Your sins will find you out.

More American Proverbs

• Your ignorance is your worst enemy.
• Clean your own doorstep before you clean someone else’s.
• Colleges hate geniuses, just as convents hate saints.
• Conceit is the self satisfaction of a jackass.
• Contempt is the best return for scurrility.
• Cows can catch no rabbits.
• An educated fool is dangerous.
• An empty sack won’t stand alone.
• The real owners of the land are not yet born.
• If you have wit and learning, add to it wisdom and modesty.
• Abuse is like a god that destroys his master.
• Accidents will happen in the best of families.
• Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. Do as you would be done by.
• Answer a fool according to his folly.
• Anytime means no time.
• Adversity flatters no man.
• There’s more than one way to beat the devil around the bush.
• Here today, gone tomorrow.
• The garment of peace never fades.
• The greatest art is the art of life.
• Comparisons make enemies of our friends.
• Industry need not wish.
• Ambition is like hunting for whales – sometimes you lose them.
• The obvious choice is usually a quick regret.
• The opera isn’t over till the fat lady sings.
• An idle brain is the devil’s workshop.
• The saddest dog sometimes wags its tail.