Quotes from English proverb

Speak not of my debts unless you mean to pay them.

Don't fall before you're pushed.

In time of prosperity friends will be plenty; In time of adversity not one in twenty

A hero is a man who is afraid to run away.

A good beginning makes a good end.

Marriage halves our griefs, doubles our joys, and quadruples our expenses.

A man without a mustache is like tea without sugar.

The footprint of the owner is the best manure.

Affectation is a greater enemy to the face than smallpox.

What do you suppose? A bee sat on my nose. Then what do you think? He gave me a wink And said, "I beg your pardon, I thought you were the garden."

He who eats until he is sick must fast until he is well.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

A stumble may prevent a fall.

Beware of a man of one book.

One doctor makes work for another.

They are not all saints who use holy water.

Many are the starrs I see, but in my eye no starr like thee.

Do not fall before you are pushed.

A good maxim is never out of season.

When the head aches, all the body is the worse.

A full cup must be carried steadily.

A man is as old as he feels himself to be.

A man's first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own heart, his next to escape the censures of the world.

A smooth sea never made a skilled mariner.