English proverbs

Beer before liquor, you'll never be sicker, but liquor before beer and you're in the clear.

If wishes were horses, then beggers would ride, but you better not think about going outside.

With one child you may walk; with two you may ride; when you have three, at home you must bide.

A cobbler formed the shape of shoes on a wooden foot shaped last. If it lasted long he was happy.

The person who is tired will find time to sleep. A person with a bad name is already half hanged.

The village slatternly wench has the form of a dove, the heart of a fox, and the mind of an toad.

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.

If you want to be happy for a year, plant a garden; if you want to be happy for life, plant a tree.

A degenerate nobleman is like a turnip. There is nothing good of him but that which is underground.

In the morning be first up, and in the evening last to go to bed, for they that sleep catch no fish.

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