English Proverbs & Sayings part-2

A good Jack makes a good Jill.

A good marksman may miss.

A good name is better than riches.

A good name is sooner lost than won.

A good name keeps its luster in the dark.

A good wife makes a good husband.

A great dowry is a bed full of brambles.

A great fortune is a great slavery.

A great ship asks deep waters.

A guilty conscience needs no accuser.

A hard nut to crack.

A heavy purse makes a light heart.

A hedge between keeps friendship green.

A honey tongue, a heart of gall.

A hungry belly has no ears.

A hungry man is an angry man.

A Jack of all trades is master of none.

A Joke never gains an enemy but often loses a friend.

A lawyer never goes to law himself.

A lazy sheep thinks its wool heavy.

A liar is not believed when he speaks the truth.

A lie begets a lie.

A light purse is a heavy curse.

A light purse makes a heavy heart.

A little body often harbours a great soul.

A little fire is quickly trodden out.

A man can die but once.

A man can do no more than he can.

A man is known by the company he keeps.

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

A miserly father makes a prodigal son.

A miss is as good as a mile.

A new broom sweeps clean.

A nod from a lord is a breakfast for a fool.

A penny saved is a penny gained.

A penny soul never came to two pence.

A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

A round peg in a square hole.

A shy cat makes a proud mouse.

A silent fool is counted wise.

A small leak will sink a great ship.

A soft answer turns away wrath.

A sound mind in a sound body.

A stitch in time saves nine.

A storm in a teacup.

A tattler is worse than a thief.

A thief knows a thief as a wolf knows a wolf.

A thief passes for a gentleman when stealing has made him rich.

A threatened blow is seldom given.