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It is a bold mouse that nestles in the cat's ear.

Proverbs and old sayings English

It is an equal failing to trust everybody and to trust nobody.

Proverbs and old sayings English

In a calm sea, every man is a pilot.

Proverbs and old sayings English about man

It is the quiet pigs that eat the meal.

Proverbs and old sayings English about quiet

Last ship, best ship.

Proverbs and old sayings English

Lend your money and lose your friend.

Proverbs and old sayings English about money

Listen to the sound of the river and you will get a trout.

Proverbs and old sayings English about contentment

Luck has a slender anchorage.

Proverbs and old sayings English about bad luck, good luck

May as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.

Proverbs and old sayings English

Never love with all your heart, it only ends in breaking.

Proverbs and old sayings English about end, heart, love

One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters.

Proverbs and old sayings English

One of these day is none of these days.

Proverbs and old sayings English about day

Only the wearer knows where the shoe pinches.

Proverbs and old sayings English

Poor men seek meat for their stomach, rich men stomach for their meat.

Proverbs and old sayings English about man, wealth

Sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.

Proverbs and old sayings English

Six hours' sleep for a man, seven for a woman and eight for a fool.

Proverbs and old sayings English about sleep, woman, man

Sorrow for a husband is like a pain in the elbow, sharp and short.

Proverbs and old sayings English about pain, husband, sadness

Speak not of my debts unless you mean to pay them.

Proverbs and old sayings English about contentment

Talk of the devil and he is sure to appear.

Proverbs and old sayings English about devil

The darkest hour is that before the dawn.

Proverbs and old sayings English