| PROVERB |
| Accidents will happen in the best-regulated families. |
| Adam's ale is the best brew. |
| Advice when most needed is least heeded. |
| After the storm comes the calm. |
| All's fair in love and war. |
| All's fish that comes to the net. |
| All lay loads on a willing horse. |
| All roads lead to Rome. |
| Any port in a storm. |
| Appearances are deceptive. |
| The apples on the other side of the wall are the sweetest. |
| As well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb. |
| Avoid a questioner, for he is also a tattler. |
| A bad penny always comes back. |
| A bad shearer never had a good sickle. |
| The bait hides the hook. |
| Be just before you are generous. |
| The beaten road is the safest. |
| Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. |
| The best is often the enemy of the good. |
| Better be a fool than a knave. |
| Better be an old man's darling than a young man's slave. |
| Better the devil you know than the devil you don't know. |
| Better to ask the way than go astray. |
| Between two stools you fall to the ground. |
| The biter is sometimes bit. |
| Blessed is he who expects nothing for he shall never be disappointed. |
| Bread is the staff of life. |
| Brevity is the soul of wit. |
| The bull must be taken by the horns. |
| A bully is always a coward. |
| Burn not your house to fright the mouse away. |
