Proverbs and old sayings English, page 58

1254 proverbs and old sayings english

He is a fool that kisseth the maid when he may kiss the mistress.

Proverbs and old sayings English about kiss

The ship that will not obey the helm will have to obey the rocks.

Proverbs and old sayings English about rocks

He who killeth the lion when absent feareth a mouse when present.

Proverbs and old sayings English about absent, present

When your only tool is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.

Proverbs and old sayings English about tools

He that is angry without a cause shall be pleased without amends.

Proverbs and old sayings English

This is courage in a man to bear unflinchingly what heaven sends.

Proverbs and old sayings English about courage, man

Rather weigh the will of the speaker, than the worth of the words.

Proverbs and old sayings English about word

Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive.

Proverbs and old sayings English

At the end of the game the king and the pawn go into the same bag.

Proverbs and old sayings English about games, end

While two dogs are fighting for a bone, a third runs away with it.

Proverbs and old sayings English

There is but an hour a day between a good housewife and a bad one.

Proverbs and old sayings English about bad luck, day, bad, good, good luck

Beware of the cat that licks from the front but claws from behind.

Proverbs and old sayings English

He that will have a cake out of the wheat must tarry the grinding.

Proverbs and old sayings English

Some have been thought brave because they were afraid to run away.

Proverbs and old sayings English about thinking

When a man repeats a promise again and again, he means to fail you.

Proverbs and old sayings English about promise, man

He who has carried the calf will be able by and by to carry the ox.

Proverbs and old sayings English

Learning makes a man fit company for himself as well as for others.

Proverbs and old sayings English about companies, man

He declares himself guilty who justifies himself before accusation.

Proverbs and old sayings English

It's better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.

Proverbs and old sayings English

Never put off till tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow.

Proverbs and old sayings English about day