| PROVERB |
| Paddle your own canoe. |
| Patience is a virtue. |
| The pen is mightier than the sword. |
| Penny wise, pound foolish. |
| A place for everything, and everything in its place. |
| Pleasant hours fly fast. |
| The pot called the kettle black. |
| Poverty is no sin. |
| Practice makes perfect. |
| Practise what you preach. |
| Prevention is better than cure. |
| The proof of the pudding is in the eating. |
| The purse of the patient protracts the disease. |
| Put the saddle on the right horse. |
| Rats desert a sinking ship. |
| Respect is greater from a distance. |
| A rich man's joke is always funny. |
| A rolling stone gathers no moss. |
| Rome was not built in a day. |
| The rotten apple injures its neighbors. |
| Saying is one thing and doing another. |
| Seeing is believing. |
| Set a thief to catch a thief. |
| Silence is golden. |
| Slow and steady wins the race. |
| Slow but sure wins the race. |
| A soft answer turneth away wrath. |
| Some are wise and some are otherwise. |
| Some people cannot see the wood for the trees. |
| Spare the rod and spoil the child. |
| Speak the truth and shame the devil. |
| Speech is silver, silence is golden. |
| The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak. |
| Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me. |
| A still tongue makes a wise head. |
| Still waters run deep. |
| A stitch in time saves nine. |
| The strength of the chain is in the weakest link. |
| Strike while the iron is hot. |
| Success has many friends. |
| Per ardua ad astra. |
| The pitcher goes so often to the well that it is broken at last. |
| Possession is nine points of the law. |
| Pouring oil on the fire is not the way to quench it. |
| Praise makes good men better and bad men worse. |
| Praise without profit puts little in the pot. |
| Procrastination is the thief of time. |
| Promises are like pie-crust, made to be broken. |
| The proper study of mankind is man. |
| A prophet is not without honor, save in his own country, and in his own house. |
| Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them. |
| Providence is always on the side of the big batallions. |
| Punctuality is the politeness of kings. |
| Queen Anne is dead. |
| Rain before seven, fine before eleven. |
| The receiver is as bad as the thief. |
| The remedy may be worse than the disease. |
| Revenge is sweet. |
| The road to hell is paved with good intentions. |
| A rose by any other name would smell as sweet. |
| Safety lies in the middle course. |
| Second thoughts are best. |
| Self-praise is no recommendation. |
| Self-preservation is the first law of nature. |
| Set a beggar on horseback and he'll ride to the devil. |
| Share and share alike. |
| The shortest way round is the longest way home. |
| Silence gives consent. |
| So many countries, so many customs. |
| Sow the wind and reap the whirlwind. |
| Speak fair and think what you like. |
| Speak well of the dead. |
| The sting of a reproach is the truth of it. |
| Stolen pleasures are sweetest. |
| A straw will show which way the wind blows. |
| Stretch your legs according to your coverlet. |
| Submitting to one wrong brings on another. |
| Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof. |
| The sun is never the worse for shining on a dunghill. |
| Sweet are the uses of adversity. |
