Proverbs and old sayings, page 405

43574 proverbs and old sayings

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

It is good to have a hatch before the door.

Proverbs and old sayings British about good, good luck

Make not your sail too big for the ballast.

Proverbs and old sayings British

Truth needs not the ornament of many words.

Proverbs and old sayings British about truth, word

The money you refuse will never do you good.

Proverbs and old sayings British about money, contentment, good, good luck

The longer we live, the more wonders we see.

Proverbs and old sayings British

A lean fee is a fit reward for a lazy clerk.

Proverbs and old sayings British about reward

With customs we live well, but laws undo us.

Proverbs and old sayings British