More English Proverbs

They are not all saints who use holy waters... >>

Knock on wood.... >>

Nettles don't sting in the month of May.... >>

The calmest husbands make the stormiest wives.... >>

It is easier to pull down than to build up... >>

Other Proverbs

She is good who is close to the fire and does not burn.... (Spanish) >>

Children and fools have merry lives.... (French) >>

Be truly what thou wouldst be thought to be.... (French) >>

One may steal nothing save a lawyer's purse.... (French) >>

Nothing is so liberally given as advice.... (French) >>

Before St. John's Day for rain we pray, after that we get it anyway.

- English Proverb