English 19th Century Proverbs Proverbs Quotations

A man who is his own lawyer has a fool for his client.

One white foot, buy him; two white feet, try him; three white feet, look well about him; four white feet, go without him.

Happy is the country that has no history.

One for the mouse, one for the crow, one to rot, one to grow.

On the first of March, the crows begin to search.

Robin Hood could brave all weathers but a thaw wind.

Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.

Never marry for money, but marry where money is.

Providence is always on the side of the big battalions.

The man who is born in a stable is not a horse.

Nothing so bad but it might have been worse.

Yorkshire born and Yorkshire bred, strong in the arm and weak in the head.

A man is as old as he feels, and a woman as old as she looks.

A sow may whistle, though it has an ill mouth for it.

Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone.

Scratch a Russian and you find a Tartar.

Revenge is a dish that can be eaten cold.