A list of provers for literary analysis

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

A man is known by the company he keeps.

A man's home is his castle.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Actions speak louder than words.

After a storm comes a calm.

All good things must come to an end.

Justice delayed is justice denied.

Keep your mouth shut and your ears open.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Like father, like son.

Love is blind.

Love sees no faults.

One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters.

One good turn deserves another.

Only the wearer knows where the shoe pinches

Opportunity seldom knocks twice.

Practice makes perfect.

Prevention is better than cure.

The early bird catches the worm.

The first step is the hardest.

The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.

The last straw breaks the camel's back.

The older the fiddler, the sweeter the tune.

The pot calls the kettle black.

There's a black sheep in every flock.

There's no fool like an old fool.

There's no place like home.

Things are not always what they seem.

A hero is a man who is afraid to run away.

As you make your bed, so you must lie in it.

A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner.

A stumble may prevent a fall.

Use soft words and hard arguments.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

He that seeks trouble never misses.

A burnt child dreads the fire.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Sometimes you must be cruel to be kind.

The ship that will not obey the helm will have to obey the rocks.

Two wrongs do not make a right.