English Proverb

He that will not stoop for a pin will never be worth a pound.

Talk is cheap.

"Let us agree not to step on each other's feet " said the cock to the horse.

Still waters run deep.

Every man is the architect of his own fortune.

Two wrongs can never make a right.

Vengeance is a dish that should be eaten cold.

The mills of the gods grind slowly but they grind exceedingly fine.

A fool may ask more questions in an hour than a wise man can answer in seven years.

It never rains but it pours.

A nimble sixpence is better than a slow shilling.

A man of words and not of deeds Is like a garden full of weeds.

As old as the itch.

People who live in glass houses should not throw stones.

Every path has its puddle.

When a proud man hears another praised he feels himself injured.

He who despises his own life is soon master of another's.

He that seeks trouble always finds it.