Proverbs and old sayings, page 405

43575 proverbs and old sayings

A house well-furnished makes a woman wise.

Proverbs and old sayings British about home, house, woman

It is an ill bird that fouls its own nest.

Proverbs and old sayings British

Don't cross the bridge till you get to it.

Proverbs and old sayings British about contentment

He that nothing questions, nothing learns.

Proverbs and old sayings British about nothing

A little body often harbours a great soul.

Proverbs and old sayings British about body, soul

The remembrance of past sorrows is joyful.

Proverbs and old sayings British about past

To be good tends to give absence later on.

Proverbs and old sayings British about good, good luck

No one ought to be judge in his own cause.

Proverbs and old sayings British about judges

Don't teach your grandmother to suck eggs.

Proverbs and old sayings British

Zeal without knowledge is a runaway horse.

Proverbs and old sayings British about knowledge

Wipe wi' the water and wash wi' the towel.

Proverbs and old sayings British about water

The longest at the fire soonest finds cold.

Proverbs and old sayings British about fire, fire brigade

Long absence and guilt can change a friend.

Proverbs and old sayings British about guilt, change

Ye're very foresighted, like Forsyth's cat.

Proverbs and old sayings British

Poverty wants many things, and avarice all.

Proverbs and old sayings British about poverty, things

Better hand loose than in an ill tethering.

Proverbs and old sayings British

Do on the hill as you would do in the hall.

Proverbs and old sayings British about contentment

Children learn to creep before they can go.

Proverbs and old sayings British about children

Custom without reason is but ancient error.

Proverbs and old sayings British about error, old, reason

Ill words are bellows to a slackening fire.

Proverbs and old sayings British about word, fire, fire brigade