More English Proverbs

Only the wearer knows where the shoe pinches... >>

May as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.... >>

Scratch an Englishman, find a seaman.... >>

It is a bold mouse that nestles in the cat's ear.... >>

If thou canst not see the bottom, wade not.... >>

Other Proverbs

Tomorrow is often the busiest day of the week.... (Spanish) >>

A bad workman never finds a good tool.... (French) >>

A mansion pulled down is half built up again.... (French) >>

A courtier should be without feeling and without honour.... (French) >>

He that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent... (Biblical) >>

The old ox plows a straight furrow.

- English Proverb