More English Proverbs

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

An empty belly hears nobody.... >>

Beware of a man of one book.... >>

Better the devil you know than the devil you don't know.... >>

Autumn steals summer like a thief.... >>

Other Proverbs

Sadness and gladness succeed each other.... (French) >>

He who does good to you either dies or goes away.... (Spanish) >>

Jest so that it may not turn to earnest.... (Spanish) >>

Good, that comes too late, is good as nothing.... (Spanish) >>

He that would be healthy, must eat temperately, and sup earl... (Spanish) >>

It is an equal failing to trust everybody and to trust nobody.

- English Proverb