| PROVERB |
| Give a dog a bad name and hang him. |
| Give a thief enough rope and he'll hang himself. |
| Give and take. |
| Give credit where credit is due. |
| Give the devil his due. |
| God helps those who help themselves. |
| God made the country, and man made the town. |
| The gods send nuts to those who have no teeth. |
| The golden age was never the present age. |
| A golden key opens every door. |
| Good fences make good neighbors. |
| A good name is sooner lost than won. |
| The grapes are sour. |
| Great oaks from little acorns grow. |
| Half a loaf is better than no bread. |
| The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world. |
| Harp not for ever on the same string. |
| Haste makes waste. |
| He gives twice who gives quickly. |
| He is rich that has few wants. |
| He laughs best who laughs last. |
| He that cannot obey cannot command. |
| He that has a great nose thinks everybody is speaking of it. |
| He that is down need fear no fall. |
| He travels the fastest who travels alone. |
| He who begins many things, finishes but few. |
| He who hesitates is lost. |
| He who makes no mistakes makes nothing. |
| He who pays the piper calls the tune. |
| He who rides a tiger is afraid to dismount. |
| He who says what he likes shall hear what he does not like. |
| He who would climb the ladder must begin at the bottom. |
| Health is wealth. |
| Heaven helps those who help themselves. |
| A heavy purse makes a light heart. |
| A hedge between keeps friendships green. |
| Help a lame dog over a stile. |
| History repeats itself. |
| Honesty is the best policy. |
| Hope for the best and prepare for the worst. |
| Hunger is the best sauce. |
| Give a lie twenty-four hours' start, and you can never overtake it. |
| Give knaves an inch and they will take a yard. |
| Give us the tools, and we will finish the job. |
| Gluttony kills more than the sword. |
| God is always on the side of the big batallions. |
| God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb. |
| Good company on the road is the shortest cut. |
| A good husband makes a good wife. |
| A good tale is none the worse for being told twice. |
| Good wine needs no bush. |
| Grasp all, lose all. |
| A great city, a great solitude. |
| The greatest talkers are the least doers. |
| A growing youth has a wolf in his belly. |
| Half the world knows not how the other half lives. |
| Happy is the country that has no history. |
| Haste trips over its own heels. |
| He cannot speak well that cannot hold his tongue. |
| He should have a long spoon that sups with the devil. |
| He that commits a fault thinks everyone speaks of it. |
| He that fights and runs away may live to fight another day. |
| He that hath a full purse never wanted a friend. |
| He that hath not silver in his purse should have silk in his tongue. |
| He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune. |
| He that will not when he may, when he will he shall have nay. |
| He that would eat the kernel must crack the nut. |
| He that would have eggs must endure the cackling of hens. |
| He that would the daughter win, must with the mother first begin. |
| He who denies all confesses all. |
| He who excuses himself accuses himself. |
| He who gives fair words feeds you with an empty spoon. |
| He who goes against the fashion is himself its slave. |
| He who handles a nettle tenderly is soonest stung. |
| He who peeps through a hole may see what will vex him. |
| Hide not your light under a bushel. |
| The highest branch is not the safest roost. |
| Hitch your wagon to a star. |
| Hoist your sail when the wind is fair. |
| Hope deferred makes the heart sick. |
| Hope springs eternal in the human breast. |
| A house divided against itself cannot stand. |
| Hypocrisy is a homage that vice pays to virtue. |
