Old Sayings : H

Half a loaf is better than none. - John Heywood (c.1497-1580)
Half the truth is often a whole lie. - Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
Half the world knows not how the other half lives. - George Herbert (1593-1633)
Handsome is as handsome does. - Anthony Munday (1553-1633)
Happiness depends on ourselves. - Aristotle (384-322 BC)
Happiness is a state of mind. - unknown
Happiness isn’t a goal, it’s a by-product. - Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962)
Happy is as happy does. - unknown
Happy is the bride that the sun shines on. - Robert Herrick (1591-1674)
Happy is the person who learns from the misfortunes of others. - Aesop (c.620-560 BC)
Happy nations have no history. - Belgian (on war and peace)
Hard words break no bones. - unknown
Haste has no blessing.- Swahili (East African) (on patience)
Haste makes waste. - John Heywood (c.1497-1580)
Hasty climbers have sudden falls. - Robert Greene (c.1560-1592)
Have confidence in yourself and you can lick anything. - unknown
Have the courage of your convictions. - unknown
Having two ears and one tongue, we should listen twice as much as we speak. - Turkish (on discretion)
Hay is for horses. - Jonathan Swift (1667-1745)
He lives long who lives well. - J. Wilson (1553)
He that cannot endure the bad will not live to see the good. - Jewish Proverb
He that cannot obey, cannot command. - Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
He that complies against his will, is of the same opinion still. - Samuel Butler (1612-1680)
He that first cries out “stop thief” is often he that has stolen the treasure. - William Congreve (1670-1729)
He that goes aborrowing, goes asorrowing. - R. Taverner (1545)
He that hath a trade, hath an estate. - Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
He that is hard to please, may get nothing in the end. - Aesop (c.620-560 BC)
He that is rich need not live sparingly and he that can live sparingly need not be rich. - Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
He that lies down with the dogs riseth with fleas. - George Herbert (1593-1633)
He that pays for work before it’s done, has but a pennyworth for two pence. - Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
He that pays the piper, calls the tune. - unknown
He that resolves to mend hereafter, resolves not to mend now. - Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
He that respects himself is safe from others. - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882)
He that scatters thorns, let him not go barefoot. - Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
He that steals an egg will steal an ox. - George Herbert (1593-1633)
He that waits on fortune is never sure of a dinner. - Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
He that would eat the fruit, must climb the tree. - Scottish Proverb
He that would govern others, first should be the master of himself. - Phillip Massinger (1583-1640)
He that would live in peace and at ease, must not speak all he knows, nor judge all he sees. - Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
He who bites the hand that feeds him, ends up licking the boot that kicks him. - unknown )
He who flees at the right time can fight again. - Marcus Trentius Varro (c.116-27 BC)
He who has a why to live can bear almost any how. - Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900)
He who hesitates is lost. - Joseph Addison (1672-1719)
He who laughs last, laughs best. - Aesop (c.620-560 BC)
He who plots to hurt others often hurts himself. - Aesop (c.620-560 BC)
He who rules must fully humor as much as he commands. - George Eliot (1819-1880)
He who wants to do good, knocks at the gate; he who loves finds the gates open. - R. Tagore Thakur
Health is better than wealth. - unknown
Hear reason or she will make you feel her. - Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. - William Congreve (1670-1729)
Heroism consists of hanging on one minute longer. - Norwegian (on courage and fear)
His bark is worse than his bite. - George Herbert (1593-1632)
History repeats itself. - George Eliot (1819-1880)
Hit the nail on the head. - John Heywood (c.1497-1580)
Hold a true friend with both your hands. - Nigerian Proverb
Hold fast to the words of your ancestors. - Maori (on proverbs)
Home is where the heart is. - J.J. McCloskey (1870)
Honesty is the best policy. - Aesop (c.620-560 BC)
Honor is better than honors. - Flemish (on the conduct of life)
Hope for the best and prepare for the worst. - Thomas Norton & Thomas Sackville (1536-1608)
Hope is a good breakfast but a bad supper. - W. Rawley (1661)
Hope springs eternal. - Alexander Pope (1688-1744)
However long the night, the dawn will break. - African Proverb - Hausa Tribe
Human salvation lies in the hands of the creatively maladjusted. - Martin Luther King Jr.
Hunger drives the wolf out of the wood. - 14th Century French Proverb
Hunger is the best sauce. - French Proverb
Hurry is good only for catching flies. - Russian (on the conduct of life)
Hurry no man’s cattle; you may come to own a donkey yourself. - Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832)