More English Proverbs

Despair gives courage to a coward.... >>

If a hen does not prate she'll never lay.... >>

Age and wedlock bring a man to his nightcap.... >>

An illiterate king is a crowned ass.... >>

A cold April the barn will fill.... >>

Other Proverbs

Travellers from afar can lie with impunity.... (French) >>

Everything does not fall that totters.... (French) >>

Like breeds like.... (French) >>

He has great need of a fool who makes himself one.... (French) >>

'Twixt the cup and the lip there's many a slip.... (French) >>

A lawyer never goes to law himself

- English Proverb