1 |
A STORM IN A TEACUP. |
2 |
NO NEWS IS GOOD NEWS. |
3 |
AS SLIPPERY AS AN EEL. |
4 |
BETTER BUY THAN BORROW. |
5 |
ASK MUCH TO HAVE LITTLE. |
6 |
A NEW BROOM SWEEPS CLEAN. |
7 |
BARKING DOGS SELDOM BITE. |
8 |
FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED. |
9 |
A WATCHED POT NEVER BOILS. |
10 |
AT A GREAT BARGAIN, PAUSE. |
11 |
AT OPEN DOORS DOGS COME IN. |
12 |
GOD SENDS FORTUNE TO FOOLS. |
13 |
BETTER BE ENVIED THAN PITIED. |
14 |
FAR FROM EYE, FAR FROM HEART. |
15 |
LEND AND LOSE, SO PLAY FOOLS. |
16 |
THE MAD DOG BITES HIS MASTER. |
17 |
THE EXCEPTION PROVES THE RULE. |
18 |
TWO WRONGS DON'T MAKE A RIGHT. |
19 |
A MAN SURPRISED IS HALF BEATEN. |
20 |
AN OLD HEAD ON YOUNG SHOULDERS. |
21 |
THE EAGLE DOES NOT CATCH FLIES. |
22 |
TWO EYES CAN SEE MORE THAN ONE. |
23 |
WHERE BEES ARE, THERE IS HONEY. |
24 |
BETTER UNTAUGHT THAN ILL TAUGHT. |
25 |
THERE ARE SPOTS EVEN ON THE SUN. |
26 |
EMPTY VESSELS MAKE THE MOST SOUND. |
27 |
LOVE AND COUGH CANNOT BE HID(DEN). |
28 |
A LAZY SHEEP THINKS ITS WOOL HEAVY. |
29 |
A MAIDEN THAT LAUGHS IS HALF TAKEN. |
30 |
ALL WEAPONS OF WAR CANNOT ARM FEAR. |
31 |
AN OAK IS NOT FELLED AT ONE STROKE. |
32 |
MEASURE THRICE BEFORE YOU CUT ONCE. |
33 |
ONE SWALLOW DOES NOT MAKE A SUMMER. |
34 |
TIME AND CHANCE REVEAL ALL SECRETS. |
35 |
A SMALL LEAK WILL SINK A GREAT SHIP. |
36 |
GOD HELP THE RICH, THE POOR CAN BEG. |
37 |
LEND NOT HORSE, NOR WIFE, NOR SWORD. |
38 |
THE TONGUE IS NOT STEEL YET IT CUTS. |
39 |
A FORCED KINDNESS DESERVES NO THANKS. |
40 |
A HOOK'S WELL LOST TO CATCH A SALMON. |
41 |
BETTER SMALL FISH THAN AN EMPTY DISH. |
42 |
NONE SO DEAF AS THOSE WHO WON'T HEAR. |
43 |
THAT SUIT IS BEST THAT BEST SUITS ME. |
44 |
THE MASTER'S EYE MAKES THE HORSE FAT. |
45 |
WHAT COSTS LITTLE IS LITTLE ESTEEMED. |
46 |
BETTER SIT IDLE THAN WORK FOR NOTHING. |
47 |
DEEDS ARE FRUITS, WORDS ARE BUT LEAVES. |
48 |
HARES MAY PULL DEAD LIONS BY THE BEARD. |
49 |
IT COST MORE TO DO ILL THAN TO DO WELL. |
50 |
ONE VOLUNTEER IS WORTH TWO PRESSED MEN. |
51 |
FEATHER BY FEATHER THE GOOSE IS PLUCKED. |
52 |
FOR A FLYING ENEMY MAKE A GOLDEN BRIDGE. |
53 |
HE BEGINS TO DIE THAT QUITS HIS DESIRES. |
54 |
TRUST NOT A NEW FRIEND NOR AN OLD ENEMY. |
55 |
WHEN THE CAT IS AWAY THE MICE WILL PLAY. |
56 |
BETTER AN OPEN ENEMY THAN A FALSE FRIEND. |
57 |
IT IS LAWFUL TO LEARN EVEN FROM AN ENEMY. |
58 |
BETTER AN EGG TO-DAY THAN A HEN TO-MORROW. |
59 |
BETTER HAZARD ONCE THAN BE ALWAYS IN FEAR. |
60 |
IF YOU CANNOT BITE, NEVER SHOW YOUR TEETH. |
61 |
YOUTH AND WHITE PAPER TAKE ANY IMPRESSION. |
62 |
A FOX IS NOT TAKEN TWICE IN THE SAME SNARE. |
63 |
BETWEEN TWO STOOLS ONE FALLS TO THE GROUND. |
64 |
HE WHO RIDES ON A TIGER CAN NEVER DISMOUNT. |
65 |
THE DEVIL ALWAYS LEAVES A STINK BEHIND HIM. |
66 |
THE MOON DOES NOT HEED THE BARKING OF DOGS. |
67 |
THE WAY TO BE SAFE IS NEVER TO FEEL SECURE. |
68 |
VOWS MADE IN STORMS ARE FORGOTTEN IN CALMS. |
69 |
CREDITORS HAVE BETTER MEMORIES THAN DEBTORS. |
70 |
FRIENDSHIPS MULTIPLY JOYS AND DIVIDE GRIEFS. |
71 |
A MONEYLESS MAN GOES FAST THROUGH THE MARKET. |
72 |
AN ASS IS BUT AN ASS, THOUGH LADEN WITH GOLD. |
73 |
AT A ROUND TABLE THERE'S NO DISPUTE OF PLACE. |
74 |
GOOD COMPANY ON THE ROAD IS THE SHORTEST CUT. |
75 |
IT IS A HARD WINTER WHEN A WOLF EATS ANOTHER. |
76 |
MISFORTUNES COME ON WINGS AND DEPART ON FOOT. |
77 |
ALL THINGS ARE DIFFICULT BEFORE THEY ARE EASY. |
78 |
BETTER GIVE A SHILLING THAN LEND HALF A CROWN. |
79 |
IT MATTERS NOT WHAT RELIGION AN ILL MAN IS OF. |
80 |
IT SIGNIFIES NOTHING TO PLAY WELL IF YOU LOSE. |
81 |
A WISE MAN CHANGES HIS MIND, A FOOL NEVER WILL. |
82 |
THE ROAD TO HELL IS PAVED WITH GOOD INTENTIONS. |
83 |
THERE IS GREAT FORCE HIDDEN IN A SWEET COMMAND. |
84 |
A MAN CANNOT WHISTLE AND DRINK AT THE SAME TIME. |
85 |
HE WHO LIES DOWN WITH DOGS WILL RISE WITH FLEAS. |
86 |
THE KING'S WORD IS MORE THAN ANOTHER MAN'S OATH. |
87 |
HE THAT DOTH WHAT HE WILL DOTH NOT WHAT HE OUGHT. |
88 |
THE BEST THROW OF THE DICE IS TO THROW THEM AWAY. |
89 |
THE MOUSE THAT HAS BUT ONE HOLE IS QUICKLY TAKEN. |
90 |
A MAIDEN WITH MANY WOOERS OFTEN CHOOSES THE WORST. |
91 |
A MAN WITHOUT A SMILING FACE MUST NOT OPEN A SHOP. |
92 |
THE FOX KNOWS MUCH, BUT MORE HE THAT CATCHETH HIM. |
93 |
BELLS CALL OTHERS TO CHURCH, BUT GO NOT THEMSELVES. |
94 |
IF YOU RUN AFTER TWO HARES, YOU WILL CATCH NEITHER. |
95 |
IT IS A SILLY GOOSE THAT COMES TO THE FOX'S SERMON. |
96 |
THE MORE LIGHT A TORCH GIVES, THE SHORTER IT LASTS. |
97 |
WHEN THE TREE IS FALLEN, ALL GO WITH THEIR HATCHET. |
98 |
WHO KEEPS COMPANY WITH THE WOLF WILL LEARN TO HOWL. |
99 |
THE FOOL IS BUSY IN EVERYONE'S BUSINESS BUT HIS OWN. |
100 |
BETTER GO TO HEAVEN IN RAGS THAN TO HELL IN EMBROIDERY. |
101 |
THE LOVE OF MONEY AND THE LOVE OF LEARNING RARELY MEET. |
102 |
IF YOU PAY NOT A SERVANT HIS WAGES, HE WILL PAY HIMSELF. |
103 |
IT IS EASIER TO BUILD TWO CHIMNEYS THAN TO MAINTAIN ONE. |
104 |
THE DEVIL TEMPTS ALL, BUT THE IDLE MAN TEMPTS THE DEVIL. |
105 |
IT IS NO SIN TO SELL DEAR, BUT A SIN TO GIVE ILL MEASURE. |
106 |
TWO DOGS FIGHT FOR A BONE, AND A THIRD RUNS AWAY WITH IT. |
107 |
MANY THINGS GROW IN THE GARDEN THAT WERE NEVER SOWN THERE. |
108 |
THE BEST REMEDY AGAINST AN ILL MAN IS MUCH GROUND BETWEEN. |
109 |
THERE WOULD BE NO GREAT ONES IF THERE WERE NO LITTLE ONES. |
110 |
WHEN THY NEIGHBOUR'S HOUSE DOTH BURN THEN LOOK TO YOUR OWN. |
111 |
WISE MEN LEARN BY OTHER MEN'S MISTAKES; FOOLS, BY THEIR OWN. |
112 |
ONE HALF OF THE WORLD DOES NOT KNOW HOW THE OTHER HALF LIVES. |
113 |
HE COMPLAINS WRONGFULLY ON THE SEA THAT TWICE SUFFERS SHIPWRECK. |
114 |
BETTER BE ILL SPOKEN OF BY ONE BEFORE ALL THAN BY ALL BEFORE ONE. |
115 |
LOSE AN HOUR IN THE MORNING AND YOU'LL BE ALL DAY HUNTING FOR IT. |
116 |
THE FRIAR PREACHED AGAINST STEALING AND HAD A GOOSE IN HIS SLEEVE. |
117 |
POOR MEN SEEK MEAT FOR THEIR STOMACH, RICH MEN STOMACH FOR THEIR MEAT. |
118 |
A WOMAN'S ADVICE IS A POOR THING, BUT HE IS A FOOL WHO DOES NOT TAKE IT. |
119 |
THE FIRST FAULTS ARE THEIRS THAT COMMIT THEM, THE SECOND THEIRS THAT PERMIT THEM. |
120 |
A FOOL MAY ASK MORE QUESTIONS IN AN HOUR THAN A WISE MAN CAN ANSWER IN SEVEN YEARS. |