| PROVERB |
| The early bird catches the worm. |
| Early to bed and early to rise, Makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise. |
| Easier said than done. |
| East or west, home is best. |
| Easy come, easy go. |
| An empty sack cannot stand upright. |
| Empty vessels make the most sound. |
| Every ass likes to hear himself bray. |
| Every cloud has a silver lining. |
| Every dog has his day. |
| Every horse thinks its own pack heaviest. |
| Every Jack must have his Jill. |
| Every little helps. |
| Every man is his own worst enemy. |
| Every medal has two sides. |
| Every oak must be an acorn. |
| Everything comes to him who waits. |
| Everything must have a beginning. |
| The exception proves the rule. |
| Experience is the mother of wisdom. |
| Experience is the teacher of fools. |
| An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth. |
| Familiarity breeds contempt. |
| Finder's keepers, loser's weepers. |
| Fine feathers make fine birds. |
| Fingers were made before forks. |
| The first blow is half the battle. |
| First catch your hare. |
| First come, first served. |
| The fish that nibbles at every bait will soon be caught. |
| A fool and his money are soon parted. |
| Fools rush in where angels fear to tread. |
| For the want of a nail the shoe was lost. |
| Forgive and forget. |
| Fortune favors the brave. |
| A friend in need is a friend indeed. |
| Eavesdroppers never hear any good of themselves. |
| The end justifies the means. |
| The end makes all equal. |
| An Englishman's house is his castle. |
| Enough is as good as a feast. |
| Even a worm will turn. |
| Even Homer sometimes nods. |
| Every cock crows on his own dunghill. |
| Every family has a skeleton in the cupboard. |
| Every flow must have its ebb. |
| Every law has a loophole. |
| Every man for himself, and the devil take the hindmost. |
| Every man has his price. |
| Every man has the defects of his own virtues. |
| Every why has a wherefore. |
| Everybody's business is nobody's business. |
| Everyone to his taste. |
| Evil to him who evil thinks. |
| Example is better than precept. |
| Exchange is no robbery. |
| Expectation is better than realization. |
| Extremes meet. |
| Faint heart never won fair lady. |
| The fairest rose is at last withered. |
| A fault confessed is half redressed. |
| Fine words butter no parsnips. |
| First impressions are most lasting. |
| First thrive and then wive. |
| Fling enough dirt and some will stick. |
| Footprints on the sands of time are not made by sitting down. |
| Forbidden fruit is sweetest. |
| A forced kindness deserves no thanks. |
| Forewarned is forearmed. |
| Fortune knocks at least once at every man's gate. |
| From the sublime to the ridiculous is but a step. |
| Full of courtesy, full of craft. |
