Proverbs From England

* Justice delayed is justice denied.

* An empty belly hears nobody.

* An idle mind is the devil’s workshop.

* An illiterate king is a crowned ass.

* Anger dies quickly with a good man.

* He declares himself guilty who justifies himself before accusation.

* He is lifeless that is faultless.

* A full cup must be carried steadily.

* A man is as old as he feels himself to be.

* Use soft words and hard arguments.

* Danger and delight grow on one stalk.

* Don’t fall before you’re pushed.

* Give neither advice nor salt, until you are asked for it.

* He that plants trees loves others besides himself.

* One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters.

* A bad penny always turns up.