A dictionary of Proverbs (Oxford Paperback Reference)

professions see trades and skills
property
you BUY land, you buy stones..
what you HAVE, hold
when HOUSE and land are gone..
LEARNING is better than house and land
POSSESSION is nine points of the law
prosperity see good fortune
providence
GOD helps them that help themselves
GOD makes the back to the burden
GOD never sends mouths but He sends meat
GOD tempers the wind to the shorn lamb
HEAVEN protects children, sailors, and drunken men
MAN proposes, God disposes
PROVIDENCE is always on the side of the big battalions
TRUST in God but tie your camel
prudence see also caution; thrift
it is BEST to be on the safe side
BETTER be safe than sorry a BIRD in the hand..
DISCRETION is the better part of valour
don’t put all your EGGS in one basket
FOREWARNED is forearmed
FULL cup, steady hand
one HAND for yourself and one for the ship
when you are in a HOLE, stop digging
JOUK and let the jaw go by
if you want PEACE, you must prepare for war PREVENTION is better than cure
it is easier to RAISE the Devil..
SECOND thoughts are best
it is ill SITTING at Rome and striving with the Pope a STITCH in time saves nine
STRETCH your arm no further than your sleeve will reach everyone STRETCHES his legs according to the length of his coverlet don’t THROW out your dirty water..
don’t THROW the baby out with the bathwater put your TRUST in God, and keep your powder dry don’t go near the WATER until you learn how to swim
public opinion see also reputation
COMMON fame is seldom to blame what EVERYBODY says must be true what MANCHESTER says today..
no SMOKE without fire
everyone SPEAKS well of the bridge which carries him over
public relations
GOOD wine needs no bush
you can’t PLEASE everyone
any PUBLICITY is good publicity
punctuality
FIRST up, best dressed
PUNCTUALITY is the politeness of princes
PUNCTUALITY is the soul of business
SHORT reckonings make long friends
quarrelsomeness
it’s ill speaking between a FULL man and a fasting
a HOUSE divided cannot stand
TWO of a trade never agree
it takes TWO to make a quarrel