls. 4$6. <ate not at the #irst harm. 4$7. <atred is blind% as well as love. 4$!. <awks will not pick hawks& e es. 4$". <e begins to die that quits his desires.

41$. <e cannot speak well that cannot hold his tongue. 411. <e carries #ire in one hand and water in the other. 412. <e dances well to whom #ortune pipes. 413. <e gives twice who gives in a trice. 414. <e goes long bare#oot that waits #or dead man&s shoes. 415. <e is a #ool that #orgets himsel#. 416. <e is a good #riend that speaks well o# us behind our backs. 417. <e is happ that thinks himsel# so. 41!. <e is li#eless that is #aultless. 41". <e is not #it to command others that cannot command himsel#. 42$. <e is not laughed at that laughs at himsel# #irst. 421. <e is not poor that has little% but he that desires much. 422. <e 3ests at scars that never #elt a wound. 423. <e knows best what good is that has endured evil. 424. <e knows how man beans make #ive. 425. <e knows much who knows how to hold his tongue. 426. <e laughs best who laughs last. 427. <e lives long that lives well. 42!. <e must needs swim that is held up b the chin. 42". <e should have a long spoon that sups with the devil. 43$. <e smells best that smells o# nothing. 431. <e that comes #irst to the hill ma sit where he will. 432. <e that commits a #ault thinks ever one speaks o# it. 433. <e that does ou an i>i turn will never #orgive ou. 434. <e that #ears ever bush must never go a/birding. 435. <e that #ears ou present wiil hate ou absent. 436. <e that goes a borrowing% goes a sorrowing. 437. <e that goes bare#oot must not plant thorns. 43!. <e that has a #ull purse never wanted a #riend. 43". <e that has a great nose thinks ever bod is speaking o# it. 44$. <e that has an ill name is hal# hanged. 441. <e that has no children knows not what love is. 442. <e that has <e head needs no hat. 443. <e that has no mone needs no purse. 444. <e that is born to be hanged shall never be drowned. 445. <e that is #ull o# himsel# is ver empt . 446. <e that is ill to himsel# will be good to nobod . 447. <e that is warm thinks all so. 44!. <e that knows nothing doubts nothing. 44". <e that lies down with dogs must rise up with #leas. 45$. <e that lives with cripples learns to limp. 451. <e that mischie# hatches% mischie# catches. 452. <e that never climbed never #ell. 453. <e that once deceives is ever suspected. 454. <e that promises too much means nothing. 455. <e that respects not is not respected.

456. <e that seeks trouble never misses. 457. <e that serves ever bod is paid b nobod . 45!. <e that serves ;od #or mone will serve the devil #or better wages. 45". <e that spares the bad in3ures the good. 46$. <e that talks much errs much. 461. <e that talks much lies much. 462. <e that will eat the kernel must crack the nut. 463. <e that will not when he ma % when he will he shall have na . 464. <e that will steal an egg will steal an o'. 465. <e that will thrive% must rise at #ive. 466. <e that would eat the #ruit must climb the tree. 467. <e that would have eggs must endure the cackling o# hens. 46!. <e who is born a #ool is never cured. 46". <e who hesitates is lost. 47$. <e who likes borrowing dislikes pa ing. 471. <e who makes no mistakes% makes nothing. 472. <e who pleased ever bod died be#ore he was born. 473. <e who sa s what he likes% shall hear what he doesn&t like. 474. <e who would catch #ish must not mind getting wet. 475. <e who would eat the nut must #irst crack the shell. 476. <e who would search #or pearls must dive below. 477. <e will never set the ?hames on #ire. 47!. <e works best who knows his trade. 47". <ead cook and bottle/washer. 4!$. <ealth is not valued till sickness comes. 4!1. <is mone burns a hole in his pocket. 4!2. <onest is the best polic . 4!3. <one is not #or the ass&s mouth. 4!4. <one is sweet% but the bee stings. 4!5. <onour and pro#it lie not in one sack. 4!6. <onours change manners. 4!7. <ope is a good break#ast% but a bad supper. 4!!. <ope is the poor man&s bread. 4!". <unger breaks stone walls. 4"$. <unger #inds no #ault with cooker . 4"1. <unger is the best sauce. 4"2. <ungr bellies have no ears. 4"3. 5dle #olks lack no e'cuses. 4"4. 5dleness is the mother o# all evil. 4"5. 5dleness rusts the mind. 4"6. 5# an ass *donke + bra at ou% don&t bra at him. 4"7. 5# i#s and ans were pots and pans... 4"!. 5# m aunt had been a man% she&d have been m uncle. 4"". 5# the blind lead the blind% both shall #all into the ditch. 5$$. 5# the sk #alls% we shall catch larks. 5$1. 5# there were no clouds% we should not en3o the sun.

5$2. 5# things were to be done twice all would be wise. 5$3. 5# we can&t as we would% we must do as we can. 5$4. 5# wishes were horses% beggars might ride. 5$5. 5# ou agree to carr the cal#% the &ll make ou carr the cow. 5$6. 5# ou cannot bite% never show our teeth. 5$7. 5# ou cannot have the best% make the best o# what ou have. 5$!. 5# ou dance ou must pa the #iddler. 5$". 5# ou laugh be#ore break#ast ou&ll cr be#ore supper. 51$. 5# ou run a#ter two hares% ou will catch neither. 511. 5# ou sell the cow% ou sell her milk too. 512. 5# ou throw mud enough% some o# it will stick. 513. 5# ou tr to please all ou will please none. 514. 5# ou want a thing well done% do it oursel#. 515. 5ll/gotten gains never prosper. 516. 5ll/gotten% ill/spent. 517. 5n ever beginning think o# the end. 51!. 5n #or a penn % in #or a pound. 51". 5n the countr o# the blind one/e ed man is a king. 52$. 5n the end things will mend. 521. 5n the evening one ma praise the da . 522. 5ron hand *#ist+ in a velvet glove. 523. 5t is a good horse that never stumbles. 524. 5t is a long lane that has no turning. 525. 5t is a poor mouse that has onl one hole. 526. 5t is an ill bird that #ouls its own nest. 527. 5t is an ill wind that blows nobod good. 52!. 5t is a sill #ish% that is caught twice with the same bait. 52". 5t is eas to swim i# another hoids up our chin *head+. 53$. 5t is enough to make a cat laugh. 531. 5t is good #ishing in troubled waters. 532. 5t is never too late to learn. 533. 5t is no use cr ing over spilt milk. 534. 5t is the #irst step that costs. 535. 5t never rains but it pours. 536. 5t&s as broad as it&s long. 537. 5t&s no use pumping a dr well. 53!. 5t&s one thing to #lourish and another to #ight. 53". 5t takes all sorts to make a world. 54$. (ackdaw in peacock&s #eathers. 541. (est with an ass and he will #lap ou in the #ace with his tail. 542. (udge not o# men and things at #irst sight. 543. (ust as the twig is bent% the tree is inclined. 544. @eep a thing seven ears and ou will #ind a use #or it. 545. @eep our mouth shut and our ears open. 546. @eep our mouth shut and our e es open. 547. Aast% but not least.

54!. Aaws catch #lies% but let hornets go #ree. 54". Aearn to creep be#ore ou leap. 55$. Aearn to sa be#ore ou sing. 551. Aearn wisdom b the #ollies o# others. 552. Aeast said% soonest mended. 553. Aeaves without #igs. 554. Aet b gones be b gones. 555. Aet ever man praise the bridge he goes over. 556. Aet sleeping dogs lie. 557. Aet well *enough+ alone. 55!. Aiars need good memories. 55". Aies have short legs. 56$. Ai#e is but a span. 561. Ai#e is not a bed o# roses. 562. Ai#e is not all cakes and ale *beer and skittles+. 563. Aike a cat on hot bricks. 564. Aike a needle in a ha stack. 565. Aike begets like. 566. Aike cures like. 567. Aike #ather% like son. 56!. Aike draws to like. 56". Aike master% like man. 57$. Aike mother% like daughter. 571. Aike parents% like children. 572. Aike priest% like people. 573. Aike teacher% like pupil. 574. Aittle chips light great #ires. 575. Aittle knowledge is a dangerous thing. 576. Aittle pigeons can carr great messages. 577. Aittle pitchers have long ears. 57!. Aittle strokes #ell great oaks. 57". Aittle thieves are hanged% but great ones escape. 5!$. Aittle things amuse little minds. 5!1. Aive and learn. 5!2. Aive and let live. 5!3. Aive not to eat% but eat to live. 5!4. Aong absent% soon #orgotten. 5!5. Aook be#ore ou leap. 5!6. Aook be#ore ou leap% but having leapt never look back. 5!7. Aookers/on see more than pla ers. 5!!. Aord *;od% <eaven+ helps those *them+ who help themselves. 5!". Aost time is never #ound again. 5"$. Aove cannot be #orced. 5"1. Aove in a cottage. 5"2. Aove is blind% as well as hatred. 5"3. Aove me% love m dog.

5"4. Aove will creep where it ma not go. 5"5. 0ake haste slowl . 5"6. 0ake ha while the sun shines. 5"7. 0ake or mar. 5"!. 0an proposes but ;od disposes. 5"". 0an a #ine dish has nothing on it. 6$$. 0an a good cow has a bad cal#. 6$1. 0an a good #ather has but a bad son. 6$2. 0an a little makes a mickle. 6$3. 0an a true word is spoken in 3est. 6$4. 0an hands make light work. 6$5. 0an men% man minds. 6$6. 0an words hurt more than swords. 6$7. 0an words will not #ill a bushel. 6$!. 0arriages are made in heaven. 6$". 0easure #or measure. 61$. 0easure thrice and cut once. 611. 0en ma meet but mountains never. 612. 0end or end *end or mend+. 613. 0ight goes be#ore right. 614. 0is#ortunes never come alone *singl +. 615. 0is#ortunes tell us what #ortune is. 616. 0one begets mone . 617. 0one has no smell. 61!. 0one is a good servant but a bad master. 61". 0one o#ten unmakes the men who make it. 62$. 0one spent on the brain is never spent in vain. 621. 0ore haste% less speed. 622. 0uch ado about nothing. 623. 0uch will have more. 624. 0uck and mone go together. 625. 0urder will out. 626. 0 house is m castle. 627. 2ame not a rope in his house that was hanged. 62!. 2ecessit is the mother o# invention. 62". 2ecessit knows no law. 63$. 2eck or nothing. 631. 2eed makes the old wi#e trot. 632. 2eeds must when the devil drives. 633. 2either #ish nor #lesh. 634. 2either here nor there. 635. 2either rh me nor reason. 636. 2ever cackle till our egg is laid. 637. 2ever cast dirt into that #ountain o# which ou have sometime drunk. 63!. 2ever do things b halves. 63". 2ever #r a #ish till it&s caught.

64$. 2ever o##er to teach #ish to swim. 641. 2ever put o## till tomorrow what ou can do *can be done+ toda . 642. 2ever quit certaint #or hope. 643. 2ever too much o# a good thing. 644. 2ever tr to prove what nobod doubts. 645. 2ever write what ou dare not sign. 646. 2ew brooms sweep clean. 647. 2ew lords% new laws. 64!. 2ightingales will not sing in a cage. 64". 2o #l ing #rom #ate. 65$. 2o garden without its weeds. 651. 2o great loss without some small gain. 652. 2o herb will cure love. 653. 2o 3o without allo . 654. 2o living man all things can. 655. 2o longer pipe% no longer dance. 656. 2o man is wise at all times. 657. 2o man loves his #etters% be the made o# gold. 65!. 2o news *is+ good news. 65". 2o pains% no gains. 66$. 2o song% no supper. 661. 2o sweet without *some+ sweat. 662. 2o wisdom like silence. 663. 2one but the brave deserve the #air. 664. 2one so blind as those who won&t see. 665. 2one so dea# as those that won&t hear. 666. 2othing comes out o# the sack but what was in it. 667. 2othing is impossible to a willing heart. 66!. 2othing must be done hastil but killing o# #leas. 66". 2othing so bad% as not to be good #or something. 67$. 2othing succeeds like success. 671. 2othing venture% nothing have. 672. Baks ma #all when reeds stand the storm. 673. B# two evils choose the least. 674. Bld birds are not caught with cha##. 675. Bld #riends and old wine are best. 676. Bn 9hank&s mare. 677. Bnce bitten% twice sh . 67!. Bnce is no rule *custom+. 67". Bne beats the bush% and another catches the bird. 6!$. Bne chick keeps a hen bus . 6!1. Bne drop o# poison in#ects the whole tun o# wine. 6!2. Bne #ire drives out another. 6!3. Bne good turn deserves another. 6!4. Bne law #or the rich% and another #or the poor. 6!5. Bne lie makes man .

6!6. Bne link broken% the whole chain is broken. 6!7. Bne man% no man. 6!!. Bne man&s meat is another man&s poison. 6!". Bne scabb sheep will mar a whole #lock. 6"$. Bne swallow does not make a summer. 6"1. Bne toda is worth two tomorrow. 6"2. Bpen not our door when the devil knocks. 6"3. Bpinions di##er. 6"4. Bpportunit makes the thie#. 6"5. But o# sight% out o# mind. 6"6. But o# the #r ing/pan into the #ire. 6"7. =acked like herrings. 6"!. =atience is a plaster #or all sores. 6"". =enn /wise and pound/#oolish. 7$$. =leasure has a sting in its tail. 7$1. =lent is no plague. 7$2. =oliteness costs little *nothing+% but ields much. 7$3. =overt is no sin. 7$4. =overt is not a shame% but the being ashamed o# it is. 7$5. =ractise what ou preach. 7$6. =raise is not pudding. 7$7. =ride goes be#ore a #all. 7$!. =rocrastination is the thie# o# time. 7$". =romise is debt. 71$. =romise little% but do much. 711. =rosperit makes #riends% and adversit tries them. 712. =ut not our hand between the bark and the tree. 713. -ain at seven% #ine at eleven. 714. -ats desert a sinking ship. 715. -epentance is good% but innocence is better. 716. -espect oursel#% or no one else will respect ou. 717. -oll m log and 5 will roll ours. 71!. -ome was not built in a da . 71". 9alt water and absence wash awa love. 72$. 9a ing and doing are two things. 721. 9core twice be#ore ou cut once. 722. 9corn#ul dogs will eat dirt puddings. 723. 9cratch m back and 5&ll scratch ours. 724. 9el# done is soon done. 725. 9el# done is well done. 726. 9el# is a bad counsellor. 727. 9el#/praise is no recommendation. 72!. 9et a beggar on horseback and he&ll ride to the devil. 72". 9et a thie# to catch a thie#. 73$. 9hallow streams make most din. 731. 9hort debts *accounts+ make long #riends.

732. 9ilence gives consent. 733. 9ince Adam was a bo . 734. 9ink or swim> 735. 9i' o# one and hal# a do)en o# the other. 736. 9low and stead wins the race. 737. 9low but sure. 73!. 9mall rain la s great dust. 73". 9o man countries% so man customs. 74$. 9o man men% so man minds. 741. 9o#t #ire makes sweet malt. 742. 9omething is rotten in the state o# 6enmark . 743. 9oon learnt% soon #orgotten. 744. 9oon ripe% soon rotten. 745. 9peak *talk+ o# the devil and he will appear *is sure to appear+. 746. 9peech is silver but silence is gold. 747. 9tanders/b see more than gamesters. 74!. 9till waters run deep. 74". 9tolen pleasures are sweetest. 75$. 9tretch our arm no #urther than our sleeve will reach. 751. 9tretch our legs according to the coverlet. 752. 9trike while the iron is hot. 753. 9tu## toda and starve tomorrow. 754. 9uccess is never blamed. 755. 9uch carpenters% such chips. 756. 9weep be#ore our own door. 757. ?ake care o# the pence and the pounds will take care o# themselves. 75!. ?ake us as ou #ind us. 75". ?arred with the same brush. 76$. ?astes di##er. 761. ?ell that to the marines. 762. ?hat cock won&t #ight. 763. ?hat which one least anticipates soonest comes to pass. 764. ?hat&s a horse o# another colour. 765. ?hat&s where the shoe pinches> 766. ?he beggar ma sing be#ore the thie# *be#ore a #ootpad+. 767. ?he best #ish smell when the are three da s old. 76!. ?he best #ish swim near the bottom. 76". ?he best is o#tentimes the enem o# the good. 77$. ?he busiest man #inds the most leisure. 771. ?he camel going to seek horns lost his ears. 772. ?he cap #its. 773. ?he cask savours o# the #irst #ill. 774. ?he cat shuts its e es when stealing cream. 775. ?he cat would eat #ish and would not wet her paws. 776. ?he chain is no stronger than its weakest link. 777. ?he cobbler should stick to his last.

77!. ?he cobbler&s wi#e is the worst shod. 77". ?he darkest hour is that be#ore the dawn. 7!$. ?he darkest place is under the candlestick. 7!1. ?he devil is not so black as he is painted. 7!2. ?he devil knows man things because he is old. 7!3. ?he devil lurks behind the cross. 7!4. ?he devil rebuking sin. 7!5. ?he dogs bark% but the caravan goes on. 7!6. ?he 6utch have taken <olland > 7!7. ?he earl bird catches the worm. 7!!. ?he end crowns the work. 7!". ?he end 3usti#ies the means. 7"$. ?he evils we bring on ourselves are hardest to bear. 7"1. ?he e'ception proves the rule. 7"2. ?he #ace is the inde' o# the mind. 7"3. ?he #alling out o# lovers is the renewing o# love. 7"4. ?he #at is in the #ire. 7"5. ?he #irst blow is hal# the battle. 7"6. ?he #urthest wa about is the nearest wa home. 7"7. ?he game is not worth the candle. 7"!. ?he heart that once trul loves never #orgets. 7"". ?he higher the ape goes% the more he shows his tail. !$$. ?he last drop makes the cup run over. !$1. ?he last straw breaks the camel&s back. !$2. ?he leopard cannot change its spots. !$3. ?he longest da has an end. !$4. ?he mill cannot grind with the water that is past. !$5. ?he moon does not heed the barking o# dogs. !$6. ?he more haste% the less speed. !$7. ?he more the merrier. !$!. ?he morning sun never lasts a da . !$". ?he mountain has brought #orth a mouse. !1$. ?he nearer the bone% the sweeter the #lesh. !11. ?he pitcher goes o#ten to the well but is broken at last. !12. ?he pot calls the kettle black. !13. ?he proo# o# the pudding is in the eating. !14. ?he receiver is as bad as the thie#. !15. ?he remed is worse than the disease. !16. ?he rotten apple in3ures its neighbours. !17. ?he scalded dog #ears cold water. !1!. ?he tailor makes the man. !1". ?he tongue o# idle persons is never idle. !2$. ?he voice o# one man is the voice o# no one. !21. ?he wa *the road+ to hell is paved with good intentions. !22. ?he wind cannot be caught in a net. !23. ?he work shows the workman.

!24. ?here are lees to ever wine. !25. ?here are more wa s to the wood than one. !26. ?here is a place #or ever thing% and ever thing in its place. !27. ?here is more than one wa to kill a cat. !2!. ?here is no #ire without smoke. !2". ?here is no place like home. !3$. ?here is no rose without a thorn. !31. ?here is no rule without an e'ception. !32. ?here is no smoke without #ire. !33. ?here&s man a slip &tween *CC between+ the cup and the lip. !34. ?here&s no use cr ing over spilt milk. !35. ?he are hand and glove. !36. ?he must hunger in winter that will not work in summer. !37. ?hings past cannot be recalled. !3!. ?hink toda and speak tomorrow. !3". ?hose who live in glass houses should not throw stones. !4$. ?ime and tide wait #or no man. !41. ?ime cures all things. !42. ?ime is mone . !43. ?ime is the great healer. !44. ?ime works wonders. !45. ?o add #uel *oil+ to the #ire *#lames+. !46. ?o angle with a silver hook. !47. ?o be born with a silver spoon in one&s mouth. !4!. ?o be head over ears in debt. !4". ?o be in one&s birthda suit. !5$. ?o be up to the ears in love. !51. ?o be wise behind the hand. !52. ?o beat about the bush. !53. ?o beat the air. !54. ?o bring grist to somebod &s mill. !55. ?o build a #ire under onesel#. !56. ?o bu a pig in a poke. !57. ?o call a spade a spade. !5!. ?o call o## the dogs. !5". ?o carr coals to 2ewcastle. !6$. ?o cast pearls be#ore swine. !61. ?o cast prudence to the winds. !62. ?o come awa none the wiser. !63. ?o come o## cheap. !64. ?o come o## with a whole skin. !65. ?o come o## with #l ing colours. !66. ?o come out dr . !67. ?o come out with clean hands. !6!. ?o cook a hare be#ore catching him. !6". ?o cr with one e e and laugh with the other.

!7$. ?o cut one&s throat with a #eather. !71. ?o draw *pull+ in one&s horns. !72. ?o drop a bucket into an empt well. !73. ?o draw water in a sieve. !74. ?o eat the cal# in the cow&s bell . !75. ?o err is human. !76. ?o #iddle while -ome is burning. !77. ?o #ight with one&s own shadow. !7!. ?o #ind a mare&s nest. !7". ?o #ish in troubled waters. !!$. ?o #it like a glove. !!1. ?o #log a dead horse. !!2. ?o get out o# bed on the wrong side. !!3. ?o give a lark to catch a kite. !!4. ?o go #or wool and come home shorn. !!5. ?o go through #ire and water *through thick and thin+. !!6. ?o have a #inger in the pie. !!7. ?o have rats in the attic. !!!. ?o hit the nail on the head. !!". ?o kick against the pricks. !"$. ?o kill two birds with one stone. !"1. ?o know ever thing is to know nothing. !"2. ?o know on which side one&s bread is buttered. !"3. ?o know what&s what. !"4. ?o la b #or a rain da . !"5. ?o live #rom hand to mouth. !"6. ?o lock the stable/door a#ter the horse is stolen. !"7. ?o look #or a needle in a ha stack. !"!. ?o love somebod *something+ as the devil loves hol water. !"". ?o make a mountain out o# a molehill. "$$. ?o make both ends meet. "$1. ?o make the cup run over. "$2. ?o make *to turn+ the air blue. "$3. ?o measure another man&s #oot b one&s own last. "$4. ?o measure other people&s corn b one&s own bushel. "$5. ?o pa one back in one&s own coin. "$6. ?o plough the sand. "$7. ?o pour water into a sieve. "$!. ?o pull the chestnuts out o# the #ire #or somebod . "$". ?o pull the devil b the tail. "1$. ?o put a spoke in somebod &s wheel. "11. ?o put o## till 6oomsda . "12. ?o put *set+ the cart be#ore the horse. "13. ?o rob one&s bell to cover one&s back. "14. ?o roll in mone . "15. ?o run with the hare and hunt with the hounds.

"16. ?o save one&s bacon. "17. ?o send *carr + owls to Athens . "1!. ?o set the wol# to keep the sheep. "1". ?o stick to somebod like a leech. "2$. ?o strain at a gnat and swallow a camel. "21. ?o take counsel o# one&s pillow. "22. ?o take the bull b the horns. "23. ?o teach the dog to bark. "24. ?o tell tales out o# school. "25. ?o throw a stone in one&s own garden. "26. ?o throw dust in somebod &s e es. "27. ?o throw straws against the wind. "2!. ?o treat somebod with a dose o# his own medicine. "2". ?o use a steam/hammer to crack nuts. "3$. ?o wash one&s dirt linen in public. "31. ?o wear one&s heart upon one&s sleeve. "32. ?o weep over an onion. "33. ?o work with the le#t hand. "34. ?omorrow come never. "35. ?oo man cooks spoil the broth. "36. ?oo much knowledge makes the head bald. "37. ?oo much o# a good thing is good #or nothing. "3!. ?oo much water drowned the miller . "3". ?oo swi#t arrives as tard as too slow. "4$. ?rue blue will never stain. "41. ?rue coral needs no painter&s brush. "42. ?ruth comes out o# the mouths o# babes and sucklings. "43. ?ruth is stranger than #iction. "44. ?ruth lies at the bottom o# a well. "45. ?wo blacks do not make a white. "46. ?wo heads are better than one. "47. ?wo is compan % but three is none. "4!. Delvet paws hide sharp claws. "4". Dirtue is its own reward. "5$. 8ait #or the cat to 3ump. "51. 8alls have ears. "52. 8ash our dirt linen at home. "53. 8aste not% want not. "54. 8e know not what is good until we have lost it. "55. 8e never know the value o# water till the well is dr . "56. 8e shall see what we shall see. "57. 8e soon believe what we desire. "5!. 8ealth is nothing without health. "5". 8ell begun is hal# done. "6$. 8hat can&t be cured% must be endured. "61. 8hat is bred in the bone will not go out o# the #lesh.

"62. 8hat is done b night appears b da . "63. 8hat is done cannot be undone. "64. 8hat is got over the devil&s back is spent under his bell . "65. 8hat is lost is lost. "66. 8hat is sauce #or the goose is sauce #or the gander. "67. 8hat is worth doing at alt is worth doing well. "6!. 8hat must be% must be. "6". 8hat the heart thinks the tongue speaks. "7$. 8hat we do willingl is eas . "71. 8hen angr % count a hundred. "72. 8hen at -ome% do as the -omans do. "73. 8hen children stand quiet% the have done some harm. "74. 8hen #latterers meet% the devil goes to dinner. "75. 8hen guns speak it is too late to argue. "76. 8hen pigs #l . "77. 8hen Eueen Anne was alive. "7!. 8hen the cat is awa % the mice will pla . "7". 8hen the devil is blind. "!$. 8hen the #o' preaches% take care o# our geese. "!1. 8hen the pinch comes% ou remember the old shoe. "!2. 8hen three know it% alt know it. "!3. 8hen wine is in wit is out. "!4. 8here there&s a will% there&s a wa . "!5. 8hile the grass grows the horse starves. "!6. 8hile there is li#e there is hope. "!7. 8ho breaks% pa s. "!!. 8ho has never tasted bitter% knows not what is sweet. "!". 8ho keeps compan with the wol#% will learn to howl. ""$. 8ise a#ter the event. ""1. 8ith time and patience the lea# o# the mulberr becomes satin. ""2. 8ords pa no debts. ""3. Fou can take a horse to the water but ou cannot make him drink. ""4. Fou cannot eat our cake and have it. ""5. Fou cannot #la the same o' twice. ""6. Fou cannot 3udge a tree b it bark. ""7. Fou cannot teach old dogs new tricks. ""!. Fou cannot wash charcoal white. """. Fou made our bed% now lie in it. 1$$$. Geal without knowledge is a runawa horse. 1$$1.7ast or west =rith is the best.