You cant´t teach an old dog new tricks.
What is done by night appears by day.
Truth can languish, but can never perish.
Though a lie be swift, the truth overtakes it.
The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak.
The hog never looks up to him that threshes down the acorns.
The greatest clerks are not always the wisest men.
Tell me your company and i`ll tell you your manners.
More belongs to a marriage than four bare legs in a bed.
Little wit in the head makes much work for the feet.
It is better to be a coward for a minute than dead for the rest of your life.
Ingratitude is way of the world.
If you give a jest, you take a jest.
If the staff be crooked, the shadow cannot be straight.
If the devil cannot get a hold, he sends a woman.
He that would the daughter win, must with the mother first begin.
He that makes himself a sheep shall be eaten by the wolf.
He that gives to be seen will relieve none in the dark.
He is lifeless that is faultless.
Grey hairs are nourished with green thoughts.
Good words anoint us, and ill do unjoint us.
Frame, like a river, is narrowed at its source and broadest.
Fair and soft goes far in day.
Eaten bread is soon forgotten.
Credit where credit is due.
Beware of the fore part of a woman, the hind part of a mule, and all sides of a priest.
An ass is but an ass, though laden with gold.
All is fair in love and war.
Age and wedlock tames man and beast.
You scratch my back and I'll scratch yours.
You never know what you can do until you try.
You can't teach an old dog new tricks.
You can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink.
You are what you eat.
You are never too old to learn.
Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow.
Virtue is its own reward.
Who makes himself a sheep will be eaten by the wolves.
Where there's life there's hope.
Where there's a will, there's a way.
When the cat's away, the mice play.
When poverty come in the door, love goes out the window.
When in Rome, d o as the Romans do.
What the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't grieve over.
What soberness conceals, drunkenness reveals.
What a man says drunk, he thinks sober.
Waste not, want not.
Variety is the spice of life.
Walls have ears.
W isdom is better than strength.
Union is strength.
Two wrongs don't make a right
Truth is stranger than fiction.
Trust not a horse's heel nor a dog's tooth.
Too many cooks spoil the broth.
To err is human, to forgive divine
Time is money.
Time has wings.
Time and tide wait for no man.
There is safety in numbers
There is no fool like an old fool.
There is a trick in every trade.
There is a black sheep in every flock.
The wish is father to the thought.
The way to a man's heart is through his stomach.
The truth is in the wine.
The road to hell is paved with good intentions.
The proof of the pudding is in the eating.
The pen is mightier than the sword
The mouse that has but one hole is quickly taken.
The more you have, the more you want.
The more haste, the less speed.
The first step is the hardest.
The end justifies the means.
The early bird catches the worm.
The die is cast.
The devil makes work for idle hands
The devil looks after his own.
The best advice is found on the pillow.
The apple doesn't fall far from the tree.
Tall oaks grow from little acorns.
Stolen fruit is the sweetest.
Still waters run deep.
Sticks and stones will break my bones but names will never hurt me
Spare the rod and spoil the child
Snug as a bug in a rug.
Silence gives consent.
Sickness in the body brings sadness to the mind.
Short reckonings make long friends.
Save me from my friends.
Rome was not built in a day.
Revenge is sweet.
Put all your eggs in one basket
Pride comes before a fall.
Prevention is better than cure
Practise what you preach
Practice makes perfect.
People who live in glass houses should not throw stones.
Penny wise, pound foolish.
Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings
Out of sight, out of mind.
Opportunity seldom knocks twice.
Only real friends will tell you when your face is dirty.
One today is worth two tomorrow.
One swallow doesn't make a summer.
One man's trash is another man's treasure.
One man's meat is another man's poison
One good turn deserves another.
One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters.
Once bitten, twice shy.
Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
No wind, no waves.
No smoke without fire.
No news is good news.
No man is an island.
No man can serve two masters.
Never say die.
Never put off till tomorrow what can be done today
Necessity is the mother of invention.
Money doesn't grow on trees.
Money begets money.
Might as well be hanged for a sheep as (for) a lamb
Men make houses, women make homes.
Memory is the treasure of the mind.
Marry in haste, repent at leisure.
Many hands make light work.
Manners make the man.
Man proposes, God disposes.
Man is the head of the family; woman is the neck that turns the head.
Make a silk purse out of a sow's ear
Love is blind.
Losers weepers, finders keepers.
Loose lips sink ships.
Look before you leap.
Like father, like son.
Liars need good memories.
Let bygones be bygones.
Least said soonest mended.
Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere.
Learn to walk before you run.
Laughter is the best medicine.
L ightning never strikes in the same place twice
Knowledge is power.
Knowledge in youth is wisdom in age.
Kindness begets kindness.
Kill the goose that lays the golden egg.
Kill one to warn a hundred.
Justice delayed is justice denied.
It's no use crying over spilt milk.
It takes all sorts to make a world.
It never rains but it pours.
It is always darkest before the dawn
In times of prosperity friends are plentiful.
In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
In for a penny, in for a pound.
Ignorance is bliss.
If you want a friend, be a friend.
If you chase two rabbits, you will not catch either one.
If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will avoid 100 days of sorrow.
If wishes were horses, then beggars would ride.
If two ride a horse, one must ride behind.
If a camel get s his nose in a tent, his body will follow.
However long the night, the dawn will break
Honey catches more flies than vinegar.
Honesty is the best policy.
Home is where the heart is.
Health is better than wealth.
He who wills the end wills the means.
He who plays with fire gets burnt.
He who pays the piper calls the tune.
He who knows nothing, doubts nothing.
He who is everywhere is nowhere.
He who hesitates is lost.
He laughs best who laughs last.
He has enough who is content.
Hatred is a blind as love.
Haste makes waste.
Hard words break no bones.
Half a loaf is better than none.
Grief divided is made lighter
Great oaks grow from little acorns.
Great minds think alike.
Good management is better than good income.
God helps those who help themselves.
Give someone enough rope and they will hang themselves.
Give someone an inch and they will take a mile (or yard).
Gardens are not made by sitting in the shade.
Friendship is love with understanding.
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread
Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me.
First come, first served.
Fine words butter no parsnips.
Familiarity breeds contempt
False friends are worse than open enemies.
Failure teaches success.
Facts speak louder than words.
Experience is the father of wisdom.
Everything in the garden is rosy.
Every why has a wherefore.
Every path has its puddle.
Every man is the architect of his own fortune.
Every man has his price.
Every man for himself.
Every cloud has a silver lining
Every ass likes to hear himself bray.
Empty vessels make the most noise.
Elbow grease is the best polish.
Easier said than done.
Don't judge a book by its cover.
Don't dig your grave with your own knife and fork.
Don't count your chickens before they're hatched.
Don't bark if you can't bite.
Dogs of the same street bark alike.
Distance makes the heart grow fonder.
Diseases of the soul are more dangerous than those of the body.
Discretion is the better part of valour
Diligence is the mother of good fortune.
Dead men tell no tales
Clothes don't make the man.
Clear moon, frost soon.
Cleanliness is next to godliness.
Children and fools tell the truth.
Charity begins at home.
Blood will out.
Blood is thicker than water
Birds of a feather flock together.
Better untaught than ill-taught
Better the devil you know than the devil you don't know
Better safe than sorry
Better lose the saddle than the horse.
Better late than never.
Better flatter a fool than fight him.
Better be the head of a dog then the tail of a lion.
Better be alone than in bad company.
Beauty is the wisdom of women. Wisdom is the beauty of men.
Beauty is only skin deep.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Be swift to hear, slow to speak.
Bad news travels fast.
As you sow, so shall you reap
Any time means no time.
Anger is the one thing made better by delay.
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
An Englishman's home is his castle.
An empty purse frightens away friends.
An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
All's well that ends well
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
All things grow with time - except grief.
All things are difficult before they are easy.
All that glitters is not gold.
All is fair in love and war
All good things come to those who wait.
All cats are grey in the dark.
After dinner rest a while, after supper walk a mile.
Advisers run no risks.
Advice is least heeded when most needed.
Actions speak louder than words.
Accidents will happen.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
A watched pot never boils
A swallow does not make the summer.
A stumble may prevent a fall.
A stitch in time saves nine.
A stitch in time saves nine
A smooth sea never made a skilled mariner.
A rotten apple spoils the barrel.
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
A rising tide lifts all boats.
A new broom sweeps clean.
A monkey in silk is a monkey no less.
A man is known by the company he keeps.
A man is as old as he feels himself to be.
A man can die but once.
A loveless life is a living death.
A loaded wagon makes no noise.
A leopard cannot change its spots.
A guilty conscience needs no accuser.
A good example is the best sermon.
A good conscience is a soft pillow.
A good beginning makes a good end.
A friend to all is a friend to none.
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
A fool at forty is a fool forever.
A fool and his money are soon parted.
A flower blooms more than once.
A fault confessed is half redressed.
A change is as good as a rest.
A chain is no stronger than its weakest link.
A cat has nine lives.
A burnt child dreads the fire.
A burden of one's own choice is not felt.
A broken friendship may be soldered but will never be sound.
A bird in hand is worth two in a bush.
A bad workman blames his tools. | 
