1.
We live in deeds and not in years.
2.
Friendship is seldom lasting but between equals.
3.
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
4.
A tree is known by its fruit.
5.
He who will have the fruit must climb the tree.
6.
Necessity is the mother of invention.
7.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
8.
Actions speak louder than words.
9.
Birds of a feather flock together.
10.
A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.
11.
Accidents will happen in the best-regulated
families.
12.
Advice when most needed is least headed.
13.
A soft answer turns away wrath.
14.
None teaches better than the ant.
15.
An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
16.
A good apple is often rotten at the core.
17.
Life is short, art is long.
18.
Ask much to get little.
19.
Every ass loves to hear himself bray.
20.
All asses wag their ears.
21.
A bad workman quarrels with his tools.
22.
An empty bag will not stand upright.
23.
Reckless youth makes rueful age.
24.
The world is a staircase; some are going up;
some are coming down.
25.
Tread on a worm and it will turn.
26.
It takes all sorts to make a word.
27.
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
28.
Do not put all your eggs in one basket.
29.
Bear and forbear.
30.
Beggars cannot be choosers.
31.
It is a foolish bird that defiles its own nest.
32.
Among the blind the one eyed is king.
33.
If a blind man leads another blind man, both
will fall into the ditch.
34.
Do not judge a book by its cover.
35.
Blood is thichker than water.
36.
Do not cast pearls before swine.
37.
A cat has nine lives.
38.
When the cat is away, the mice play.
39.
Character is destiny.
40.
Spare the rod and spoil the child.
41.
Do not count your chickens before they are hatched.
42.
Too many cooks spoils the broth.
43.
A guilty conscience needs no accuser.
44.
The darkest place is under the candlestick.
45.
Better an old man’s darling than a young man’s
slave.
46.
Give the devil his due.
47.
A drowning man will clutch at a straw.
48.
Death is the grand leveller.
49.
What cannot be cured must be endured.
50.
It is no use
crying over spilt milk.
51.
Cut your coat according to your cloth.
52.
A short cut is often a wrong cut.
53.
Better an open enemy than a false friend.
54.
Failures are stepping stones to success.
55.
Fast bind, fast find.
56.
Like father, like son.
57.
It is not the gray coat that makes the
gentleman.
58.
All is not gold that glitters.
59.
Speech is silver but silence is golden.
60.
Love is blind.
61.
The course of true love never runs smooth.
62.
True love never grows old.
63.
When poverty comes in at the door, love flies
out of the window.
64.
No man can serve two masters.
65.
A hungry man is an angry man.
66.
Every man has the defects of his qualities.
67.
Every man is the architect of his own fortune.
68.
Every man to his trade.
69.
Give every man your ear, but few your voice.
70.
One man’s meat is another man’s poison.
71.
Marriage is a lottery.
72.
Marry in haste and repent at leisure.
73.
Might is right.
74.
Out of sight, out of mind.
75.
Misfortune come on horseback and depart on foot.
76.
Money begets money.
77.
Money makes the mare go.
78.
The love of money is the root of all evil.
79.
Never do things by halves.
80.
Never say die.
81.
It is never too late to learn.
82.
Omelettes are not made without breaking eggs.
83.
Penny wise and pound foolish.
84.
The pot should not call the kettle black.
85.
Practise what you preach.
86.
Pride must have a fall
87.
Prevention is better than cure.
88.
There is no rose without a thorn.
89.
Set a thief to catch a thief.
90.
There are many a slip between the cup and the
lip.
91.
Slow and steady wins the race.
92.
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
93.
Nothing succeds like success.
94.
A stitch in time saves nine.
95.
Time is the great healer.
96.
Time is the best counselor.
97.
Look before you leap.
98.
Better late than never.
99.
Laugh and the world laughs with you; weep and
you weep alone.
100.
A little learning is a dangerous thing
101.
Where there is love, there is jealousy
102.
There is no true love without jealousy
103.
A stick is quickly found to beat a dog with
104.
Let sleeping dogs lie
105.
Out of debt, out of danger
106.
He should have a long spoon who deals with the
devil
107.
Familiarity breeds contempt
108.
A fool may make money, but it takes a wise man
to spend it
109.
When glory comes, memory departs
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