More English Proverbs

Give neither advice nor salt, until you are asked for it.... >>

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

A wicked book is the wickeder because it cannot repent.... >>

Honesty is the best policy.... >>

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

Other Proverbs

Long absence changes friends.... (French) >>

Happy is the man who has a handsome wife close to an abbey.... (French) >>

One must talk soothingly to the dog until one has passed him... (French) >>

With an old husband's hide one buys a young one.... (French) >>

Rage avails less than courage.... (French) >>

Think of ease, but work on.

- English Proverb