1 A bad workman blames his tools.
2 A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
3 A contended mind is a continual feast
4 A cracked bell can never sound well.
5 A drowing man will catch at a straw.
6 A flow of words is no proof of wisdom.
7 A friend in need is a friend indeed.
8 A good beginning makes a good ending.
9 A good face needs no painting.
10 A good heart conquers ill-fortune.
11 A good tongue is a good weapon.
12 A guilty conscience needs no accuser.
13 A just war is better than an unjust peace.
14 A lie has no legs.
15 “A little learning is a dangerous thing”. ( – ALEXANDER POPE)

16 A man may lead a horse to the water, but not make him drink.
17 A man of courage never wants words.
18 A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds.
19 A rupee saved is a rupee gained.
20 A rolling stone gathers no moss.
21 A servant is known by his master’s absence.
22 A soft answer turns away anger.
23 A stitch in time saves nine.
24 A tree is known by its fruit.
25 After a storm comes a calm.
26 After dinner, sit a while; after supper, walk a mile.
27 Age considers youth ventures.
28 “All that glitters is not gold”. ( — WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE )
29 All work and no play makes jack a dull boy.
30 An idle brain is a devil’s workship.
31 An ounce of practice is worth tons of theory.
32 Art is long, life is short.
33 As is the father, so is the son.
34 As we sow, so we reap.
35 Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
36 Actions speak louder than words.
37 Among the blind the one-eyed man is a king.
38 An apple everyday keeps the doctor away.
39 Barking dogs seldom bite.
40 Be just before you are generous.
41 Be slow to promise, but quick to perform.
42 Beauty is a welcoming guest everywhere.
43 Beggars must not be choosers.
44 Benefits, like flowers, please most when they are fresh.
45 Better pay the cook than the doctor.
46 Better be alone than in a bad company.
47 Better late than never.
48 Beware of a silent dog and still water.
49 Birds of a feather flock together.
50 Bitter pills may have blessed effects.
51 Blood is thicker than water.
52 Borrowed garments never fit well.
53 “Brevity is the soul of wit”. ( — WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE )
54 By writing you learn to write.
55 Charity begins at home.
56 Cleanliness is next to Godliness.
57 Cut your coat according to your cloth.
58 Call a spade a spade.
59 Children are what you make them.
60 Coming events cast their shadows before.
61 Dead men tell no tales.
62 Death is the grand leveller.
63 Diamond cuts a diamond.
64 Distance lends enchantment to the view.
65 Desires are nourished by delays.
66 Despair gives courage to a coward.
67 Discontent is the first step in progress.
68 Discretion is the better part of valour.
69 Early to bed and early to rise make the man healthy, wealthy, and wise.
70 Eat to live, but not live to eat.
71 Empty vessels make much noise.
72 Every cloud has a silver lining.
73 Every man is the architect of his own fortune / future.
74 Example is better than precept.
75 Experience is the mother of wisdom.
76 Every ass loves to hear himself bray.
77 Every dog has his day.
78 Every law has a loop hole.
79 Every man has the defects of his own virtues.
80 Familiarity breeds contempt.
81 Fire and water are good servants, but bad masters.
82 First come first served.
83 First creep and then walk.
84 Fools rush where angels fear to tread.
85 For want of a nail the shoe is lost; for want of a shoe the horse is last; for want
of a horse the rider is lost.
86 Failure teacher’s success.
87 A fault confessed is half – redressed.
88 First impressions are most lasting.
89 Flatter brings friends, truth enemies.
90 Give the devil its due.
91 God helps those who help themselves.
92 Handsome is that handsome does.
93 Haste makes waste.
94 Hasty climber’s have sudden falls.
95 He lives long who laughs best.
96 He that goes a – borrowing goes a – sorrowing.
97 Hear much, speak little.
98 History repeats itself.
99 Honesty is the best policy.
100 Humility often gains more than pride.
101 Hunger breaks stone walls.
102 Half the world knows not how the other half lives.
103 He cannot speak well that cannot hold his tongue.
104 He commands well who obeys a wise man.
105 He knows most who speaks least.
106 Idleness is the root of all evil.
107 If the blind leads the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.
108 If wishes were horses, then beggars would ride.
109 Ingratitude is the daughter of pride.
110 If the mountain does not come to Muhammad, Muhammad must go to the mountain.
111 Jack of all trades is a master of none.
112 Judge not of men or things at first sight.
113 Knowledge is power.
114 Law makers should not be law breakers.
115 Law suits consume time, money, rest and friends.
116 Learn to say before you sing.
117 Learn weeping, and then you shall gain laughing.
118 Learn to walk before you run.
119 Learn wisdom by the follies of others.
120 Lend your money and lose your friends.
121 Life is half-spent before we know what it is.
122 Life is not a victory but a battle./ Life is love./ Life is a challenge
./ Life is a compromise./ Life is not a bed of roses.
123 Live to learn and learn to live.
124 Look before you leap.
125 Lost time is never regained.
126 Love begets love.
127 Lucky men need no counsel.
128 Little strokes fell great oaks.
129 Make hay while the sun shines or strike the iron when it is hot.
130 Man proposes, God disposes,
131 Manners and money make a gentleman.
132 Many drops make a shower.
133 Marriages are made in Heaven.
134 Might is right.
135 Misfortunes never come single; they come in a battalion.
136 Necessity is the mother of invention.
137 Necessity knows no law.
138 Never do things by halves.
139 Never judge from appearances. Appearances are deceptive.
140 No pains, no gains.
141 No rose without a thorn.
142 No smoke without a fire.
143 Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.
144 Nothing succeeds like success.
145 Nurture and good manners make a man.
146 Oaks will fall when reeds stand the storm.
147 Observation is the best teacher.
148 Oil and truth will come to the surface.
149 Old foxes want no tutors.
150 Old friends, old wines and old wood are the best.
151 One hour today is worth two tomorrow.
152 One must howl with the wolves.
153 One man’s meat is another man’s poison.
154 One swallow does not make a summer.
155 One sowth, another reapeth.
156 One thing well done is twice done.
157 Out of sight, out of mind.
158 Procrastination is the thief of time.
159 Prosperity makes friends, adversity tests them.
160 Ready money is ready medicine.
161 Reason and faith bind the man.
162 Rome was not built in a day.
163 Rule your passions, or they will rule you.
164 Self-preservation is the first law of Nature.
165 Slow and steady wins the race.
166 Something is better than nothing.
167 Spare the rod and spoil the child.
168 Spare when you are young, spend when you are old.
169 Speak well of the dead.
170 Speak well of your friend and nothing of your enemy.
171 Speech is silver, but silence is gold.
172 Still waters run deep.
173 “A thing of beauty is a joy for ever.” (– JOHN KEATS)
174 The best physicians are Dr. Quiet and Dr. Merry man.
175 “The child is the father of man” ( — WORDSWORTH)
176 The course of true love never runs smooth.
177 The cure may be worse than the disease.
178 The dogs bark, but the carvan goes on.
179 The devil can cite scripture for his purposes.
180 The early bird catches the worm.
181 The easiest way to dignity is humility.
182 The end justifies the means.
183 The face is the index of the mind.
184 There is many a slip between the cup and the lip.
185 There is a great force hidden in sweet command.
186 There is remedy for all things in death.
187 There is no education like adversity.
188 Think all you speak, but speak not all you think.
189 Time is a great healer and a revealer.
190 Time lost cannot be recalled.
191 “To err is human, to forgive divine,” ( — ALEXANDER . P)
192 Too many cooks spoil the broth.
193 Two heads are better than one.
194 Union is strength.
195 Valour can do little without discretion.
196 Variety is the spice of life.
197 War makes everything fair.
198 Waste not, want not.
199 “Walls make good neighbours.” ( — ROBERT FROST)
200 “Wear a soiled shirt, but buy a good book.” ( — K. VEERESHALINGAM)
201 What cannot be cured must be endured.
202 What is worth doing at all is worth doing well.
203 When the heart is full, the tongue will speak.
204 When you are in Rome, do as Romans do.
205 Where bees are, there is honey.
206 Marriage is of minds and hearts, but not bodies.
207 Wise men change their mind, fools never.
208 Wise men learn by other men’s mistakes, fools by their own.
209 You cannot eat your cake and have it too.
210 You cannot lose what you never had.
211 “Say little and hear all you can.” (– COWPER)
212 Discretion in speech is more than eloquence.
213 Men should use common words to say uncommon things.
214 No part of life can be free from duty.
215 The childhood shows the man as morning shows the day.
216 They never taste who always drink, They always talk who never think.
217 “Education is the manifestation of divinity in man.” (– SWAMI VIVEKANANDA)
218 Love is an ocean of emotions, entirely surrounded by expenses.
219 Its love, its love that makes the world go round.
220 If you want to be loved, love and be lovable.