P R O V E R B S  

• A bad workmen blames his tools.
• A change is as good as a rest.
• A leopard can't change its spots.
• All things in moderation, and moderation in all things.
• All he world's a stage and all the men tahd women merely players.
• All work no play makes Jack a dull boy.
• A man is known by the company he keeps.
• An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
• Carelessness brings its own punishment.
• Christmas comes but once a year.
• Don't bite off more than you can chew.
• Don't let the cat out of the bag.
• Don't put all your eggs in one basket.
• Don't spoil the ship for a ha'p'orth of tar.
• East is east and west is west and never the twain shall meet.
• East, west, Home's best.
• Every dog has his day.
• Half of a loaf is better than no bread at all.
• He who laughs last, laughs longest.
• Hunger is the best sauce.
• In a calm sea everyman is a pilot.
• It's never too late to mend.
• It's no good shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted.
• It's no use crying over the split milk.
• It takes all sorts to make a world.
• Let sleeping dogs lie.
• Little strokes fall great oaks.
• Live and Learn
• Look after the pennies and the pounds will look after themselves.
• Look before you leap.
• "March winds, and April showers." /"Bring forth May flowers."
• Mary in haste, repent at leisure.
• No gains without pains.
• Penny wise pound foolish.
• Pride comes before a fall.
• Suit the action to the word-The word to the action.
• The more you go, the more you know.
• There's no place like home.
• Time and tide waits for no man.
• Two's company, three's a crowd.
• You can't make a silk purse out of a cow's ear.
• While cat's away the mice will play.
• The early bird gets the worm
• A journey of 100 miles begins with one step
• People who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones
• A chain is no stronger than its weakest link.
• Money is a good servant and a bad master.
• An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
• Constant dripping wears away stone
• Experience is the best Teacher.
• A stitch in time saves nine.
• It never rains but it pours.
• Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration.
• He has too many irons in the fire.
• If you would know the value of money, go and try to borrow some.
• Beauty is only skin deep
• The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.
• Don’t count your chickens before they are hatched.
• Don’t cut off your nose to spite your face.
• A wise monkey is a monkey who doesn't mess with another monkey's monkey.
• A friend is one who thinks you are a good egg even if you are slightly cracked.
• Oh Lord, Fill my mouth with worthwhile stuff and nudge me when I've said enough.
• Sometimes I sits and thinks and sometimes I just sits.
• A moment on the lips, a lifetime on the hips.
• One bird in your hand is worth more than two birds in the bush.
• What you see is what you get.
• Mama told me there would be days like this.
• Abscense makes the heart grow fonder.
• See no evil, Hear no evil, Speak no evil.
• You win a few, You lose a few, and the others get rained out.
• Pretty is as pretty does.
• Hindsite is always 20 20.
• Life's a dance, you learn as you go, sometimes you lead, sometimes you follow.
• Birds of a feather flock together.
• If it walks like a duck, talks like a duck, it usually is a duck
• What goes around, Comes around.