English proverbs and sayings

You may lead a horse to the water, but you cannot make him drink.

Look before you leap, but having leapt never look back.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Who will break and who will bend.

When the fox preaches, take care of your geese.

A person is known by the company he keeps.

Behind every great man there's a great woman.

A watched pot never boils.

Into each life some rain must fall.

A friend is never known till needed.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

A good marksman may miss.

Not to know is bad, not to wish to know is worse.

No man is wise at all times.

Life is not a bed of roses.

Every man to his taste.