English Proverbs & Sayings part-9

Hard words break no bones.

Hares may pull dead lions by the beard.

Harm watch, harm catch.

Haste makes waste.

Hasty climbers have sudden falls.

Hate not at the first harm.

Hatred is blind, as well as love.

Hawks will not pick hawks' eyes.

He begins to die that quits his desires.

He cannot speak well that cannot hold his tongue.

He carries fire in one hand and water in the other.

He dances well to whom fortune pipes.

He gives twice who gives in a trice.

He goes long barefoot that waits for dead man's shoes.

He is a fool that forgets himself.

He is a good friend that speaks well of us behind our backs.

He is happy that thinks himself so.

He is lifeless that is faultless.

He is not fit to command others that cannot command himself.

He is not laughed at that laughs at himself first.

He is not poor that has little, but he that desires much.

He jests at scars that never felt a wound.

He knows best what good is that has endured evil.

He knows how many beans make five.

He knows much who knows how to hold his tongue.

He laughs best who laughs last.

He lives long that lives well.

He must needs swim that is held up by the chin.

He should have a long spoon that sups with the devil.

He smells best that smells of nothing.

He that comes first to the hill may sit where he will.

He that commits a fault thinks everyone speaks of it.

He that does you an i!i turn will never forgive you.

He that fears every bush must never go a-birding.

He that fears you present wiil hate you absent.

He that goes a borrowing, goes a sorrowing.

He that goes barefoot must not plant thorns.

He that has a full purse never wanted a friend.

He that has a great nose thinks everybody is speaking of it.

He that has an ill name is half hanged.

He that has no children knows not what love is.

He that has He head needs no hat.

He that has no money needs no purse.

He that is born to be hanged shall never be drowned.

He that is full of himself is very empty.

He that is ill to himself will be good to nobody.

He that is warm thinks all so.

He that knows nothing doubts nothing.

He that lies down with dogs must rise up with fleas.

He that lives with cripples learns to limp.

He that mischief hatches, mischief catches.

He that never climbed never fell.

He that once deceives is ever suspected.

He that promises too much means nothing.

He that respects not is not respected.

He that seeks trouble never misses.

He that serves everybody is paid by nobody.

He that serves God for money will serve the devil for better wages.

He that spares the bad injures the good.

He that talks much errs much.

He that talks much lies much.

He that will eat the kernel must crack the nut.

He that will not when he may, when he will he shall have nay.

He that will steal an egg will steal an ox.

He that will thrive, must rise at five.

He that would eat the fruit must climb the tree.

He that would have eggs must endure the cackling of hens.

He who is born a fool is never cured.

He who hesitates is lost.

He who likes borrowing dislikes paying.

He who makes no mistakes, makes nothing.

He who pleased everybody died before he was born.

He who says what he likes, shall hear what he doesn't like.

He who would catch fish must not mind getting wet.

He who would eat the nut must first crack the shell.

He who would search for pearls must dive below.

He will never set the Thames on fire.

He works best who knows his trade.

Head cook and bottle-washer.

Health is not valued till sickness comes.

His money burns a hole in his pocket.

Honesty is the best policy.

Honey is not for the ass's mouth.

Honey is sweet, but the bee stings.

Honour and profit lie not in one sack.

Honours change manners.

Hope is a good breakfast, but a bad supper.

Hope is the poor man's bread.

Hunger breaks stone walls.

Hunger finds no fault with cookery.

Hunger is the best sauce.

Hungry bellies have no ears.

Idle folks lack no excuses.

Idleness is the mother of all evil.

Idleness rusts the mind.

If an ass (donkey) bray at you, don't bray at him.

If ifs and ans were pots and pans.

If my aunt had been a man, she'd have been my uncle.

If the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.

If the sky falls, we shall catch larks.