More English Proverbs

Better wear out shoes than sheets.... >>

Young men's knocks old men feel.... >>

The best manure is under the farmer's foot... >>

The Devil's children have the Devil's luck.... >>

The golden age never was the present age.... >>

Other Proverbs

Beware of a reconciled friend as of the devil.... (Spanish) >>

It takes two to make a bargain.... (American) >>

The heart leads whither it goes.... (French) >>

The richest man carries nothing away with him but a shroud.... (French) >>

There is no chapel so small but has its saint.... (French) >>

Prosperity discovers vices, and adversity virtue.

- English Proverb