Proverbs

  1. As the call, so the echo.
  2. Everthing comes to him who waits.
  3. Missfortunes tell us what fortunes is.
  4. Every man has fool in his sleeve.
  5. First come, first served. The early bird cathches the worm.
  6. Look comes in eyeles. Every dog has his day. Every dayis not Sunday. One can't be always fortunate. Thee longest day must have an end. There is a crook in the lot of everyone. Fortunate knocks once at the least at every man's gate.
  7. Who breaks, pays.
  8. Who lives by hope will die by hunger.
  9. Findings are keeping.
  10. Brothers are like hands and feet.
  11. Poverty parts friends. Poverty parts fellowship.
  12. You cannot judge a man by his appearance. You cannot judge a tree by its bark.
  13. Do not wear out your welcome.
  14. Eaten bread is soon forgotten.
  15. In every beginning think of end.
  16. Once a drunkard, always a drunkard. Once a thief, always a thief. He that will steal a pin, will steal a better thing. He that will steal an egg, will steal a ox.
  17. Comfort is better than pride.
  18. Share and share alike.
  19. Bussiness is bussiness. Abargain is a bargain.
  20. Beggars cannot be choosers.
  21. Speak when you are spoken to. Come when you are called.
  22. A good conscience  is a soft pillow. A great fortune is a great slavery.
  23. He is kind of man who would steal a dead fly from a blind spider.
  24. You must eat to live, and not live to eat.
  25. What is worth doing at all is worth doing well.
  26. Share and share alike.
  27. When wine is in, wit is out. When wine is in, truth is out. The truth slips out when people are drinking. Drunkenness reveals what soberness conceals.
  28. The beggar may sing before the thief.
  29. Beggars cannot be choosers.
  30. Honesty is the best policy.
  31. A kindness is soon forgotten.
  32. It is a case of give and take.
  33. Tit for tat. Measure for measure. An eye for an eye a tooth for tooth.
  34. Of two evils choose the less. Choose the lesser of the two evils.
  35. Dot your I’s and cross your t’s.
  36. First think, then speak. Think before you speak. Look before you leap.
  37. Eating brings an appetite.
  38. One must live according to one’s means.
  39. When you drink the stream, remember the spring.
  40. Beggars cannot be choosers.
  41. He that dose ill, hates the light.
  42. To have a finger in the pie.
  43. Stolen fruit is sweetest. Stolen kisses are sweetest.
  44. Frist impressions are most lasting.
  45. Three women make a market.
  46. Three removals are as bad as fire.
  47. Measure thrice and cut once.
  48. Two heads are better than one.
  49. Standing pools gather filth. A Jack of all trades is of no trade. A Jack of all trades is master of none. A rolling stone gathers no moss. To know everything is to nothing.
  50. No fool is like an old fool. A fool at forty is a fool indeed.
  51. Wisdom is better than rubies.
  52. Better be a neighbour that is near than a brother that is far.
  53. Some are wise and some are otherwise. There’s a black sheep in every flock.
  54. Friends are thieves of time.
  55. Old shoes are easiest. Old friends and old wine are best.
  56. False friends are worse than open enemies. Better an open enemy than a false friend.
  57. One good turn deserves another. Scratch my back and I’ll scratch yours.
  58. Violence does not last.