Be swift to hear, slow to speak
No garden without its weeds
Ask no questions and you will be told no lies
With time and patience the leaf of the mulberry becomes satin
Many words hurt more than swords
A clear conscience laughs at false accusations
An evil chance seldom comes alone
Penny-wise and pound-foolish
To have a finger in the pie
Time is money
To pull the devil by the tail
A fool may ask more questions in an hour than a wise man can answer in seven years
Poverty is not a shame, but the being ashamed of it is
To run with the hare and hunt with the hounds
He that lies down with dogs must rise up with fleas
False friends are worse than open enemies
The face is the index of the mind
An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening
Fortune is easily found, but hard to be kept
Desperate diseases must have desperate remedies
Best defence is offence
The pot calls the kettle black
Make hay while the sun shines
Crows do not pick crow's eyes
Give him an inch and he'll take an ell
Forbearance is no acquittance
If you agree to carry the calf, they'll make you carry the cow
Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow
To live from hand to mouth
To come out with clean hands
It is a long lane that has no turning
Claw me, and I will claw thee
Idleness rusts the mind
Extremes meet
He jests at scars that never felt a wound
Anger and haste hinder good counsel
Every tub must stand on its own bottom
From pillar to post
At the ends of the earth
First deserve and then desire
A hungry belly has no ears
Nothing venture, nothing have
The end justifies the means
Time cures all things
To measure another man's foot by one's own last
Hares may pull dead lions by the beard
The cat would eat fish and would not wet her paws
Fair words break no bones
Packed like herrings
Roll my log and I will roll yours
Death when it comes will have no denial
Things past cannot be recalled
Fortune favors the bold
To come off with a whole skin
To angle with a silver hook
Like master, like man
The beggar may sing before the thief (before a footpad)
No living man all things can
To know what's what
Barking does seldom bite
Who has never tasted bitter, knows not what is sweet
A guilty conscience needs no accuser
Like begets like
He who would catch fish must not mind getting wet
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread
The last straw breaks the camel's back
To draw (pull) in one's horns
A good deed is never lost
Better a lean peace than a fat victory
A bargain is a bargain
Jackdaw in peacock's feathers
He that fears every bush must never go a-birding
A liar is not believed when he speaks the truth
What is done by night appears by day
He knows how many beans make five
To find a mare's nest
Saying and doing are two things
Every white has its black, and every sweet its sour
If the sky falls, we shall catch larks
Brevity is the soul of wit
An idle brain is the devil's workshop
Every bean has its black
To drop a bucket into an empty well
New brooms sweep clean
There is a place for everything, and everything in its place
The early bird catches the worm
Tomorrow come never
Look before you leap, but having leapt never look back
Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice
Many a good cow has a bad calf
To save one's bacon
A watched pot never boils
Money begets money
Hatred is blind, as well as love
He is not fit to command others that cannot command himself
Speech is silver but silence is gold
Learn to say before you sing
Be slow to promise and quick to perform
Blood is thicker than water
Debt is the worst poverty
You can take a horse to the water but you cannot make him drink
It is easy to swim if another hoids up your chin (head)
To take the bull by the horns
What we do willingly is easy
Forbidden fruit is sweet
What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander
No pains, no gains
Everything comes to him who waits
Stretch your legs according to the coverlet
The leopard cannot change its spots
Fine feathers make fine birds
They are hand and glove
The heart that once truly loves never forgets
Everybody's business is nobody's business
What is lost is lost
To cast pearls before swine
A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds
A hedge between keeps friendship green
Better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion
To go for wool and come home shorn
Harm watch, harm catch
A friend's frown is better than a foe's smile
Better be envied than pitied
A man is known by the company he keeps
The first blow is half the battle
Better a glorious death than a shameful life
Experience is the mother of wisdom
A small leak will sink a great ship
Neither here nor there
There are more ways to the wood than one
A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder
As the tree falls, so shall it lie
As old as the hills
A new broom sweeps clean
Catch the bear before you sell his skin
Cheapest is the dearest
Slow but sure
A good name keeps its lustre in the dark
Among the blind the one-eyed man is king
Speak (talk) of the devil and he will appear (is sure to appear)
The more haste, the less speed
Measure thrice and cut once
He that goes barefoot must not plant thorns
The camel going to seek horns lost his ears
By the street of 'by-and-bye' one arrives at the house of 'Never'
Much will have more
Every dark cloud has a silver lining
Bad news has wings
He that would have eggs must endure the cackling of hens
A civil denial is better than a rude grant
As you sow, so shall you reap
For the love of the game
On Shank's mare
Business before pleasure
Health is not valued till sickness comes
Never try to prove what nobody doubts
Idleness is the mother of all evil
New lords, new laws
Better lose a jest than a friend
Keep your mouth shut and your ears open
All are not friends that speak us fair
He is lifeless that is faultless
Beggars cannot be choosers
By hook or by crook
One man's meat is another man's poison
Still waters run deep
Nothing so bad, as not to be good for something
Even reckoning makes long friends
To fiddle while Rome is burning
That cock won't fight
Creditors have better memories than debtors
A good example is the best sermon
To cook a hare before catching him
Misfortunes never come alone (singly)
To rob one's belly to cover one's back
Like cures like
From bad to worse
To teach the dog to bark
As drunk as a lord
All asses wag their ears
Every why has a wherefore
A man can do no more than he can
To come off cheap
A fool always rushes to the fore
Hard words break no bones
Truth comes out of the mouths of babes and sucklings
There is no rose without a thorn
Hunger is the best sauce
Get a name to rise early, and you may lie all day
The last drop makes the cup run over
Great cry and little wool
Tell that to the marines
Everything is good in its season
He that seeks trouble never misses
A sound mind in a sound body
Don't trouble trouble until trouble troubles you
Fortune favours the brave (the bold)
A clean fast is better than a dirty breakfast
Each bird loves to hear himself sing
Little knowledge is a dangerous thing
Between two evils 'tis not worth choosing
Four eyes see more (better) than two
What can't be cured, must be endured
To know on which side one's bread is buttered
To beat about the bush
The proof of the pudding is in the eating
Better to do well than to say well
Misfortunes tell us what fortune is
We shall see what we shall see
To be wise behind the hand
Better deny at once than promise long
A fox is not taken twice in the same snare
Life is but a span
A wise man changes his mind, a fool never will
Like a cat on hot bricks
Envy shoots at others and wounds herself
If things were to be done twice all would be wise
None so blind as those who won't see
Short debts (accounts) make long friends
To give a lark to catch a kite
Sweep before your own door
Any port in a storm
Many hands make light work
He that has a great nose thinks everybody is speaking of it
Drunken days have all their tomorrow
All men can't be masters
In the end things will mend
The furthest way about is the nearest way home
To put a spoke in somebody's wheel
As the tree, so the fruit
To be up to the ears in love
Open not your door when the devil knocks
If an ass (donkey) bray at you, don't bray at him
To build a fire under oneself
The best fish smell when they are three days old
In the evening one may praise the day
An open door may tempt a saint
An honest tale speeds best, being plainly told
Judge not of men and things at first sight
One today is worth two tomorrow
That which one least anticipates soonest comes to pass
Dogs that put up many hares kill none
Better die standing than live kneeling
They must hunger in winter that will not work in summer
Standers-by see more than gamesters
If you try to please all you will please none
A penny saved is a penny gained
After us the deluge
No joy without alloy
What is got over the devil's back is spent under his belly
Blind men can judge no colours
Many words will not fill a bushel
Dumb dogs are dangerous
Beauty is but skin-deep
The higher the ape goes, the more he shows his tail
Love in a cottage
Beware of a silent dog and still water
The best is oftentimes the enemy of the good
Many a true word is spoken in jest
Drive the nail that will go
Take us as you find us
To come off with flying colours
Something is rotten in the state of Denmark
Doing is better than saying
Tastes differ
Better be born lucky than rich
He who is born a fool is never cured
His money burns a hole in his pocket
Counsel is no command
Might goes before right
A wolf in sheep's clothing
It is a silly fish, that is caught twice with the same bait
Every man has his faults
Birds of a feather flock together
Facts are stubborn things
There is no rule without an exception
A little fire is quickly trodden out
Every one's faults are not written in their foreheads
Cross the stream where it is shallowest
Muck and money go together
A good beginning makes a good ending
Money is a good servant but a bad master
A broken friendship may be soldered, but will never be sound
A fault confessed is half redressed
Every miller draws water to his own mill
When the pinch comes, you remember the old shoe
Familiarity breeds contempt
It's one thing to flourish and another to fight
Diligence is the mother of success (good luck)
Little things amuse little minds
One beats the bush, and another catches the bird
An ass loaded with gold climbs to the top of the castle
Good clothes open all doors
The Dutch have taken Holland !
Wait for the cat to jump
He that is full of himself is very empty
To throw a stone in one's own garden
One law for the rich, and another for the poor
The remedy is worse than the disease
Good health is above wealth
To flog a dead horse
A cat in gloves catches no mice
Life is not all cakes and ale (beer and skittles)
The voice of one man is the voice of no one
It's as broad as it's long
Custom is a second nature
Murder will out
He that once deceives is ever suspected
Look before you leap
All bread is not baked in one oven
You made your bed, now lie in it
One good turn deserves another
A light purse is a heavy curse
One scabby sheep will mar a whole flock
Words pay no debts
A good name is sooner lost than won
As plain as two and two make four
He that lives with cripples learns to limp
A good anvil does not fear the hammer
A silent fool is counted wise
Success is never blamed
Children are poor men's riches
No flying from fate
Care killed the cat
Lost time is never found again
Christmas comes but once a year, (but when it comes it brings good cheer)
Politeness costs little (nothing), but yields much
A drowning man will catch at a straw
The morning sun never lasts a day
It never rains but it pours
A clean hand wants no washing
Gentility without ability is worse than plain beggary
Never do things by halves
Procrastination is the thief of time
Love cannot be forced
The mill cannot grind with the water that is past
He that promises too much means nothing
He that has an ill name is half hanged
Never quit certainty for hope
Least said, soonest mended
It is an ill wind that blows nobody good
An empty hand is no lure for a hawk
He is a good friend that speaks well of us behind our backs
Draw not your bow till your arrow is fixed
The devil rebuking sin
A miss is as good as a mile
He that respects not is not respected
To bring grist to somebody's mill
Fools and madmen speak the truth
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
A curst cow has short horns
Live and learn
Half a loaf is better than no bread
Better one-eyed than stone-blind
Every bird likes its own nest
Repentance is good, but innocence is better
All lay load on the willing horse
The tongue of idle persons is never idle
Every day is not Sunday
Between two stools one goes (falls) to the ground
Nothing must be done hastily but killing of fleas
To be head over ears in debt
Life is not a bed of roses
As innocent as a babe unborn
Little chips light great fires
Wash your dirty linen at home
Happiness takes no account of time
A thief knows a thief as a wolf knows a wolf
Death is the grand leveller
A good wife makes a good husband
All promises are either broken or kept
Good masters make good servants
Where there's a will, there's a way
To carry coals to Newcastle
He that mischief hatches, mischief catches
Wealth is nothing without health
A hard nut to crack
When three know it, alt know it
East or West ? home is best
Better give a shilling than lend a half-crown
Don't keep a dog and bark yourself
A close mouth catches no flies
There is no smoke without fire
Give a fool rope enough, and he will hang himself
He knows much who knows how to hold his tongue
All are not merry that dance lightly
A word is enough to the wise
He that serves everybody is paid by nobody
Never cackle till your egg is laid
Love will creep where it may not go
Hawks will not pick hawks' eyes
Prosperity makes friends, and adversity tries them
Self is a bad counsellor
It takes all sorts to make a world
Every man is the architect of his own fortunes
Better the devil you know than the devil you don't
A stitch in time saves nine
Feast today and fast tomorrow
He gives twice who gives in a trice
In every beginning think of the end
A fly in the ointment
Agues come on horseback, but go away on foot
All doors open to courtesy
Honey is not for the ass's mouth
A fair face may hide a foul heart
Bacchus has drowned more men than Neptune
All is not lost that is in peril
Jest with an ass and he will flap you in the face with his tail
To add fuel (oil) to the fire (flames)
To make a mountain out of a molehill
In the country of the blind one-eyed man is a king
Do as you would be done by
Dot your i's and cross your t's
When the fox preaches, take care of your geese
To fight with one's own shadow
Once is no rule (custom)
To plough the sand
It is an ill bird that fouls its own nest
Like mother, like daughter
Hasty climbers have sudden falls
A storm in a teacup
Necessity is the mother of invention
Zeal without knowledge is a runaway horse
Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open
Appearances are deceitful
Salt water and absence wash away love
Haste makes waste
An apple a day keeps the doctor away
A honey tongue, a heart of gall
Once bitten, twice shy
Little strokes fell great oaks
All sugar and honey
To put (set) the cart before the horse
He that will thrive, must rise at five
He that has a full purse never wanted a friend
Enough is as good as a feast
If you want a thing well done, do it yourself
Shallow streams make most din
If you cannot have the best, make the best of what you have
He who pleased everybody died before he was born
Dog eats dog
Such carpenters, such chips
One drop of poison infects the whole tun of wine
Before you make a friend eat a bushel of salt with him
All men can't be first
Time works wonders
If we can't as we would, we must do as we can
He is not poor that has little, but he that desires much
What the heart thinks the tongue speaks
Neither rhyme nor reason
Every country has its customs
A great fortune is a great slavery
Gluttony kills more men than the sword
Many a little makes a mickle
He that talks much errs much
He dances well to whom fortune pipes
The exception proves the rule
As like as two peas
Like parents, like children
The mountain has brought forth a mouse
Choose an author as you choose a friend
To make the cup run over
A creaking door hangs long on its hinges
The tailor makes the man
To call off the dogs
He begins to die that quits his desires
Cheek brings success
He should have a long spoon that sups with the devil
An unfortunate man would be drowned in a teacup
Nothing succeeds like success
The more the merrier
Live and let live
He lives long that lives well
The devil is not so black as he is painted
Better early than late
Too many cooks spoil the broth
He that commits a fault thinks everyone speaks of it
Walls have ears
The evils we bring on ourselves are hardest to bear
A fool and his money are soon parted
There's many a slip 'tween (== between) the cup and the lip
A wonder lasts but nine days
Better the foot slip than the tongue
To come away none the wiser
Too much of a good thing is good for nothing
Little pitchers have long ears
No wisdom like silence
The dogs bark, but the caravan goes on
The cobbler's wife is the worst shod
All are not saints that go to church
To fit like a glove
When the cat is away, the mice will play
Measure for measure
To make (to turn) the air blue
Great barkers are no biters
Believe not all that you see nor half what you hear
Let well (enough) alone
Adversity makes strange bedfellows
Old birds are not caught with chaff
If ifs and ans were pots and pans
He that goes a borrowing, goes a sorrowing
An ass in a lion's skin
Honours change manners
Almost" never killed a fly (was never hanged)"
A blind leader of the blind
When wine is in wit is out
Necessity knows no law
Iron hand (fist) in a velvet glove
All are not hunters that blow the horn
When angry, count a hundred
Good counsel does no harm
Neck or nothing
To lay by for a rainy day
Friends are thieves of time
To cast prudence to the winds
Hope is a good breakfast, but a bad supper
He that is ill to himself will be good to nobody
As you brew, so must you drink
It is good fishing in troubled waters
To weep over an onion
Time and tide wait for no man
Confession is the first step to repentance
Great talkers are little doers
Never write what you dare not sign
A good face is a letter of recommendation
When **** speak it is too late to argue
All things are difficult before they are easy
A good marksman may miss
Love is blind, as well as hatred
That's where the shoe pinches!
An ounce of discretion is worth a pound of learning
You cannot wash charcoal white
One link broken, the whole chain is broken
Oaks may fall when reeds stand the storm
Truth lies at the bottom of a well
The rotten apple injures its neighbours
Head cook and bottle-washer
Greedy folk have long arms
Don't sell the bear's skin before you've caught it
One lie makes many
If wishes were horses, beggars might ride
Borrowed garments never fit well
As well be hanged for a sheep as for a lamb
To tell tales out of school
He that would eat the fruit must climb the tree
When children stand quiet, they have done some harm
To use a steam-hammer to crack nuts
The scalded dog fears cold water
Scratch my back and I'll scratch yours
The falling out of lovers is the renewing of love
Pleasure has a sting in its tail
What is bred in the bone will not go out of the flesh
All is well that ends well
Rain at seven, fine at eleven
A good beginning is half the battle
A good Jack makes a good Jill
To go through fire and water (through thick and thin)
Velvet paws hide sharp claws
He works best who knows his trade
As the fool thinks, so the bell clinks
Don't have thy cloak to make when it begins to rain
He is a fool that forgets himself
A blind man would be glad to see
A bad beginning makes a bad ending
Six of one and half a dozen of the other
Charity begins at home
As welcome as water in one's shoes
To beat the air
Every Jack has his Jill
Experience keeps no school, she teaches her pupils singly
Slow and steady wins the race
True blue will never stain
If you dance you must pay the fiddler
Custom is the plague of wise men and the idol of fools
We soon believe what we desire
Ill-gotten gains never prosper
Good words without deeds are rushes and reeds
You cannot teach old dogs new tricks
Old friends and old wine are best
Needs must when the devil drives
Just as the twig is bent, the tree is inclined
Lies have short legs
A bad workman quarrels with his tools
A nod from a lord is a breakfast for a fool
He that will steal an egg will steal an ox
A foul morn may turn to a fair day
To be in one's birthday suit
To lock the stable-door after the horse is stolen
When at Rome, do as the Romans do
An empty sack cannot stand upright
Truth is stranger than fiction
Good words and no deeds
Great spenders are bad lenders
The receiver is as bad as the thief
A city that parleys is half gotten
Leaves without figs
Go to bed with the lamb and rise with the lark
A miserly father makes a prodigal son
Learn to creep before you leap
A bad corn promise is better than a good lawsuit
Like teacher, like pupil
Every man to his taste
He who would eat the nut must first crack the shell
The best fish swim near the bottom
There are lees to every wine
To be born with a silver spoon in one's mouth
Every bullet has its billet
He that is warm thinks all so
Death pays all debts
Mend or end (end or mend)
Stuff today and starve tomorrow
Many a fine dish has nothing on it
An ox is taken by the horns, and a man by the tongue
Let every man praise the bridge he goes over
It is enough to make a cat laugh
True coral needs no painter's brush
He that is born to be hanged shall never be drowned
Diseases are the interests of pleasures
An old dog barks not in vain
He goes long barefoot that waits for dead man's shoes
An ass is but an ass, though laden with gold
To wash one's dirty linen in public
He that comes first to the hill may sit where he will
A threatened blow is seldom given
It is the first step that costs
A word spoken is past recalling
While the grass grows the horse starves
Bind the sack before it be full
Many men, many minds
Pride goes before a fall
To err is human
No man is an island.
As you make your bed, so must you lie on it
A heavy purse makes a light heart
The longest day has an end
Every man has his hobby-horse
Make haste slowly
The work shows the workman
A lazy sheep thinks its wool heavy
Too much water drowned the miller
Praise is not pudding
Hope is the poor man's bread
As the call, so the echo
He who likes borrowing dislikes paying
Stretch your arm no further than your sleeve will reach
Caution is the parent of safety
Easy come, easy go
He is not laughed at that laughs at himself first
Poverty is no sin
Make or mar
Hunger finds no fault with cookery
No sweet without (some) sweat
To cut one's throat with a feather
All are good lasses, but whence come the bad wives?
To love somebody (something) as the devil loves holy water
What is worth doing at alt is worth doing well
Curiosity killed a cat
To throw straws against the wind
Hamlet" without the Prince of Denmark "
Neither fish nor flesh
All that glitters is not gold
Beauty lies in lover's eyes
Forewarned is forearmed
Habit cures habit
Opportunity makes the thief
To have rats in the attic
Out of sight, out of mind
Like priest, like people
Idle folks lack no excuses
Nothing is impossible to a willing heart
All cats are grey in the dark (in the night)
Promise little, but do much
The nearer the bone, the sweeter the flesh
Like father, like son
Soft fire makes sweet malt
Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise
He cannot speak well that cannot hold his tongue
Money spent on the brain is never spent in vain
Burn not your house to rid it of the mouse
Of two evils choose the least
Better go to bed supperless than rise in debt
Evil communications corrupt good manners
To throw dust in somebody's eyes
Fish and company stink in three days
After a storm comes a calm
To hit the nail on the head
What must be, must be
Soon learnt, soon forgotten
He that has no children knows not what love is
The fat is in the fire
A thief passes for a gentleman when stealing has made him rich
Sink or swim!
Fools may sometimes speak to the purpose
To kill two birds with one stone
The devil lurks behind the cross
Every man has a fool in his sleeve
It's no use pumping a dry well
The devil knows many things because he is old
Fine words butter no parsnips
Adversity is a great schoolmaster
Scornful dogs will eat dirty puddings
Curses like chickens come home to roost
Deeds, not words
The cask savours of the first fill
A light purse makes a heavy heart
Practise what you preach
The cat shuts its eyes when stealing cream
He that will eat the kernel must crack the nut
Well begun is half done
A great dowry is a bed full of brambles
An ill wound is cured, not an ill name
A tree is known by its fruit
Every dog has his day
After dinner sit (sleep) a while, after supper walk a mile
He who makes no mistakes, makes nothing
A friend to all is a friend to none
Every ass loves to hear himself bray
An oak is not felled at one stroke
It is no use crying over spilt milk
Score twice before you cut once
Lookers-on see more than players
Follow the river and you'll get to the sea
No herb will cure love
Little thieves are hanged, but great ones escape
If the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch
If you run after two hares, you will catch neither
To know everything is to know nothing
All is fish that comes to his net
Out of the frying-pan into the fire
A tattler is worse than a thief
Too much knowledge makes the head bald
Learn wisdom by the follies of others
Small rain lays great dust
Dog does not eat dog
A Joke never gains an enemy but often loses a friend
Experience keeps a dear school, but fools learn in no other
Better to reign in hell, than serve in heaven
Set a beggar on horseback and he'll ride to the devil
So many men, so many minds
The busiest man finds the most leisure
Fools never know when they are well
To get out of bed on the wrong side
To wear one's heart upon one's sleeve
To measure other people's corn by one's own bushel
After dinner comes the reckoning
Better an open enemy than a false friend
A fool may throw a stone into a well which a hundred wise men cannot pull out
Two wrongs don't make a right.
To fish in troubled waters
As like as an apple to an oyster
To cry with one eye and laugh with the other
A danger foreseen is half avoided
The way (the road) to hell is paved with good intentions
Two blacks do not make a white
No longer pipe, no longer dance
Better unborn than untaught
To set the wolf to keep the sheep
Put not your hand between the bark and the tree
We know not what is good until we have lost it
As welcome as flowers in May
Liars need good memories
A cracked bell can never sound well
He who would search for pearls must dive below
Never put off till tomorrow what you can do (can be done) today
He smells best that smells of nothing
A wager is a fool's argument
Money has no smell
Live not to eat, but eat to live
He is happy that thinks himself so
To draw water in a sieve
Easier said than done
A cock is valiant on his own dunghill
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy
He will never set the Thames on fire
No man loves his fetters, be they made of gold
There's no use crying over spilt milk
To strain at a gnat and swallow a camel
Need makes the old wife trot
Company in distress makes trouble less
The pen is mightier than the sword.
Handsome is that handsome does
Fool's haste is no speed
To roll in money
A beggar can never be bankrupt
That's a horse of another colour
Hungry bellies have no ears
You cannot eat your cake and have it
A good name is better than riches
Betwixt and between
Think today and speak tomorrow
It is never too late to learn
Give never the wolf the wether to keep
What is done cannot be undone
First think, then speak
In for a penny, in for a pound
When Queen Anne was alive
Between the cup and the lip a morsel may slip
He that fears you present wiil hate you absent
Who keeps company with the wolf, will learn to howl
The game is not worth the candle
Children and fools must not play with edged tools
Marriages are made in heaven
As plain as the nose on a man's face
If you cannot bite, never show your teeth
Much ado about nothing
If my aunt had been a man, she'd have been my uncle
Grasp all, lose all
As snug as a bug in a rug
A good dog deserves a good bone
Gossiping and lying go hand in hand
Let sleeping dogs lie
Before one can say Jack Robinson
To eat the calf in the cow's belly
Long absent, soon forgotten
Never too much of a good thing
He that knows nothing doubts nothing
Fools grow without watering
To pour water into a sieve
One fire drives out another
It is a good horse that never stumbles
Between the devil and the deep (blue) sea
Self done is well done
Empty vessels make the greatest (the most) sound
A little body often harbours a great soul
He that has no money needs no purse
A Jack of all trades is master of none
Set a thief to catch a thief
He that will not when he may, when he will he shall have nay
Time is the great healer
Virtue is its own reward
Appetite comes with eating
Better late than never
He that spares the bad injures the good
He carries fire in one hand and water in the other
Self-praise is no recommendation
Waste not, want not
Let bygones be bygones
To put off till Doomsday
First come, first served
None but the brave deserve the fair
Honesty is the best policy
Don't whistle (halloo) until you are out of the wood
All covet, all lose
Hate not at the first harm
Better be alone than in bad company
A hungry man is an angry man
A great ship asks deep waters
Faults are thick where love is thin
After rain comes fair weather
The cap fits
Promise is debt
Money often unmakes the men who make it
A lie begets a lie
He knows best what good is that has endured evil
A shy cat makes a proud mouse
Fasting comes after feasting
While there is life there is hope
Many a good father has but a bad son
A soft answer turns away wrath
More haste, less speed
Never offer to teach fish to swim
To call a spade a spade
Faint heart never won fair lady
To pay one back in one's own coin
The cobbler should stick to his last
Strike while the iron is hot
Ill-gotten, ill-spent
He that never climbed never fell
To stick to somebody like a leech
Name not a rope in his house that was hanged
Great boast, small roast
Drunkenness reveals what soberness conceals
Opinions differ
As sure as eggs is eggs
No news (is) good news
Laws catch flies, but let hornets go free
Divide and rule
Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones
Since Adam was a boy
No man is wise at all times
Honour and profit lie not in one sack
All truths are not to be told
My house is my castle
To take counsel of one's pillow
Who breaks, pays
The chain is no stronger than its weakest link
There is no fire without smoke
Every barber knows that
Eat at pleasure, drink with measure
Cut your coat according to your cloth
One chick keeps a hen busy
Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves
Better a little fire to warm us, than a great one to burn us
So many countries, so many customs
Gifts from enemies are dangerous
Every mother thinks her own gosling a swan
If there were no clouds, we should not enjoy the sun
A fool at forty is a fool indeed
Rats desert a sinking ship
A forced kindness deserves no thanks
One swallow does not make a summer
Hunger breaks stone walls
A man can die but once
A friend is never known till needed
Honey is sweet, but the bee stings
Happy is he that is happy in his children
Calamity is man's true touchstone
Stolen pleasures are sweetest
Never cast dirt into that fountain of which you have sometime drunk
You cannot flay the same ox twice
Every dog is a lion at home
Fish begins to stink at the head
A penny soul never came to twopence
A rolling stone gathers no moss
He who says what he likes, shall hear what he doesn't like
All roads lead to Rome
There is more than one way to kill a cat
To work with the left hand
By doing nothing we learn to do ill
Keep a thing seven years and you will find a use for it
To make both ends meet
The wind cannot be caught in a net
The darkest hour is that before the dawn
If you laugh before breakfast you'll cry before supper
A burnt child dreads the fire
Last, but not least
Don't put all your eggs in one basket
Two heads are better than one
Patience is a plaster for all sores
Tarred with the same brush
Circumstances alter cases
Men may meet but mountains never
To kick against the pricks
An empty vessel gives a greater sound than a full barrel
Far from eye, far from heart
Fair without, foul (false) within
The pitcher goes often to the well but is broken at last
Great talkers are great liars
He that talks much lies much
Every dog is valiant at his own door
One man, no man
He who hesitates is lost
As the old cock crows, so does the young
Don't cross the bridges before you come to them
Don't count your chickens before they are hatched
Silence gives consent
He that has He head needs no hat
The end crowns the work
A burden of one's own choice is not felt
To come out dry
Self done is soon done
You cannot judge a tree by it bark
Rome was not built in a day
Plenty is no plague
To send (carry) owls to Athens
When flatterers meet, the devil goes to dinner
Delays are dangerous
Better an egg today than a hen tomorrow
To look for a needle in a haystack
Wise after the event
When the devil is blind
A round peg in a square hole
Never fry a fish till it's caught
Respect yourself, or no one else will respect you
The moon does not heed the barking of dogs
If you sell the cow, you sell her milk too
A lawyer never goes to law himself
Between the upper and nether millstone
The darkest place is under the candlestick
First catch your hare
There is no place like home
He must needs swim that is held up by the chin
We never know the value of water till the well is dry
Nothing comes out of the sack but what was in it
Two is company, but three is none
Nightingales will not sing in a cage
Don't look a gift horse in the mouth
He laughs best who laughs last
A black hen lays a white egg
No great loss without some small gain
To treat somebody with a dose of his own medicine
Like a needle in a haystack
Soon ripe, soon rotten
To pull the chestnuts out of the fire for somebody
Better untaught than ill-taught
Actions speak louder than words
If you throw mud enough, some of it will stick
A drop in the bucket
He that does you an i!i turn will never forgive you
None so deaf as those that won't hear
A friend in need is a friend indeed
Like draws to like
A fool's tongue runs before his wit
It is a poor mouse that has only one hole