More English Proverbs

Servants like ornaments should be used in their proper places.... >>

Proverbs are the children of experience.... >>

Some men go through a forest and see no firewood.... >>

Two wrongs do not make a right.... >>

There is but one good mother-in-law and she is dead... >>

Other Proverbs

There is no house without its hush! hush!... (Spanish) >>

The last drop makes the cup run over.... (French) >>

When an old man cannot drink, prepare his grave.... (Spanish) >>

Under a gold sheath a leaden knife.... (Spanish) >>

A great man's entreaty is a command.... (Spanish) >>

Every mile in winter is two.

- English Proverb