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DICTIONARY

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"The genius, wit, and spirit of a nation are discovered by their proverbs."--LORD BACON.

PREFACE.

Long before writing and books were in common use, proverbs were the principal means of imparting instruction. In modern times there is not so much need to apply these old sayings as a means of educating the people, but they are still constantly met with in the newspapers and in general literature, and they are rightly considered as "The texts of common life."

The late Earl Russell very aptly described a proverb as "The wisdom of many and the wit of one." We value proverbs chiefly as moral maxims teaching some practical lesson set forth in concise, pithy sentences, which are fixed in the memory without effort, and retained without being burdensome. They have been found useful for guidance in almost every condition of life; but, on the other hand, it is quite true that many dangerous precepts have been propounded in proverbs, and some of the older ones gave such questionable advice, or were couched in such objectionable language, that they have been very properly omitted from every collection intended, as this is, for general use. Other old proverbs have become obsolete, and as their meaning is now obscure, they have not been included in the Dictionary.

This series of "Handy Books" would hardly be complete without a collection of English Proverbs. Many books on the subject have been written, but it is hoped that this collection will, in some respects, be found to be an improvement on all its predecessors. Like The Dictionary of Daily Blunders, this Dictionary of English Proverbs has been framed so as to enable the reader to find what he wants without difficulty. The Dictionary itself is arranged according to the principal words, and there is also a Copious Index of additional principal words.

Other modern collections profess to give an "Alphabetical Index," but such an index is of little use when we find that it is framed on the rule that because a proverb begins with the article A, it should therefore be indexed under that letter. As, "A bald head is soon shaven." In another similar Index we find the proverb, "'Tis the second blow makes the fray," inserted under the letter T. In one index of this kind there are no less than twenty-two pages of A's and almost as many of The's. Indeed the whole index is compiled without the slightest regard to the subject of the proverbs. On this subject Disraeli, in his essay on the "Philosophy of Proverbs," says "The arrangement of proverbs has baffled the ingenuity of every one of their collectors. Ray, after long premeditation, has chosen a system with the appearance of an alphabetical order, but it turns out that his system is no system, and his alphabet is no alphabet. After ten years' labour the good man could only arrange his proverbs by commonplaces." In this little Dictionary, as we have already stated, the proverbs are arranged in alphabetical order, according to the leading words, and are consecutively numbered. But, in order to avoid repetition (as most of the proverbs contain, at least, two leading words), the subject words are used for the Dictionary, and the other principal words will be found in the Index, with a numerical reference to the proverb. The great advantage of this arrangement is, that if only one important word of a proverb be remembered, that word can be turned to in the Dictionary, and, if not found there, will certainly be in the Index. Nearly two thousand of the leading words are thus indexed--enough to make it almost impossible to miss finding what is wanted. This plan has also the effect of bringing together the proverbs on kindred subjects, which is often a matter of importance to writers, and is, moreover, most amusing to those who only read the book to while away a leisure hour. Ready reference is further facilitated in the Index by the addition of associated words. If one word only had been given, the reader might have had to refer to eleven proverbs before he found the one he required; as, for example, in the case of Dog.

It may be convenient to state that the Dictionary has been compiled principally from Ray's collection, first published in 1670. The remainder of the proverbs have been collected from ancient and modern literature; but some few of them will not be found in any other published collection.

It only remains to remind the reader that this is a collection of ENGLISH Proverbs only; and we may appropriately conclude our Preface with a further extract from Disraeli's essay, wherein he very justly remarks that "The experience of life will throw a perpetual freshness over these short and simple texts; every day may furnish a new commentary; and we may grow old and still find novelty in proverbs by their perpetual application."

A Dictionary of English Proverbs.

1. ABSENCE. Absence cools moderate passions, and inflames violent ones.

2. ABSENT. The absent are always at fault.

3. ABSENT. Long absent, soon forgotten.

4. ACHING TEETH. Who hath aching teeth, hath ill tenants.

5. ADVERSITY. Adversity makes a man wise, not rich.

6. ADVERSITY. Adversity tries friends.

7. ADVERSITY. Adversity flattereth no man.

8. ADVICE. Give neither advice nor salt until you are asked for it.

9. ADVICE. What every one asks, what every one gives, but what very few take--advice.

10. ADVICE. In vain he craves advice who will not follow it.

11. ADVICE. Advice comes too late when a thing is done.

12. AFRAID OF WOUNDS. He that's afraid of wounds must not come nigh a battle.

13. AFRAID. More afraid than hurt.

14. AGE. Age before honesty.

15. AGE (OLD). Old age is honourable.

16. AGREE. Two of a trade seldom agree.

17. AGREE. Agree, for law is costly.

18. AGUE.

An ague in the spring, Is physic for a king.

19. AGUES. Agues come on horseback, but go away on foot.

20. AIR. A man cannot live by the air.

21. ALCHEMY. No alchemy like saving.

22. ALE. Good ale is meat, drink, and cloth.

23. ALE.

He that buys land buys many stones, He that buys flesh buys many bones, He that buys eggs buys many shells, He that buys ale buys nothing else.

24. ALE-HOUSE. Every one has a penny to spend at a new ale-house.

25. ALL'S WELL. All's well that ends well.

26. ALL THINGS.

No living man All things can.

27. ALMOST. Almost was never hanged.

28. ALMS. Steal the goose, and give the giblets in alms.

29. ANGER. Anger is short-lived in a good man.

30. ANGER. Keep from the anger of a great man.

31. ANGRY MEN. Angry men seldom want woe.

32. ANGRY. He that is angry without a cause must be pleased without amends.

33. ANOTHER'S BURDEN. None knows the weight of another's burden.

34. APPLES.

Apples, eggs, and nuts, One may eat after sluts.

35. APRIL. April and May are the keys of the year.

36. APRIL.

When April blows his horn, It's both good for hay and corn.

37. APRIL. April borrows three days of March, and they are ill.

38. APRIL SHOWERS.

March winds and April showers Bring forth May flowers.

39. ARGUS. Argus at home, but a mole abroad.

40. ASHAMED. Never be ashamed to eat your meat.

41. ASHES. Every man must eat a peck of ashes before he dies.

42. ASK. Ask but enough, and you may lower as you list.

43. ASK. Ask thy purse what thou shouldst buy.

44. ASKING. Lose nothing for asking.

45. ASS. The ass that brays most, eats least.

46. ASS. Every ass thinks himself worthy to stand with the king's horses.

47. AUGUST.

August dry and warm, Harvest doth no harm.

48. AUGUST.

If the twenty-fourth of August be fair and clear, Then hope for a prosperous autumn that year.

49. AUGUST. A wet August never brings dearth.

50. AUTHOR. Like author, like book.

51. BACHELORS. Bachelors grin, but married men laugh till their hearts ache.

52. BACHELORS' WIVES. Bachelors' wives and maids' children are always well taught.

53. BAD. Where bad's the best, naught must be the choice.

54. BAD COMPANY. Better be alone than in bad company.

55. BAD DAY. A bad day never hath a good night.

56. BAD MARKET. He that cannot abide a bad market deserves not a good one.

57. BAGPIPE. Bring not a bagpipe to a man in trouble.

58. BAGS. He is most loved that hath most bags.

59. BAIL. Be bail and pay for it.

60. BALANCE. The balance distinguishes not between gold and lead.

61. BALD HEAD. A bald head is soon shaven.

62. BANQUET. There's no great banquet but some fare ill.

63. BARBER'S CHAIR. Like a barber's chair, fit for every buttock.

64. BARBER. One barber shaves not so close but another finds work.

65. BAREFOOTED. Barefooted men should not tread on thorns.

66. BARE FOOT. Better a bare foot than no foot at all.

67. BARGAIN. Make the best of a bad bargain.

68. BARGAIN. A bargain is a bargain.

69. BARGAIN. At a great bargain make a great pause.

70. BARK. What! keep a dog and bark myself?

71. BARKERS. The greatest barkers are not always the sorest biters.

72. BARLEY.

When the sloe-tree is as white as a sheet, Sow your barley, whether it be dry or wet.

73. BARLEYCORN. Sir John Barleycorn is the strongest knight.

74. BARLEY STRAW. Barley straw's good fodder when the cow gives water.

75. BARREL. You cannot know wine by the barrel.

76. BATCHELOR. Commend a wedded life, but keep thyself a batchelor.

77. BEAN. Every bean has its black.

78. BEANS. Sow beans in the mud, they'll grow like wood.

79. BEANS. Beans should blow before May doth go.

80. BEAR. A man may bear till his back breaks.

81. BEAR. Bear and forbear.

82. BEAR. Bear with evil and expect good.

83. BEAT. 'Tis easy to find a staff to beat a dog.

84. BEATEN. Better to be beaten than be in bad company.

85. BEATEN.

A spaniel, a woman, and a walnut tree, The more they're beaten the better they be.

86. BEAUTY. Beauty buys no beef.

87. BEAUTY. Beauty is no inheritance.

88. BEAUTY. Beauty is but skin deep.

89. BED. As you make your bed so you must lie on it.

90. BED. He who lies long in bed his estate feels it.

91. BEES.

A swarm of bees in May is worth a load of hay, But a swarm of bees in July is not worth a fly.

92. BEES. Where bees are there is honey.

93. BEFORE. He that hires the horse must ride before.

94. BEGGAR. Better be a beggar than a fool.

95. BEGGAR. A beggar can never be bankrupt.

96. BEGGAR. The beggar is never out of his way.

97. BEGGARS. Beggars must not be choosers.

98. BEGGARS. Beggars on horseback will ride to the devil.

99. BEGGARY. Trash and trumpery is the highway to beggary.

100. BEGGING. Begging is an ill trade on a fast-day.

101. BEGINNING. A good beginning makes a good ending.

102. BEGINNING. Such a beginning, such an end.

103. BEGIN WELL. Good to begin well; better to end well.

104. BEGUN. Well begun is half done.

105. BEHIND. When two ride together one must ride behind.

106. BELIEVE. You would make me believe the moon is made of green cheese.

107. BELIEVE. Believe well and have well.

108. BELL. Fear not the loss of the bell more than the loss of the steeple.

109. BEND. Bend the twig while it is young.

110. BENT. As the twig is bent the tree's inclined.

111. BEST. The best is cheapest.

112. BEST. The best lie is the worst.

113. BEST. Make the best of a bad bargain.

114. BEST DOG. Let the best dog leap the stile first.

115. BET. Any fool can bet.

116. BETTER. The better the day, the better the deed.

117. BEWARE. Beware of "Had I wist."

118. BIDDEN. Do as you are bidden and you'll never be to blame.

119. BIRCHEN TWIGS. Birchen twigs break no ribs.

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

121. BIRD. Every bird must hatch her own egg.

122. BIRD. One beats the bush and another catcheth the bird.

123. BIRDS. Birds of a feather flock together.

124. BIRD. The bird that can sing and will not sing, must be made to sing.

125. BIRDS (SMALL). Even small birds must have meat.

126. BITE. If you cannot bite, never show your teeth.

127. BITES. He that bites on every weed must needs light on poison.

128. BIT. A bit in the morning is better than nothing all day.

129. BITTER BIRD. Thou art a bitter bird, said the raven to the starling.

130. BLACK PLUM. A black plum is as sweet as a white.

131. BLAST.

The sharper the blast, The shorter 'twill last.

132. BLIND. As blind as a bat.

133. BLIND. Who so blind as he that will not see?

134. BLIND MAN. A blind man would be glad to see it.

135. BLIND MAN. Like a treatise on light and colours by a blind man.

136. BLOOD. You cannot get blood out of a stone.

137. BLOT. 'Tis a blot on his escutcheon.

138. BLUSHING. Blushing is virtue's colour.

139. BLUSTERS. He who blusters without reason has most reason to bluster.

140. BOAST. Great boast, small roast.

141. BOIL SNOW. Whether you boil snow or pound it, you will have but water from it.

142. BONE. Give a dog a bone in his mouth, and you may kick him and he can't bite.

143. BONE. I have a bone in my arm.

144. BONE. The nearer the bone the sweeter the meat.

145. BORN. He that is born to be hanged shall never be drowned.

146. BORROWED GARMENTS. Borrowed garments never fit well.

147. BOUGHT WIT. Bought wit is best.

148. BOUGHT WIT. Bought wit makes folk wise.

149. BOUND. They that are bound must obey.

150. BOW. A bow long bent at last waxeth weak.

151. BOWL. It is easy to bowl down hill.

152. BOYS. Boys will be boys.

153. BRAG. Brag's a good dog, but Holdfast is a better.

154. BRAG. Brag's a good dog, but that he hath lost his tail.

155. BRAG. Brag's a good dog if he be well set on; but he dare not bite.

156. BRAGGERS. Great braggers, little doers.

157. BRAIN. The brain that sows not corn, plants thistles.

158. BRAN. Much bran, little meal.

159. BREAD AND BUTTER.

They that have no other meat, Bread and butter are glad to eat.

160. BREAKFAST. He who would have a hare for breakfast must hunt over night.

161. BREAKING. The best horse needs breaking, and the best child needs teaching.

162. BRED. That which is bred in the bone will never be out of the flesh.

163. BREVITY. Brevity is the soul of wit.

164. BREW. As you brew, so shall you bake.

165. BRIBE. A bribe will enter without knocking.

166. BRIMMER. There is no deceit in a brimmer.

167. BROKEN LEG. A broken leg is not healed by a silk stocking.

168. BURDEN. A burden which one chooses is not felt.

169. BURDEN. The back is made for the burden.

170. BURDEN. No one knows the weight of another's burden.

171. BURDENS. The greatest burdens are not the gainfullest.

172. BURNT CHILD. A burnt child dreads the fire.

173. BUSINESS. Business is the salt of life.

174. BUSINESS. Every man as his business lies.

175. BUSH. A bad bush is better than the open field.

176. BUSY. Who more busy than they that have least to do.

177. BUTCHER. Better pay the butcher than the doctor.

178. BUTTER. Butter is gold in the morning, silver at noon, lead at night.

179. BUTTER. Why, butter would not melt in his mouth!

180. BUTTER. What is a pound of butter amongst a kennel of hounds?

181. BUTTER. Once a year butter is in the cow's horn.

182. BUTTERED. He knows on which side his bread is buttered.

183. BUY. Do not buy a pig in a poke.

184. BUYER. Let the buyer look out for himself.

185. BUYS.

Who buys hath need of a hundred eyes. Who sells hath need of one.

186. CAKE. You cannot eat your cake and have it.

187. CALM SEA. In a calm sea every man is a pilot.

188. CALM WEATHER. Calm weather in June sets corn in tune.

189. CAN. A man can do more than he can.

190. CANDLE. Burn not your candle at both ends at once.

191. CANDLEMAS. On Candlemas day you must have half your straw and half your hay.

192. CANDLEMAS.

If Candlemas day be fair and bright, Winter will have another flight; If on Candlemas day it be shower and rain, Winter is gone, and will not come again.

193. CANDLEMAS.

When Candlemas day is come and gone, The snow lies on a hot stone.

194. CANDLEMAS DAY.

The hind had as lief see his wife on the bier, As Candlemas day should be pleasant and clear.

195. CANDLEMAS DAY. On Candlemas day throw candle and candle-stick away.

196. CAP. If the cap fit, wear it.

197. CAPTAIN. Be captain of your own ship.

198. CARCASE. Where the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.

199. CARDS. Many can pack the cards that cannot play.

200. CARE. Care's no cure.

201. CARE. Care will kill a cat.

202. CARE. Take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves.

203. CARE NOT. "Care not," would have.

204. CARRY. Don't run away with more than you can carry.

205. CARRYING COALS. Like carrying coals to Newcastle.

206. CASTLES. Tis easy to build castles in the air.

207. CASH. Rolling in cash he can't use, like a cat in a corn-bin.

208. CASTLE. An Englishman's house is his castle.

209. CAT.

When the cat's away, The mice will play.

210. CAT. A cat may look at a king.

211. CAT. The cat is hungry when a crust contents her.

212. CAT. The cat sees not the mouse ever.

213. CATS. I'll keep no more cats than will catch mice.

214. CAT. A cat has nine lives, yet care will kill a cat.

215. CAT. When the cat winketh, little wots the mouse what the cat thinketh.

216. CAT. Though the cat winks awhile, yet sure she is not blind.

217. CAT. A cat loves fish, but she's loth to wet her feet.

218. CATCH. Catch that catch may.

219. CAUSE. It's a bad cause that none dare speak in.

220. CAUTION. Those are wise who learn caution from their own experience; but those are wiser who learn it from the experience of others.

221. CERTAIN. There is nothing certain in this life but death and taxes!

222. CERTAINTY. Never quit certainty for hope.

223. CHAFF. I'm too old a bird to be caught by chaff.

224. CHALK. As like as chalk and cheese.

225. CHAMBER. The chamber of sickness is the chapel of devotion.

226. CHANCE. Look to the main chance.

227. CHANCE.

He that leaves certainty and sticks to chance, When fools pipe he may dance.

228. CHANCETH. It chanceth in an hour that comes not in seven years.

229. CHANGE. Change of pasture makes fat calves.

230. CHARITABLE. The charitable give out at the door, and God puts in at the window.

231. CHARITY. Charity begins at home.

232. CHASTISETH. He that chastiseth one, amendeth many.

233. CHEESE.

Cheese it is a peevish elf, It digests all things but itself.

234. CHEESE. After cheese comes nothing.

235. CHEESE.

If you would have a good cheese, and have'n old, You must turn'n seven times before he is cold.

236. CHERRY. A cherry year, a merry year.

237. CHICKENS. Count not your chickens before they are hatched.

238. CHIDING. Woe to the house where there is no chiding.

239. CHILD. Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.

240. CHILD. A child may have too much of his mother's blessing.

241. CHILD'S PIG. Child's pig, but father's bacon.

242. CHILDREN. Children and fools speak the truth.

243. CHILDREN. Children and fools have merry lives.

244. CHILDREN. Children and chickens must be always picking.

245. CHILDREN. Children are poor men's riches.

246. CHILDREN. Children should hear, see, and say nothing.

247. CHILDREN. When children stand quiet they have done some harm.

248. CHILDREN. Children are certain cares, but very uncertain comforts.

249. CHILDREN. Children suck the mother when they are young, and the father when they are old.

250. CHINK. So we have the chink, we'll bear the stink.

251. CHIP. A chip of the old block.

252. CHRISTMAS. Christmas comes but once a year.

253. CHRISTMAS. Green Christmas, white Easter.

254. CHRISTMAS. They talk of Christmas so long that it comes.

255. CHRISTMAS DAY.

If Christmas Day on a Monday be, A great winter that year you will see.

256. CHURCH. Where God hath His church the devil will have his chapel.

257. CHURCH. The nearer the church the farther from God.

258. CHURCHES. Pater-noster built churches, and Our Father pulls them down.

259. CIVIL WORDS. Civil words cost nothing, and go a long way.

260. CLAW. Claw me, and I will claw you.

261. CLEAR. As clear as mud.

262. CLERK. 'Tis the clerk makes the justice.

263. CLIMB. Climb not too high, lest the fall be the greater.

264. CLIMBED. Who never climbed, never fell.

265. CLIMBERS. Hasty climbers have sudden falls.

266. CLOAK. Have not the cloak to make when it begins to rain.

267. CLOAK. Though the sun shines, leave not your cloak at home.

268. CLOCK. The clock goes as it pleases the clerk.

269. CLOSE MOUTH. A close mouth catcheth no flies.

270. CLOTHES. It is good keeping his clothes who is going to swim.

271. CLOUD. Every cloud hath a silver lining.

272. CLOUDS. Clouds that the sun builds up darken him.

273. CLOUDS.

When the clouds are on the hills, They'll come down by the mills.

274. CLOUDS. After clouds comes clear weather.

275. CLOUDY. Cloudy mornings turn to clear evenings.

276. CLOVER. He is in clover.

277. CLOWN. Even a clown clings to his cloak when it rains.

278. COAT. Cut your coat according to your cloth.

279. COAT. It's not the gay coat that makes the gentleman.

280. COBBLE.

They that can cobble and clout, Shall have work when others go without.

281. COBBLER. Let not the cobbler go beyond his last.

282. COBBLER'S WIFE. Who goes worse shod than the cobbler's wife?

283. COCK.

If the cock moult before the hen, We shall have weather thick and thin; But if the hen moult before the cock, We shall have weather hard as a block.

284. COCK. The cock crows and the hen goes.

285. COCK. Every cock is proud on his own dunghill.

286. COIN. Where coin's not common, commons must be scant.

287. COIN. Much coin much care.

288. COLD APRIL. A cold April a barn will fill.

289. COLD MAY.

A cold May and a windy Makes a full barn and a findy.

290. COLDEST FLINT. In the coldest flint there is hot fire.

291. COLOURS. It's an ill battle where the devil carries the colours.

292. COLT. When you ride a young colt see your saddle be well girt.

293. COMPANY. Two's company and three's none.

294. COMPANY. Tell me what company you keep, and I will tell you who you are.

295. COMPANY. It's good to have company in trouble.

296. COMPANY.

Company in distress, Makes trouble less.

297. COMPANION. A merry companion on the road is as good as a nag.

298. COMPANION. There's no companion like a penny.

299. COMPARISONS. Comparisons are odious.

300. COMPLAIN. They complain wrongfully of the sea, who twice suffer shipwreck.

301. COMPLEXION. Cold of complexion, good of condition.

302. CONCEALS. A woman conceals what she knows not.

303. CONFESSION. A generous confession disarms slander.

304. CONFESSION. Confession of a fault makes half amends for it.

305. CONFESSION. Open confession is good for the soul.

306. CONQUEST. It is no small conquest to overcome yourself.

307. CONSCIENCE. A clear conscience is a sure card.

308. CONSTANT DROPPING. Constant dropping wears the stone.

309. CONSUMED. When all is consumed repentance comes too late.

310. CONTENT. Content is the true philosopher's stone.

311. CONTENTED. A contented mind is a continual feast.

312. CONTENTED. He that hath nothing is not contented.

313. CONTENTED. He may well be contented who needs neither borrow nor flatter.

314. CONTENTED. People are sometimes better contented full than fasting.

315. CONTENTMENT. The greatest wealth is contentment with a little.

316. CORN.

Look at your corn in May, You'll come weeping away; Look at the same in June You'll come home in another tune.

317. CORN. Corn is cleansed with the wind, and the soul with chastening.

318. COTTAGE. I'll not change a cottage in possession for a kingdom in reversion.

319. COUNSEL. Counsel is never out of date.

320. COUNSELS. Counsels in wine seldom prosper.

321. COUNSEL. In wiving and thriving men should take counsel of all the world.

322. COUNSEL. Three may keep counsel, if two be away.

323. COUNSELLED. He that will not be counselled cannot be helped.

324. COUNT. Count not your chickens before they be hatched.

325. COUNTRY. In every country the sun riseth in the morning.

326. COUNTRY. You must go into the country to hear what news at London.

327. COUPLE. Every couple is not a pair.

328. COURT. A friend at court is better than a penny in the purse.

329. COURT. Far from court, far from care.

330. COURTS. Courts have no almanacks.

331. COURTESY. Less of your courtesy, and more of your purse.

332. COURTESY. Courtesy on one side never lasts long.

333. COURTSHIP. Men dream in courtship but in wedlock wake.

334. COUSIN. Call me cousin; but cozen me not.

335. COVERLET. Stretch your legs according to your coverlet.

336. COVERS. He covers me with his wings, and bites me with his bill.

337. COVET. Covet nothing over much.

338. COVETOUSNESS. Covetousness brings nothing home.

339. COW. Many a good cow hath had a bad calf.

340. COW. Look to the cow, and the sow, and the wheat mow, and all will be well enow.

341. COWARDS. Cowards are always cruel.

342. COWARDICE. Cowardice is afraid to be known or seen.

343. CRABS. The greatest crabs are not always the best meat.

344. CRACK. He must crack the nut that would eat the kernel.

345. CRAFT. Craft bringeth nothing home.

346. CRAFTS. Of all crafts, to be an honest man is the master-craft.

347. CRAFTY. Crafty evasions save not the truth.

348. CRAZY SHIP. To a crazy ship all winds are contrary.

349. CREAKING GATE. A creaking gate hangs longest on its hinges.

350. CREAKS. The worst wheel of a cart creaks most.

351. CREDIT. Credit lost is a Venice glass broken.

352. CREDITORS. Creditors have better memories than debtors.

353. CREEP. First creep and then go.

354. CRITICS. Critics are like brushers of other men's clothes.

355. CROOKED. A crooked tree will have a crooked shadow.

356. CROOKED. Crooked logs make straight fires.

357. CROSS. No cross, no crown.

358. CROSS. Every cross has its inscription.

359. CROSSES. Crosses are ladders for getting to heaven.

360. CROSSES. Crosses are ladders that lead to heaven.

361. CROW. The crow thinks her own bird fairest.

362. CROW. A crow is never the whiter for washing herself often.

363. CROWS. It never goes well when the hen crows.

364. CRUELTY. Cruelty is a tyrant always attended by fear.

365. CRUELTY. Cruelty is a devil's delight.

366. CRUMBS. Where are the crumbs there are the chickens.

367. CRY. Don't cry out before you're hurt.

368. CRY. Great cry and little wool.

369. CUCKOO.

When the cuckoo comes to the bare thorn, Sell your cow and buy your corn, But when she comes to a full bit, Sell your corn, and buy your sheep.

370. CURED. What cannot be cured must be endured.

371. CURSES. Curses are like chickens, they come home to roost.

372. CUSTOM. Custom is second nature.

373. CUSTOM. Once a use and ever a custom.

374. CUSTOM. Custom makes anything easy.

375. CUSTOM (BAD). A bad custom is like a good cake, better broken than kept.

376. CUT. Cut and come again.

377. CUT. No cut like unkindness.

378. CUT. I had not cut my wise teeth.

379. CUTS. Desperate cuts must have desperate cures.

380. DANCE. No longer pipe, no longer dance.

381. DANCES. He dances well to whom fortune pipes.

382. DANCING. They love dancing well that dance among thorns.

383. DANGER. The danger's past, and God's forgotten.

384. DAINTY DOGS. Dainty dogs may have to eat dirty puddings.

385. DARK. It is as good to be in the dark as without light.

386. DARK MAN. A dark man's a jewel in a fair woman's eye.

387. DARK. He that gropes in the dark finds that he would not.

388. DAUGHTER.

My son is my son till he marries a wife, But my daughter's my daughter all the days of her life.

389. DAUGHTER.

He that would the daughter win, Must with the mother first begin.

390. DAYLIGHT. Daylight will peep through a small hole.

391. DEAD. As dead as a door-nail.

392. DEAD MAN'S SHOES. He that waits for a dead man's shoes may go long enough barefoot.

393. DEAF. There are none so deaf as those who will not hear.

394. DEAF MAN. Tell that tale to a deaf man.

395. DEARTH. It's a wicked thing to make a dearth one's garner.

396. DEATH. Death keeps no calendar.

397. DEATH. Death is deaf and hears no denial.

398. DEATH. Nothing is surer than death.

399. DEATH. After death the doctor.

400. DEBT. Debt is the worst kind of poverty.

401. DEBT. Out of debt, out of danger.

402. DEEPEST WATER. In the deepest water is the best fishing.

403. DEEDS. Deeds are fruits, words are but leaves.

404. DEEDS. A life spent worthily should be measured by deeds--not years.

405. DELAYS. Delays are dangerous.

406. DEPTH. Never venture out of your depth until you can swim.

407. DESERT. Desert and reward seldom keep company.

408. DESERVE. First deserve and then desire.

409. DESIRES. Desires are nourished by delays.

410. DESPISES. What one man despises, another craves.

411. DESTINY. Hanging and wiving go by destiny.

412. DEVIL. Talk of the devil and he'll be sure to appear.

413. DEVIL. He that hath shipped the devil must make the best of him.

414. DEVIL. Give the devil his due.

415. DEVIL. Make not the devil blacker than he is.

416. DEVIL. He needs must go that the devil drives.

417. DEVIL. One must sometimes hold a candle to the devil.

418. DEVIL. The devil is not always at one door.

419. DEVIL.

The Devil Was Sick, the Devil a Monk Would Be; The Devil Grew Well, the Devil a Monk Was He.

420. DEW. St. Bartholomew brings the cold dew.

421. DIE. Never say die.

422. DIE. Young men may die, old men must.

423. DILIGENCE. Diligence is a good patrimony.

424. DILIGENCE. Diligence is the mother of good fortune.

425. DINNER. After dinner sit awhile, after supper walk a mile.

426. DINNER. He who would enjoy his friend's dinner should not look into the kitchen.

427. DISTRESS. Two in distress make sorrows less.

428. DISCOURSE. Sweet discourse makes short days and nights.

429. DISCREET. Discreet women have neither eyes nor ears.

430. DISCRETION. An ounce of discretion is worth a pound of wit.

431. DISEASE. Disease is oft the tax of pleasure.

432. DISEASE. To know the disease is half the cure.

433. DISH. The first dish pleaseth all.

434. DO. Do as you would be done by.

435. DO. We must do as we may, if we cannot do as we would.

436. DOCK. In dock, out nettle.

437. DOCTOR. A doctor and a clown know more than a doctor alone.

438. DOCTOR. An old doctor, a young lawyer.

439. DOG. Every dog has his day.

440. DOG. A good dog deserves a good bone.

441. DOG. It's a bad dog that deserves not a crust.

442. DOGS BARK. Dogs bark before they bite.

443. DONE. If you wish a thing done, go; if not, send.

444. DOOMSDAY. A thousand pounds and a pottle of hay is all one thing at doomsday.

445. DOOR. When one door shuts another opens.

446. DO WELL. Do well, and have well.

447. DOWN. He that's down, down with him.

448. DRAW. You may draw him which way you will, with a twine thread.

449. DROWNING MAN. A drowning man will catch at a straw.

450. DRINK. Drink water like an ox, wine like a king of Spain.

451. DRINK. He who drinks when he is not dry, will be dry when he has no drink.

452. DRIVE. Drive not a second nail till the first is clenched.

453. DROPS. Many drops make a shower.

454. DROUGHT.

If the ash before the oak comes out, There has been, or there will be drought.

455. DROWNED. Pour not water on a drowned mouse.

456. DRUNK. Ever drunk, ever dry.

457. DRUNKEN. A drunken night makes a cloudy morning.

458. DRUNKEN FOLK. Drunken folk often speak truth.

459. DRUNKENNESS. What soberness conceals, drunkenness reveals.

460. DRY BREAD. Dry bread at home is better than roast beef abroad.

461. DRY COUGH. A dry cough is the trumpeter of death.

462. DRY MAY.

A dry May and a dripping June, Does surely bring all things in tune.

463. EARLY.

Early to bed, and early to rise, Makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.

464. EARLY. Early sow, early mow.

465. EARLY BIRD. 'Tis the early bird catches the worm.

466. EARS. Little pitchers have long ears.

467. EARS. Walls have ears.

468. EARS. Wider ears and a shorter tongue.

469. EASE. A pennyworth of ease is worth a penny.

470. EASE. Think of ease, but work on.

471. EASILY DONE. That which is easily done is soon believed.

472. EAT. Live not to eat, but eat to live.

473. EAT. Eat a bit before you drink.

474. EAT.

Eat at pleasure, Drink by measure.

475. EATING. Eating and drinking takes away one's appetite.

476. EDGED TOOLS. It is ill meddling with edged tools.

477. EEL. You cannot hide an eel in a sack.

478. EGGS. Don't put all your eggs into one basket.

479. EGG-SHELL. 'Tis hard to sail o'er the sea in an egg-shell.

480. ELBOW. Rub your sore eye with your elbow.

481. ELBOW GREASE. Give it plenty of elbow grease.

482. EMPTY HOUSE. Better an empty house than a bad tenant.

483. EMPTY PURSE. An empty purse fills the face with wrinkles.

484. EMPTY PURSE. That's but an empty purse that's full of other men's money.

485. EMPTY VESSELS. Empty vessels make the greatest sound.

486. END. Everything hath an end, and a pudding hath two.

487. ENDURETH. He that endureth is not overcome.

488. ENGLAND. England is the Paradise of women.

489. ENGLISHMAN. An Englishman's house is his castle.

490. ENOUGH. Enough is as good as a feast.

491. ENOUGH. Enough and to spare is too much.

492. ENOUGH. There's never enough where nothing's left.

493. ENVIED. Better be envied than pitied.

494. ENVY. Envy never enriched any man.

495. EPITAPH. He lies like an epitaph.

496. ERR. To err is human; to forgive divine.

497. ERRAND. Send a wise man on an errand and say nothing to him.

498. ESCAPES. 'Tis a hard battle where none escapes.

499. ESTATE. He that throws away his estate with his hands, goes afterwards to pick it upon his feet.

500. ESTEEMS. He that knows himself best, esteems himself least.

501. EVENING.

An evening red and a morning grey, Is a sign of a fair day.

502. EVERYBODY. He had need rise betimes that would please everybody.

503. EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS. Everybody's business is nobody's business.

504. EVERY MAN. Every man for himself, and God for us all.

505. EVERY TUB. Let every tub stand on its own bottom.

506. EVIL. Evil communications corrupt good manners.

507. EVIL. If you must have an evil, choose a little one.

508. EVIL. That which is evil is soon learnt.

509. EVIL.

Evil is wrought by want of thought, As well as want of heart.

510. EVIL NAME. The evil wound is cured, but not the evil name.

511. EVIL GOTTEN. Evil gotten, evil spent.

512. EVIL GRAIN. Of evil grain no good seed can come.

513. EVILS. Of two evils choose the lesser.

514. EXAMPLE. Example teaches more than precept.

515. EXCHANGE. Exchange is no robbery.

516. EXCUSE. A bad excuse is better than none at all.

517. EXPENSES. Proportion your expenses to what you have, not to what you expect.

518. EXPERIENCE. Experience is a dear school, but it is the only one we are apt to learn in.

519. EXPERIENCE. Experience is the mistress of fools.

520. EXTREMES. Extremes seldom last long.

521. EXTREMES. Extremes meet.

522. EYE. Better one eye than quite blind.

523. EYE. What the eye sees not, the heart rues not.

524. EYE. You should never touch your eye but with your elbow.

525. EYE. What the eye does not see the heart does not grieve for.

526. EYE-WITNESS. One eye-witness is better than ten hearsays.

527. FACE. Her face was her fortune.

528. FACT. A single fact is worth a ship-load of argument.

529. FAINT HEART. Faint heart never won a fair lady.

530. FAINT PRAISE. Faint praise is disparagement.

531. FAIR AND FOOLISH.

Fair and foolish, black and proud, Long and lazy, little and loud.

532. FAIR AND SOFTLY. Fair and softly go far in a day.

533. FAIR FACES. Fair faces need no paint.

534. FAIR FACE. A fair face may hide a foul heart.

535. FAIR FEATHERS. Fair feathers make fair fowls.

536. FAITH. Love asks faith, and faith asks firmness.

537. FALL. One may sooner fall than rise.

538. FALL. If a man once fall, all will tread on him.

539. FALLS. When the tree falls every man runs with his hatchet.

540. FALLING. Keeping from falling is better than helping up.

541. FALSE REPORT. A false report rides post.

542. FAMILIARITY. Familiarity breeds contempt.

543. FAMINE.

After a famine in the stall, Comes a famine in the hall.

544. FAMINE. Under water famine, under snow bread.

545. FAMINE. A famine in England begins at the horse-manger.

546. FANCY. Fancy passes beauty.

547. FANCY. Fancy goes a long way.

548. FANCY. Fancy may bolt bran and think it flour.

549. FARE WORSE. You may go farther and fare worse.

550. FASHION. As good to be out of the world as out of the fashion.

551. FAST BIND. Fast bind, fast find.

552. FAT HOG. Every one basteth the fat hog, while the lean one burneth.

553. FAULT. Every one puts his fault on the times.

554. FAULT. A fault once denied is twice committed.

555. FAULT-FINDERS. Fault-finders should be fault-menders.

556. FAULTS. Every one's faults are not written on their foreheads.

557. FAULTS. Every man hath his faults.

558. FAULTS. God send me a friend that may tell me my faults; if not, an enemy, he will be sure to.

559. FAULTY. The faulty stands on his guard.

560. FEAST. A feast is not made of mushrooms only.

561. FEAST-MAKING. Merry is the feast-making until we come to the reckoning.

562. FEASTS. Fools make feasts, and wise men eat them.

563. FEATHERS. Fine feathers make fine birds.

564. FEATHER. Feather by feather the goose is plucked.

565. FEBRUARY. February makes a bridge, and March breaks it.

566. FEBRUARY.

February fill dike, be it black or be it white; But if it be white, it's the better to like.

567. FEED SPARINGLY. Feed sparingly, and defy the physician.

568. FEET.

Stretch not your feet Beyond the sheet.

569. FELLOWSHIP. Love and lordship like no fellowship.

570. FETTERS. No man loves his fetters, though of gold.

571. FEW FRIENDS. Have but few friends, though many acquaintances.

572. FEW WORDS.

Where hearts are true Few words will do.

573. FIDDLER. The fifer don't pay a fiddler.

574. FIDDLER.

Let not the fiddler play the fife, Nor fifer play the fiddle.

575. FIDDLER'S FARE. Fiddler's fare; meat, drink, and money.

576. FIELDS. Fields have eyes, and woods have ears.

577. FINGER. He wants to have a finger in every pie.

578. FIRST BLOW. The first blow is half the battle.

579. FIRST COME. First come, first served.

580. FIRE AND WATER. Fire and water are good servants but bad masters.

581. FIRE. Well may he smell of fire whose gown burneth.

582. FISH. He that would catch fish must not mind getting wet.

583. FISH. 'Tis good fish if it were but caught.

584. FISH. The best fish are near the bottom.

585. FISH. I have other fish to fry.

586. FISH. Make not fish of one, and flesh of another.

587. FISH. Fish are not to be caught by a birdcall.

588. FISH (GOOD). There's as good fish in the sea as were ever caught.

589. FISHES' MOUTH.

When the wind's in the south, It blows the bait into the fishes' mouth.

590. FISHETH ON. He fisheth on that catcheth one.

591. FISHING. It's good fishing in troubled waters.

592. FITS. Every shoe fits not every foot.

593. FIVE.

He's up at five, And he will thrive.

594. FLAX. Get thy spindle and thy distaff ready, and God will send thee flax.

595. FLAY. No man can flay a stone.

596. FLEECETH. Where every hand fleeceth, the sheep go naked.

597. FLOOD. A May flood never did good.

598. FLOWERS. Flowers are the pledge of fruit.

599. FLOURISH. It is one thing to flourish and another to fight.

600. FLYING. No flying without wings.

601. FOLLIES. Happy is he who knows his follies in his youth.

602. FOOL. No one is a fool always; every one sometimes.

603. FOOL. A fool may ask more questions in half an hour than a wise man can answer in seven years.

604. FOOL. A fool may give a wise man counsel.

605. FOOL. One fool makes many.

606. FOOL. Every man is either a fool or a physician after thirty years of age.

607. FOOL (OLD). An old fool is the worst of fools.

608. FOOL. Better it is to meet a bear bereaved of her whelps, than a fool in his folly.

609. FOOL. A fool is fulsome.

610. FOOL THINKS. As the fool thinks, so the bell chinks.

611. FOOLS. Fools set stools for wise folk to stumble at.

612. FOOL'S BOLT. A fool's bolt is soon shot.

613. FOOLS BUILD. Fools build houses, and wise men buy them.

614. FORBEARANCE. Forbearance is no acquittance.

615. FORBIDDEN FRUIT. Forbidden fruit is sweet.

616. FORCED FRUITS. Forced fruits fail in flavour.

617. FORECAST. Forecast is better than work hard.

618. FOREGO.

Forego, forget, forgive, Then happy you shall live.

619. FOREMOST DOG. The foremost dog catches the hare.

620. FOREWARNED. Forewarned is forearmed.

621. FORGET. To forget a wrong is the best revenge.

622. FORGIVE. Forgive and forget.

623. FORGOTTEN. Eaten bread is soon forgotten.

624. FORTUNE. Fortune favours the brave.

625. FORTUNE. Every man is the architect of his fortune.

626. FORTUNE. Change of fortune is the lot of life.

627. FORTUNE. Better a fortune in her than on her.

628. FORTUNE. When fortune smiles take the advantage.

629. FORTUNE KNOCKS. Fortune knocks once at least at every man's gate.

630. FOUL HANDS. Foul hands befoul all they touch.

631. FOUR FARTHINGS. Four farthings and a thimble make a tailor's pocket jingle.

632. FOX. The fox knows much, but more he that catcheth him.

633. FOX. A fox should not be of the jury at a goose trial.

634. FOX. When the fox preaches, beware of your geese.

635. FOXES. Foxes, when they cannot reach the grapes, say they are not ripe.

636. FOX RUNS. Though the fox runs the chicken hath wings.

637. FRET.

Two things you won't fret o'er, If you're a wise man-- The thing you can't help, And the thing that you can.

638. FRIDAY. He that sings on Friday shall weep on Sunday.

639. FRIDAY.

As the Friday, so the Sunday, As the Sunday, so the week.

640. FRIDAY'S SAIL. Friday's sail, sure to fail.

641. FRIEND. A friend is not so soon gotten as lost.

642. FRIEND. A friend in need is a friend indeed.

643. FRIEND. He loseth nothing who keeps God for his friend.

644. FRIEND. Make not thy friend too cheap to thee, nor thyself to thy friend.

645. FRIENDS.

In time of prosperity friends will be plenty, In time of adversity, not one among twenty.

646. FRIENDS. Save me from my friends.

647. FRIENDS. All are not friends that speak us fair.

648. FRIENDSHIP. Love and lordship never like friendship.

649. FROST. What God will, no frost can kill.

650. FROSTS. So many frosts in March, so many in May.

651. FRUIT.

If you would fruit have, You must bring the leaf to the grave.

652. FRUIT. Such as the tree is, such is the fruit.

653. FRUIT. If you would enjoy the fruit, pluck not the flower.

654. FRUGALITY. Frugality makes an easy chair for old age.

655. FRUGALITY. Frugality is an estate.

656. FRYING-PAN. Out of the frying-pan into the fire.

657. FUEL. Take away fuel, take away flame.

658. FULL PURSE. A full purse makes the mouth to speak.

659. FULL PURSE. A full purse never lacketh friends.

660. FURZE.

Under the furze is hunger and cold. Under the broom is silver and gold.

661. GAINS. No gains without pains.

662. GALLED HORSE. Touch a galled horse, and he will wince.

663. GAPETH.

He that gapeth until he be fed Well may he gape until he be dead.

664. GARDEN. Many things grow in the garden that were never planted there.

665. GARDENING.

This rule in gardening never forget, To sow dry and set wet.

666. GARLAND. One flower makes no garland.

667. GEMS. Gems must not be valued by what they are set in.

668. GENTILITY. Gentility without ability is worse than plain beggary.

669. GENTLE STROKES. Gentle strokes make the sweetest harmony.

670. GET.

Get what you can, and what you get, hold, 'Tis the stone which will turn your lead into gold.

671. GIFT HORSE. Look not a gift horse in the mouth.

672. GIFT. A gift with a kind countenance is a double gift.

673. GIVE. To give and keep there is need of wit.

674. GIVETH. He giveth twice who gives in a trice.

675. GIVING.

Giving to the poor Increaseth your store.

676. GLADNESS. A man of gladness seldom falls into madness.

677. GLASS. What your glass tells you will not be told by counsel.

678. GLASS.

Who loves his glass without a G, Take away L and that is he.

679. GLASS HOUSES. Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones.

680. GLASSES. The more women look in their glasses, the less they look to their houses.

681. GLITTERS. All that glitters is not gold.

682. GNATS. Men strain at gnats, and swallow camels!

683. GO. If you want a thing done, go; if not, send.

684. GO ABOUT. Better go about than fall into the ditch.

685. GOD. God sends meat, and the devil sends cooks.

686. GOD. One God, no more; but friends good store.

687. GODFATHERS. When the child is christened, you may have godfathers enough.

688. GOD WILLS. When God wills, all winds bring rain.

689. GOLD. A man may buy gold too dear.

690. GOLD. Gold alone makes not prosperity.

691. GOLD. As good as gold.

692. GOLD. Gold goes in at any gate, except Heaven's.

693. GOLD.

No lock will hold 'Gainst the power of gold.

694. GOLDEN. We must not look for a golden life in an iron age.

695. GOLD DUST. Gold dust blinds all eyes.

696. GOOD. Do all the good you talk of; but talk not of all the good you do.

697. GOOD. Good and quickly seldom meet.

698. GOOD. No man knows better what good is than he that has an endured evil.

699. GOOD. Though good be good yet better carries it.

700. GOOD CHEER. When good cheer is lacking our friends will be packing.

701. GOOD WORD. A good word is as soon said as an ill one.

702. GOOD COUNSEL. Good counsel never comes too late.

703. GOOD FRIEND. He's a good friend that speaks well of us behind our backs.

704. GOOD HARVESTS. Good harvests make men prodigal, bad ones provident.

705. GOOD MAXIM. A good maxim is never out of season.

706. GOOD MONEY. It is no use throwing good money after bad.

707. GOOD NAME.

The wife that expects to have a good name Is always at home as if she were lame, And the maid that is honest her chiefest delight Is still to be doing from morning to night.

708. GOODS. A man may lose his goods for want of demanding them.

709. GOOD THINGS. God reacheth us good things with our own hands.

710. GOOD THING. One can never have too much of a good thing.

711. GOOD TURNS. One never loseth by doing good turns.

712. GOOD TURN. One good turn deserves another.

713. GOOD WORDS.

Good words without deeds Are rushes and reeds.

714. GOWN. The gown is hers who wears it, and the world is his who enjoys it.

715. GRASP. Grasp no more than thy hand will hold.

716. GRAIN. Never split timber against the grain.

717. GRASP. Grasp all, lose all.

718. GRASS. March grass never did good.

719. GRASS.

If the grass grow in Janiveer, It grows the worse for't all the year.

720. GRASS. While the grass grows the steed starves.

721. GRASS. Grass grows not upon the highway.

722. GRAVES. We shall lie all alike in our graves.

723. GREAT DOWRY. A great dowry is a bed full of troubles.

724. GREAT MARKS. Great marks are soonest hit.

725. GREAT ONES. There would be no great ones if there were no little.

726. GREAT SHIP. A great ship needs deep waters.

727. GREEN WOOD. Green wood makes a hot fire.

728. GREEN WOUND. A green wound is soon healed.

729. GREEN WINTER. A green winter makes a fat churchyard.

730. GREY HAIRS. Gray hairs are death's blossoms.

731. GRIEF. Grief pent up will burst the heart.

732. GRIND. The mill cannot grind with the water that is past.

733. GUEST. An unbidden guest must bring his own stool with him.

734. GUEST. 'Tis an ill guest that never drinks to his host.

735. GUILTY CONSCIENCE. A guilty conscience needs no accuser.

736. HAIL. Hail brings frost in the tail.

737. HALF A LOAF. Half a loaf is better than no bread.

738. HALF HANGED. Better be half hanged than ill wed.

739. HAND-SAW. A hand-saw is a good thing, but not to shave with.

740. HAND-SAW. He knows not a hawk from a hand-saw.

741. HANDSOME. He who is not handsome at twenty, nor strong at thirty, nor wise at forty, nor rich at fifty, will never be handsome, strong, rich, or wise.

742. HANGED. He who is born to be hanged will never be drowned.

743. HANGED. One may as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.

744. HANGING. There are many ways of killing a dog beside hanging him.

745. HAPPY.

Happy is the bride the sun shines on, And the corpse the rain rains on.

746. HARE. Where we least think, there goeth the hare away.

747. HARDLY EVER. "Hardly ever" saves many a lie.

748. HARE. Little dogs start the hare, but great ones catch it.

749. HARE SKIN. Sell not the hare's skin before you have caught him.

750. HARM. Harm watch, harm catch.

751. HARMS. Wise men learn by others' harms, fools by their own.

752. HARVEST. He that hath a good harvest may be content with some thistles.

753. HASTE. More haste worse speed.

754. HASTE. Haste trips up its own heels.

755. HASTE. Over haste makes certain waste.

756. HASTE. Haste over nothing but catching fleas.

757. HASTY MEN. Hasty men never lack woe.

758. HASTY RESOLUTIONS. Hasty resolutions seldom speed well.

759. HAT. Pull down your hat on the wind side.

760. HATCHET. When the tree is down, every one runs with his hatchet.

761. HAVEN. 'Tis safe riding in a good haven.

762. HAY. Make hay while the sun shines.

763. HEAD. Man is the head, but woman turns it.

764. HEAD. He that hath no head, needs no hat.

765. HEAD. Better be the head of an ass than the tail of a horse.

766. HEADACHE. When the head aches, all the body is the worse.

767. HEALED. A man is not so soon healed as hurt.

768. HEALETH. God healeth, and the physician hath the thanks.

769. HEALTH. Health is better than wealth.

770. HEART. What the heart thinketh, the tongue speaketh.

771. HEARTS. Hearts may agree though heads differ.

772. HEDGE. Where the hedge is lowest, men commonly leap over.

773. HEDGE. A low hedge is easily leapt over.

774. HEDGE.

A hedge between Keeps friendship green.

775. HEDGES. Hedges have eyes, and walls have ears.

776. HEED. Good take heed doth surely speed.

777. HEELS. One pair of heels is often worth two pair of hands.

778. HEN CROWS. It is a sad house where the hen crows louder than the cock.

779. HID. Love and a cough cannot be hid.

780. HIDE. You cannot hide an eel in a sack.

781. HIDE. Hide nothing from thy minister, physician, and lawyer.

782. HIGH PLACES. High places have their precipices.

783. HIGH WINDS. High winds blow on high hills.

784. HIMSELF. Every man is best known to himself.

785. HIMSELF. He is not wise that is not wise for himself.

786. HIND. To fright a hind is not the way to catch her.

787. HINDERMOST DOG. The hindermost dog may catch the hare.

788. HOBBY. Happy is the man that has a hobby.

789. HOBBY-HORSE. Every man has his hobby-horse.

790. HOG. A hog in armour is still but a hog.

791. HOLLOA. Do not holloa till you are out of the wood.

792. HOME. Home is home, be it ever so homely.

793. HONESTY. Honesty is the best policy; but he who acts on this principle is not an honest man.

794. HONESTY. A man never surfeits of too much honesty.

795. HONOUR. Better poor with honour than rich with shame.

796. HONOUR. Honour and ease are seldom bed-fellows.

797. HONOUR. Where honour ceaseth, there knowledge decreaseth.

798. HOOP. He giveth one knock on the hoop, and another on the barrel.

799. HOPE. Hope deferred maketh the heart sick.

800. HOPE. Hope humbles more than despair.

801. HOPE. Hope is a good breakfast, but a bad supper.

802. HOPE. If it were not for hope, the heart would break.

803. HOPS.

Till St. James's day be come and gone, You may have hops, or you may have none.

804. HORN. All are not hunters that blow the horn.

805. HORSE. A good horse cannot be of a bad colour.

806. HORSE. A good horse often wants a good spur.

807. HORSE. 'Tis an ill horse will not carry his own provender.

808. HORSE. One man may lead a horse to water, but fifty cannot make him drink.

809. HOT LOVE. Hot love is soon cold.

810. HOT MAY. A hot May makes a fat churchyard.

811. HOUNDS. Hold not with the hounds and run with the hare.

812. HOUSE.

He that buys a house ready wrought, Hath many a pin and nail for nought.

813. HOUSE. Better one's house too little one day, than too big all the year round.

814. HOUSEHOLDERS. Wishers and woulders are never good householders.

815. HOUSEKEEPER. A noble housekeeper needs no doors.

816. HUMOUR. Every man has his humour.

817. HUMOURS. The stillest humours are always the worst.

818. HUNDRED YEARS. It is all one a hundred years hence.

819. HUNG. As well be hung for a sheep as a lamb.

820. HUNGER. Hunger costs little; daintiness much.

821. HUNGER. Hunger will break through stone walls.

822. HUNGER. Hunger makes short devotion.

823. HUNGER. Hunger makes hard bones sweet beans.

824. HUNGER. Hunger is the finest sauce.

825. HUNGRY FLIES. Hungry flies bite sore.

826. HUNGRY HORSE. A hungry horse makes a clean manger.

827. HUNGRY MAN. A hungry man, an angry man.

828. HUNGRY MEN. Hungry men think the cook lazy.

829. HUNGRY MEN. Bitter is sweet to hungry men.

830. HUSBAND. Be a good husband, and you will get a penny to spend, a penny to lend, and a penny for a friend.

831. HUSBAND. In the husband wisdom, in the wife gentleness.

832. IDLE BRAIN. An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

833. IDLE FOLK. Idle folk have the least leisure.

834. IDLE FOLK. Idle folk take the most pains.

835. IDLE. A young man idle, an old man needy.

836. IDLE. Better be idle than ill employed.

837. IDLENESS. Idleness is the key of beggary.

838. IDLENESS. Of idleness comes no goodness.

839. IDLENESS. Idleness is the root of all evil.

840. IDLENESS. Idleness must thank itself if it goes barefoot.

841. IGNORANT. The ignorant think all things wrong which they cannot understand.

842. ILL BIRD. It is an ill bird that defiles its own nest.

843. ILL DOG. 'Tis an ill dog that deserves not a bone.

844. ILL FORTUNE. He who hath no ill fortune, is dazed with good.

845. ILL GOT. Ill got, ill spent.

846. ILL GOTTEN. Ill gotten gains seldom prosper.

847. ILL LUCK. When ill luck falls asleep, let nobody wake her.

848. ILL NEWS. Ill news comes apace.

849. ILL WEEDS. Ill weeds grow apace.

850. ILL WORD. One ill word asketh another.

851. IMPOSSIBLE. Nothing is impossible to a willing mind.

852. IMPUDENCE. Impudence is not courage.

853. INCH. Give him an inch, and he'll take an ell.

854. INCHES. God never measures men by inches.

855. INDUSTRY. Industry is fortune's right hand and frugality her left.

856. INFIRMITIES. Jest not at another's infirmities.

857. INGRATITUDE. Ingratitude is the daughter of pride.

858. INJURY. Pocket an injury.

859. INN. He goes not out of his way that goes to a good inn.

860. INSTINCT. Woman's instinct is often truer than man's reasoning.

861. INTENTIONS. Hell is paved with good intentions.

862. IRONS. He that hath many irons in the fire, some of them will cool.

863. ITCH. Itch and ease can no man please.

864. JACK. Jack-in-office is a great man.

865. JACK. Every Jack has his Jill.

866. JANIVEER.

If Janiveer calends be summerly gay 'Twill be winterly weather till calends of May.

867. JANIVEER. Who in Janiveer sows oats, gets gold and groats.

868. JEST. Better lose a jest than a friend.

869. JEST. Many a true word is spoken in jest.

870. JESTING. Jesting lies bring serious sorrows.

871. JESTS. Jests, like sweetmeats, are often sour sauce.

872. JOURNEY. 'Tis a great journey to the world's end.

873. JOY. No joy without annoy.

874. JOY. There's no joy without alloy.

875. JOY. Joy surfeited turns to sorrow.

876. JUDGE. Judge not of men or things at first sight.

877. JUDGE. Judge not a ship as she lies on the stocks.

878. JUDGMENT. He hath a good judgment who is apt to distrust his own.

879. JUNE.

Calm weather in June Sets corn in tune.

880. JULY.

If the first of July, it be rainy weather, 'Twill rain more or less for four weeks together.

881. JUST. Just is honest, and honest is just.

882. KEEP. Keep a thing seven years, and you will find a use for it.

883. KEEP. Keep some till more come.

884. KERNEL. He that will eat the kernel, must crack the nut.

885. KEY. The wife is the key of the house.

886. KEYS. All the keys hang not at one man's girdle.

887. KIN.

Still stand by kin Through thick and thin.

888. KINDLED. Wood half burnt is easily kindled.

889. KINDNESS. Kindness will always conquer.

890. KINDNESSES. Kindnesses, like grain, increase by sowing.

891. KINSFOLK. Many kinsfolk, few friends.

892. KISS. As easy kiss my hand.

893. KISS. Many kiss the child for the nurse's sake.

894. KISSING. Kissing goes by favour.

895. KITCHEN. A fat kitchen, a lean will.

896. KITCHEN. The taste of the kitchen is better than the smell.

897. KITCHEN. Silks and satins put out the fire in the kitchen.

898. KNAVERY. Knavery may serve for a turn, but honesty is best in the long run.

899. KNAVES. Knaves and fools divide the world.

900. KNAVES. When knaves fall out, true men come by their goods.

901. KNOT. He tied a knot with his tongue he couldn't undo with his teeth.

902. KNOTS. Fools tie knots and wise men loose them.

903. KNOTTY TIMBER. To split knotty timber use smooth wedges.

904. KNOWLEDGE. Knowledge is power.

905. KNOWLEDGE. Knowledge in youth is wisdom in age.

906. KNOWLEDGE. The knowledge of the disease is half the cure.

907. KNOWLEDGE. Knowledge, like physic, is more plague than profit, if it arrives too late.

908. KNOWLEDGE. An ounce of knowledge may be worth a pound of comfort.

909. LABOURS. He that labours and thrives, spins gold.

910. LABOUR. Labour warms, sloth harms.

911. LADLE. The ladle cools the pot.

912. LADDER. Step after step the ladder is ascended.

913. LAMB'S TAIL. A woman's tongue wags like a lamb's tail.

914. LAME. The lame goeth as far as the staggerer.

915. LAMMAS. After Lammas corn ripens as much by night as by day.

916. LAND. Land was never lost for want of an heir.

917. LAND.

Many a one for land, Takes a fool by the hand.

918. LANTERN. On a dark night an owl would be glad of a lantern.

919. LAST STRAW. It is the last straw that breaks the camel's back.

920. LATE. Better late than never.

921. LAUGH. Let them laugh that win.

922. LAUGH. That's where the laugh comes in.

923. LAUGH. They laugh the loudest who have least to lose.

924. LAW. In a thousand pounds of law there's not an ounce of love.

925. LAW. The law is not the same at morning and night.

926. LAW. He that loves law will get his fill.

927. LAW MAKERS. Law makers should not be law breakers.

928. LAWS. Laws catch flies, but let hornets go free.

929. LAWS.

Laws, like spiders' webs, are wrought, Large flies break through, the small are caught.

930. LAWS. Laws were made for rogues.

931. LAWYER. A good lawyer, an evil neighbour.

932. LAWYERS. Fair and softly as lawyers go to heaven.

933. LAZY FOLK. Lazy folk take the most pains.

934. LEAD. A man may lead a horse to the water, but he cannot make him drink unless he will.

935. LEAD. 'Tis folly to dig for lead with a silver shovel.

936. LEAK. A small leak will sink a great ship.

937. LEARN. Never too old to learn.

938. LEARNING. Learning makes a man fit company for himself.

939. LEAST. Least said is soonest mended.

940. LEAST BOY. The least boy always carries the greatest fiddle.

941. LEATHER. Nothing like leather.

942. LEECH. The empty leech sucks sore.

943. LEND. He that doth not lend doth lose his friend.

944. LEND. He would not lend his knife to the devil to stab himself.

945. LIAR. A liar should have a good memory.

946. LIARS. Liars have short wings.

947. LIBEL. The greater truth, the greater libel.

948. LIBERAL. The liberal man deviseth liberal things.

949. LIBERTY. Too much liberty spoils all.

950. LIE. One lie makes many.

951. LIES. He lies as fast as a dog can trot.

952. LIFE. Life is full of hazards, which experience neither bought nor taught will always enable us to foresee.

953. LIFE. Life is half spent before we know what it is.

954. LIFE. Life is sweet.

955. LIFE. Life lies not in living, but in liking.

956. LIFE. While there's life there's hope.

957. LIGHT. He stands in his own light.

958. LIGHT. Every light has its shadow.

959. LIGHT. Every light is not the sun.

960. LIGHT GAINS. Light gains make a heavy purse.

961. LIKE. As like as two peas.

962. LIKE. Every one as they like best, as the good man said when he kissed his cow.

963. LIKE. Like father like son.

964. LIKE. Like will to like.

965. LION. The lion's not half so fierce as he's painted.

966. LIPS. Lips however rosy must be fed.

967. LISTENERS. Listeners never hear good of themselves.

968. LITTLE. Little and often fills the purse.

969. LITTLE. Little mother, little daughter.

970. LITTLE BIRDS. Little birds may peck a dead lion.

971. LITTLE BOATS. Little boats must keep the shore.

972. LITTLE BODIES. Little bodies have large souls.

973. LITTLE GOOD. A little good is soon spent.

974. LITTLE GOODS. Little goods, little care.

975. LITTLE HOLE. One may see day at a little hole.

976. LITTLE HOUSE.

A little house well fill'd, A little land well till'd, And a little wife well will'd.

977. LITTLE MINDS. Little minds, like weak liquors, are soon soured.

978. LITTLE THINGS. Little things please little minds.

979. LIVE. Everything would live.

980. LIVE. It's not how long, but how well, we live.

981. LIVE. Live and learn.

982. LIVE. Live and let live.

983. LIVER (LONGEST). The longest liver dies at last.

984. LIVES. He that lives not well one year sorrows for it seven.

985. LIVETH. He liveth long that liveth well.

986. LIVING DOG. A living dog is better than a dead lion.

987. LOAD. All lay load on the willing horse.

988. LOCK. You needn't lock the stable door when the steed is stolen.

989. LOOK. Look before you leap.

990. LOOK. They look one way and row another.

991. LOOKED FOR. Long looked for comes at last.

992. LONG LANE. 'Tis a long lane that has no turning.

993. LONGS. He that longs most lacks most.

994. LONGEST DAY. The longest day must have an end.

995. LOQUACITY. The loquacity of fools is a warning to the wise.

996. LORDS. New lords new laws.

997. LOSERS. Losers are always in the wrong.

998. LOSS.

He that goeth out with often loss, At last comes home by Weeping Cross.

999. LOST. 'Tis not lost that comes at last.

1000. LOVE. Love is no lack.

1001. LOVE. Love is blind.

1002. LOVE. Love is the touchstone of virtue.

1003. LOVE. Love lives in cottages as well as in courts.

1004. LOVE. Love me little, love me long.

1005. LOVE. Love me, love my dog.

1006. LOVE. They love too much who die for love.

1007. LOVE. Whom we love best to them we can say least.

1008. LOVE AND A COUGH. Love and a cough cannot be hid.

1009. LOVE (HOT). Hot love is soon cold.

1010. LOVERS. Lovers live on love, as larks on leeks.

1011. LOWLY SIT. Lowly sit and be richly warm.

1012. LUCK. Give a man luck, and throw him into the sea.

1013. LUCK. The devil's children have the devil's luck.

1014. LUCK (ILL). What is worse than ill-luck?

1015. LUCKY. It is better to be born lucky than rich.

1016. LUCKY. It's better to be lucky than wise.

1017. LUCKY. Happy go lucky.

1018. LURCH. Never leave a friend in the lurch.

1019. MAIDENS. Maidens must be seen and not heard.

1020. MALICE. Malice is mindful.

1021. MALT. Slow fire makes sweet malt.

1022. MAN. A man at five may be a fool at fifteen.

1023. MAN. Man proposes, God disposes.

1024. MAN. Man doth what he can, and God what He will.

1025. MANNERS. Manners often make fortunes.

1026. MANY HANDS. Many hands make light work.

1027. MARCH.

March wind and May sun, Make clothes white and maids dun.

1028. MARCH. March many weathers.

1029. MARCH DUST. A bushel of March dust is worth a king's ransom.

1030. MARKET. A man must sell his ware at the rate of the market.

1031. MARKET. Forsake not the market for the toll.

1032. MARKET. If fools went not to market, bad ware would not be sold.

1033. MARKET. Three women and a goose make a market.

1034. MARRIAGE (ILL). An ill marriage is a spring of ill fortune.

1035. MARRIAGE. Marriage halves our griefs, and doubles our joys.

1036. MARRIAGES. Marriages are made in heaven.

1037. MARRIES. He who marries for wealth sells his liberty.

1038. MARRY. Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

1039. MARRY.

Bachelors, before you marry, Have a house wherein to tarry.

1040. MARRY.

If you regard old saws, mind, thus they say, 'Tis bad to marry in the month of May.

1041. MASTER. Like master like man.

1042. MASTER. He that will too soon be his own master, will have a fool for his scholar.

1043. MASTER. No man is his craft's master the first day.

1044. MASTER. Marry above your match and you get a master.

1045. MASTER. One eye of the master sees more than four of the servants'.

1046. MASTER-CRAFT. Of all the crafts honesty is the master-craft.

1047. MASTERS. No man can serve two masters.

1048. MASTER'S EYE. The master's eye makes the horse fat.

1049. MASTER'S EYE. The master's eye does more work than his hands.

1050. MATRIMONY. Matrimony's a matter of money.

1051. MAY BE. Every "may be" hath a "may not be."

1052. MAY. A windy March and a rainy April make a beautiful May.

1053. MAY (COLD).

A cold May, Plenty of corn and hay.

1054. MEADOW. A thin meadow is soon mowed.

1055. MEASURE. Good measure is a merry mean.

1056. MEASURE. With what measure ye mete it shall be measured to you again.

1057. MEASURE. Measure twice before you cut once.

1058. MEASURES. He measures your corn by his bushel.

1059. MEAT. Much meat, much maladies.

1060. MEAT. Meat is much, but manners is more.

1061. MEDIUM. There's a medium between painting the face and not washing it.

1062. MEDLARS. Medlars are never good till they be rotten.

1063. MEDLARS. Time and straw make medlars ripe.

1064. MEND. It is never too late to mend.

1065. MEND. If every one would mend one, all would be mended.

1066. MEND. In the end things will mend.

1067. MERCY. Cry you mercy, who killed my cat?

1068. MERRY. He that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast.

1069. MERRY. It's good to be merry and wise.

1070. MERRY. It is good to be merry at meat.

1071. MERRY. Merry meet, merry part, merry meet again.

1072. MERRY. As long lives a merry heart as a sad.

1073. MERRY MONTH. The merry month of May.

1074. METTLE. Mettle is dangerous in a blind horse.

1075. MILK. Milk which will not be made into butter must be made into cheese.

1076. MILK. Who would keep a cow when he may have a bottle of milk for a penny!

1077. MILL. No mill, no meal.

1078. MILLSTONE. I can see as far into a millstone as the picker.

1079. MILLSTONE. The lower millstone grinds as well as the upper.

1080. MIND. Out of sight, out of mind.

1081. MIND.

In the forehead and the eye, The picture of the mind doth lie.

1082. MIND. A woman's mind and winter wind often change.

1083. MIND. A wise man changes his mind; a fool never.

1084. MIRTH. A pennyworth of mirth is worth a pound of sorrow.

1085. MISCHIEF. A little mischief is too much.

1086. MISCHIEFS. Mischiefs come by the pound and go away by the ounce.

1087. MISFORTUNES. Misfortunes seldom come alone.

1088. MISS. A miss is as good as a mile.

1089. MISTS.

So many mists in March you see, So many frosts in May will be.

1090. MISUNDERSTANDING. Misunderstanding brings lies to town.

1091. MOB. The mob has many heads, but no brains.

1092. MOCKING. Mocking is catching.

1093. MODESTY. Modesty is the handmaid of virtue.

1094. MONDAY.

Monday for wealth, Tuesday for health, Wednesday the best day of all; Thursday for crosses, Friday for losses, Saturday no luck at all.

1095. MONEY. Money is more easily made than made use of.

1096. MONEY.

They who have money are troubled about it, And they who have none are troubled without it.

1097. MONEY. Money makes money.

1098. MONEY. Money often makes the man.

1099. MONEY. The abundance of money ruins youth.

1100. MONEY. A fool and his money are soon parted.

1101. MONEY. A fool may make money, but a wise man should spend it.

1102. MONEY. 'Tis money makes the mare to go.

1103. MONEY. He that hath no money needeth no purse.

1104. MOON.

In the old of the moon, A cloudy morning bodes a fair afternoon.

1105. MOON.

A Saturday's moon Always comes too soon.

1106. MOON. The moon's not seen where the sun shines.

1107. MORE. The more the merrier; the fewer the better cheer.

1108. MORNING. Lose an hour in the morning, and you'll be all day hunting for it.

1109. MORNING SUN. The morning sun never lasts a day.

1110. MOST. Do as most do, and fewest will speak ill of thee.

1111. MOST. Most take all.

1112. MOTHER'S BREATH. The mother's breath is always sweet.

1113. MOTHER'S HEART. A mother's heart never grows old.

1114. MOTHER-WIT. An ounce of mother-wit is worth a pound of clergy.

1115. MOUNTAIN. Never make a mountain of a mole-hill.

1116. MOUNTAIN. If the mountain will not go to Mahomet, let Mahomet go to the mountain.

1117. MOUTH CIVILITY. Mouth civility costs little but is worth less.

1118. MOUTHS. He that sends mouths sends meat.

1119. MUCH. A fool demands much, but he's a greater that gives it.

1120. MUCH. Much is expected where much is given.

1121. MUCH. Much would have more, and lost all.

1122. MUDDLES. Muddles at home make husbands roam.

1123. MUFFLED CATS. Muffled cats are bad mousers.

1124. MURDER. Murder will out.

1125. MUSIC. Music helps not the toothache.

1126. MUSIC. Where music is no harm can be.

1127. MUSICIAN. When a musician hath forgot his note, he makes as though a crumb stuck in his throat.

1128. MUSK. It's no use looking for musk in a dog's kennel.

1129. MUTE. They are as mute as fishes.

1130. NAME. A good name is better than riches.

1131. NAME. A good name keeps its lustre in the dark.

1132. NAME. Take away my good name, and take away my life.

1133. NATURE. 'Tis the nature of the beast.

1134. NECESSITY. Necessity knows no law.

1135. NECESSITY. Make a virtue of necessity.

1136. NECESSITY. Necessity is the mother of invention.

1137. NEED. Need makes the old wife trot.

1138. NEED. A friend in need is a friend indeed.

1139. NEEDLE. To look for a needle in a pottle of hay.

1140. NEEDY.

He that's needy when he is married Shall be rich when he is buried.

1141. NEIGHBOUR. Love thy neighbour, but pull not down thy hedge.

1142. NEIGHBOUR-QUART. Neighbour-quart is good quart.

1143. NEIGHBOUR. You must ask your neighbour if you shall live in peace.

1144. NEIGHBOUR'S HOUSE. When thy neighbour's house is on fire, be careful of thine own.

1145. NET. All is fish that comes to his net.

1146. NEW.

Be not the first by whom the new is tried, Be not the last to cast the old aside.

1147. NEW BROOM. A new broom sweeps clean.

1148. NEWS. No news is good news.

1149. NIMBLE. A nimble ninepence is better than a slow shilling.

1150. NIP. Nip it in the bud.

1151. NOBLE. The more noble the more humble.

1152. NODS. The great Homer himself sometimes nods.

1153. NONSENSE.

A little nonsense now and then Is relished by the wisest men.

1154. NOTICE. It is the part of a wise man to take no notice of many things.

1155. NOTHING. By doing nothing we learn to do ill.

1156. NOTHING. Of nothing comes nothing.

1157. NOTHING. Doing nothing is the hardest work.

1158. NOTHING. Nothing came out of the sack but what was in it.

1159. NOTHING. It is more painful to do nothing than something.

1160. NOTHING. Doing nothing is doing ill.

1161. NOVEMBER.

November take flail, Let ships no more sail.

1162. NOW. Now or never.

1163. NURSE. The nurse's tongue is privileged to talk.

1164. NUTSHELL. You may as well bid me lade the sea with a nutshell.

1165. OAK. An oak is not felled by one blow.

1166. OCCASION. An occasion lost cannot be redeemed.

1167. OCTOBER.

Good October, a good blast, To blow the hog acorn and mast.

1168. OFFER. Never refuse a good offer.

1169. OFFENDER. The offender never pardons.

1170. OFTEN. Little and often fills the purse.

1171. OLD AGE. When old age is evil, youth can learn no good.

1172. OLD. Old young, old long.

1173. OLD CAT. An old cat laps as much as a young kitten.

1174. OLD COCK. As the old cock crows so crows the young.

1175. OLD DOG. An old dog barks not in vain.

1176. OLD DOG. An old dog will learn no tricks.

1177. OLDER. Older and wiser.

1178. OLD FOOLS. Old fools are the worst of fools.

1179. OLD FOXES. Old foxes need no tutors.

1180. OLD FRIENDS. Old friends to meet, old wine to drink, and old wood to burn.

1181. OLD FRIENDS. Old friends and old wine are best.

1182. OLD MEN. Old men are twice children.

1183. OLD SACK. An old sack wanteth much patching.

1184. OLD SAWS. Old saws speak the truth.

1185. OLD SORE. It's ill healing an old sore.

1186. OMELETTES. You can't make omelettes without breaking eggs.

1187. ONCE. Once well done is twice done.

1188. ONE. Make much of one, good men are scarce.

1189. ONE HAND. One hand will not clasp.

1190. ONE HOLE. The mouse that hath but one hole is easily taken.

1191. ONE THING. Too much of one thing is good for nothing.

1192. OPPORTUNITY. Opportunity makes the thief.

1193. OPPORTUNITY. Opportunity lingers sometimes.

1194. OPPRESSION. Oppression causeth rebellion.

1195. ORDERLY. In an orderly house all is soon ready.

1196. ORTS. Evening orts are good morning fodder.

1197. OTHERWISE. Some are wise, and some are otherwise.

1198. OUGHT. Do what thou ought, let come what may.

1199. OUTBID. Be not too hasty to outbid another.

1200. OVER. Over boots, over shoes.

1201. OVERTAKES. None is so wise but the fool overtakes him sometimes.

1202. OYSTERS. Oysters are not good in the month that hath not an R in it.

1203. OWN DOG. A man may cause his own dog to bite him.

1204. PAIN. Pain is forgotten where gain follows.

1205. PAIN. Great pain and little gain make a man soon weary.

1206. PAINS. No pains, no profit.

1207. PAINS. Pains are the wages of ill-pleasures.

1208. PAINTING. On painting and fighting look aloof off.

1209. PARDON. Pardon all men, but never thyself.

1210. PARENTS. Study to be worthy of your parents.

1211. PARTRIDGE.

If the partridge had the woodcock's thigh, It would be the best bird that ever did fly.

1212. PASSION. A man in a passion rides a horse that runs away with him.

1213. PATCH. Patch and sit long, build and soon flit.

1214. PATIENCE. Patience is a flower that grows not in every one's garden.

1215. PATIENCE. Patience is a plaister for all sores.

1216. PATIENT. As patient as Job.

1217. PAY. Pay him in his own coin.

1218. PAY. Pay as you go.

1219. PAYS LAST. He that pays last never pays twice.

1220. PAYMENT.

They who don't intend to pay, Will promise payment any day.

1221. PEARLS. Cast not pearls before swine.

1222. PEAS. He who hath most peas may put most in the pot.

1223. PEDLAR. A small pack suits a small pedlar.

1224. PEDLAR. Let every pedlar carry his own pack.

1225. PEN. Pen and ink are a wit's plough.

1226. PENCE. Take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves.

1227. PENNY. That penny is well spent that saves a groat.

1228. PENNY. A penny in my purse will bid me drink when all my friends I have will not.

1229. PENNY. A penny in your pocket is a good companion.

1230. PENNY. In for a penny, in for a pound.

1231. PENNY. A penny saved is a penny got.

1232. PENNY WISE. Penny wise and pound foolish.

1233. PEPPER. Pepper is black, yet it hath a good smack.

1234. PERCH. The topmost branch is not the safest perch.

1235. PERIL. Peril proves who dearly loves.

1236. PERSEVERANCE. Perseverance kills the game.

1237. PERSUASION. The persuasion of the fortunate sways the doubtful.

1238. PETER. He robs Peter to pay Paul.

1239. PHYSICIAN. Physician heal thyself.

1240. PHYSICIANS.

The best physicians are Doctor Diet, Doctor Cheeriman, and Doctor Quiet.

1241. PICTURES. Painted pictures are dead speakers.

1242. PIG'S TAIL. You can't make a horn of a pig's tail.

1243. PILLOW. Sleep on it; the pillow is the best counsellor.

1244. PILOT. Every man is a pilot in a calm sea.

1245. PIN. He that will not stoop for a pin, shall never be worth a point.

1246. PIN.

See a pin and let it lie, Want a pin before you die.

1247. PIN. A pin a day is a groat a year.

1248. PINCHES. No one knows where the shoe pinches so well as him who wears it.

1249. PIPE. He can ill pipe that wants his upper lip.

1250. PITCHER. The pitcher does not go so often to the water, but it comes home broken at last.

1251. PITY. Pity, promises, and blame, are always cheap and plentiful.

1252. PITY. Foolish pity spoils a city.

1253. PLACE. Sit in your place, and none can make you rise.

1254. PLACE. A place for everything, and everything in its place.

1255. PLAIN DEALING. Plain dealing's a jewel.

1256. PLAY.

All play and no work, Gives Tom a ragged shirt.

1257. PLAY. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

1258. PLAY. If you play with a fool at home, he'll play with you in the market.

1259. PLEASE ALL.

He that would please all, and himself too, Undertakes what he cannot do.

1260. PLEASING. Pleasing ware is half sold.

1261. PLEASURE. Make not a toil of your pleasure.

1262. PLENTY. Plenty as blackberries.

1263. PLOUGH. Don't stop the plough to catch a mouse.

1264. PLOUGH. A man must plough with such oxen as he hath.

1265. PLOUGH.

He that by the plough would thrive, Himself must either hold or drive.

1266. POOR. Do not live poor to die rich.

1267. POOR. As poor as Job.

1268. POOR FOLK. Poor folk have few kindred.

1269. POOR FOLK. Poor folk are glad of pottage.

1270. POPE. He that would be Pope must think of nothing else.

1271. POSSESSION. Possession is nine points of the law, and they say there are but ten.

1272. POT. A little pot is soon hot.

1273. POT. The pot calls the kettle black.

1274. POVERTY. Poverty parts friends.

1275. POVERTY. Poverty breeds strife.

1276. POVERTY. Poverty is the mother of health.

1277. POVERTY. When poverty comes in at the door, friendship leaps out of the window.

1278. POVERTY. Poverty parteth good fellowship.

1279. POVERTY. Poverty makes a man acquainted with strange bed-fellows.

1280. PRACTICE. Practice makes perfect.

1281. PRAISE. True praise takes root and spreads.

1282. PRAISE. Neither praise nor dispraise thyself, thine actions serve the turn.

1283. PRAISE. Never sound the trumpet of your own praise.

1284. PRAISE. Praise a fair day at night.

1285. PRAISE. Old praise dies, unless you feed it.

1286. PRATE. Prate is but prate; 'tis money buys land.

1287. PRAY. He that would learn to pray let him go to sea.

1288. PRETTINESS. Prettiness makes no pottage.

1289. PRETTINESS. Prettiness dies quickly.

1290. PREVENTION. Prevention is better than cure.

1291. PREY. Birds of prey do not sing.

1292. PRIDE. Pride feels no pain.

1293. PRIDE. Pride will have a fall.

1294. PRIDE. Pride goes before, and shame follows after.

1295. PROCRASTINATION. Procrastination is the thief of time.

1296. PROMISE. He is poor indeed that cannot promise nothing.

1297. PROMISE. Be slow to promise, but quick to perform.

1298. PROMISE. Apt to promise, apt to forget.

1299. PROMISES. Promises are too much like pie-crusts, made to be broken.

1300. PROOF. The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

1301. PROSPERITY. Prosperity gains friends, adversity tries them.

1302. PROUD MIND. There's nothing agrees worse than a proud mind and a beggar's purse.

1303. PROVERB. According to the old proverb.

1304. PROVERBS. Proverbs are the texts of common life.

1305. PRY. Pry not into other people's affairs.

1306. PRYETH. He that pryeth into every cloud, may be stricken with a thunder-bolt.

1307. PUDDLE. Every path hath a puddle.

1308. PUFF. Puff not against the wind.

1309. PULL. Pull gently on a weak rope.

1310. PULL DOWN. It is easier to pull down than to build.

1311. PUNCTUALITY. Punctuality begets confidence.

1312. PUNISHMENT. Many without punishment, none without sin.

1313. PURSE. Be ruled by your purse.

1314. PURSE. Let your purse be your master.

1315. PURSE. You cannot make a purse of a sow's ear.

1316. PURSE. A full purse maketh the mouth to speak.

1317. PURSE. He that shows his purse longs to be rid of it.

1318. PURSE.

Be it better or be it worse, Be ruled by him who bears the purse.

1319. PURSE. A heavy purse makes a light heart.

1320. PURSE. He who gets four pounds and spends five has no need of a purse.

1321. PURSES (WRINKLED). Wrinkled purses make wrinkled faces.

1322. QUARREL. Don't quarrel with the beggar for his bone.

1323. QUENCH. To cast oil in the fire is not the way to quench it.

1324. QUICK. Quick at meat, quick at work.

1325. QUIETNESS. Next to love, quietness.

1326. QUIET LIFE. Anything for a quiet life.

1327. QUOTE. The devil can quote Scripture to suit his purpose.

1328. RAGGED COLT. A ragged colt may make a good horse.

1329. RAIN.

Rain from east, Two days at least.

1330. RAIN.

Should it rain on Easter Day, There'll be plenty of grass and little hay.

1331. RAIN. Some rain, some rest.

1332. RAIN. After rain comes fair weather.

1333. RAIN. Small rain lays great dust.

1334. RAINS. It never rains but it pours.

1335. RAISE. Raise no more spirits than you can conjure down.

1336. READY MONEY. Ready money will away.

1337. REAL FRIEND. He is a real friend who assists one in a pinch.

1338. REASON. If we do not hear reason she will one day make herself be heard.

1339. REASON. There's reason in roasting of eggs.

1340. RECEIVER. The receiver is as bad as the thief.

1341. RECEIVERS. If there were no receivers there would be no thieves.

1342. RECKLESS YOUTH. Reckless youth makes rueful age.

1343. RECKONS. He that reckons without his host must reckon again.

1344. RECKONING. Fools always come short of their reckoning.

1345. RECKONING. Short reckonings make long friends.

1346. RECONCILE. Reconcile yourself to present trials, the future may bring worse.

1347. RECORDER. A good recorder sets all in order.

1348. REIGNS. Man reigns and woman rules.

1349. REINS. Men hold the reins, but the women tell them which way to drive.

1350. RELIGION. Better wear a cloak for religion than religion for a cloak.

1351. REMOVE. Remove an old tree and it will wither.

1352. REMOVED. A plant often removed cannot thrive.

1353. REPROOF. A smart reproof is better than smooth deceit.

1354. RESERVE. Reserve the master-blow.

1355. RE-TELLING. A story never loses by re-telling.

1356. REVENGE. To forget wrong is the greatest revenge.

1357. REVENGE. Revenge is sweet.

1358. RICH. God help the rich, the poor can beg.

1359. RICHES. Riches are like muck, which stink in a heap, but spread abroad make the earth fruitful.

1360. RICHES. Riches are but the baggage of fortune.

1361. RIDE. Better ride on an ass that carries me than a horse that throws me.

1362. RIGHT HAND. Let not thy right hand know what thy left hand doeth.

1363. RISETH. He that riseth betimes hath something in his head.

1364. RIVER. Follow the river and you'll get to the sea.

1365. ROAD. Rich country, bad road.

1366. ROOST. A bird can roost upon but one branch.

1367. ROLLING STONE. A rolling stone gathers no moss.

1368. ROME. When you are at Rome, do as Rome does.

1369. ROME. Rome was not built in a day.

1370. RUDDER. He that will not be ruled by the rudder must be ruled by the rock.

1371. ROSE. The fairest rose at last is withered.

1372. ROTTEN APPLE. A rotten apple injures its companions.

1373. RUGGED STONE. A rugged stone grows smooth from hand to hand.

1374. RULE. There is no rule without an exception.

1375. RULES. Love rules his kingdom without a sword.

1376. RUNS. He that runs fastest gets the prize.

1377. RUNS FAST. He that runs fast will not run long.

1378. SACK. It's a bad sack will abide no clouting.

1379. SACK. Nothing comes out of the sack but what was in it.

1380. SADDLE. Set the saddle on the right horse.

1381. SADNESS. Sadness and gladness succeed each other.

1382. ST. DAVID'S DAY.

Upon St. David's day, Put oats and barley in the clay.

1383. ST. STEPHEN.

Blessed be St. Stephen; There's no fast upon his even.

1384. SAIL. Make not your sail too large for your ship.

1385. SALMON. Salmon and sermon have their season in Lent.

1386. SALT. Catch a bird by putting salt on its tail.

1387. SAND. You can't make ropes of sand.

1388. SAUCE. What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.

1389. SAUCE. Sweet meat must have some sauce.

1390. SAVE.

If youth knew what age will crave, It sure would strive to get and save.

1391. SAVE. Who will not save a penny, shall never have many.

1392. SAVING. Saving is getting.

1393. SAVING. It's useless saving at the spigot and spending at the bung-hole.

1394. SAVING. Of saving cometh having.

1395. SAY. Learn to say before you sing.

1396. SAYING. Saying and doing are two things.

1397. SAYS. If a man says little he thinks the more.

1398. SAY WELL.

"Say well," and "do well," end with one letter; To say well, it is well, but to do well is better.

1399. SCABBED SHEEP. One scabbed sheep infects the whole flock.

1400. SCALD. Scald not your lips in another man's pottage.

1401. SCALDED CAT. A scalded cat fears cold water.

1402. SCEPTRE. A sceptre is one thing, a ladle another.

1403. SCHOLAR. A mere scholar a mere ass.

1404. SCHOLARS. The greatest scholars are not always the wisest men.

1405. SCORNING. Scorning is catching.

1406. SCOTCH MIST. A Scotch mist will wet an Englishman through to the skin.

1407. SEA. On the sea sail; on the land settle.

1408. SEASON. Everything is good in its season.

1409. SEASON. To everything there is a season; and a time to every purpose under heaven.

1410. SECOND BLOW. 'Tis the second blow that makes a fray.

1411. SECRET. He that revealeth his secret maketh himself a slave.

1412. SEEING. Seeing is believing.

1413. SEEK. Seek till you find, and you'll lose no labour.

1414. SELDOM SEEN. Seldom seen, soon forgotten.

1415. SELF. Self do, self have.

1416. SELF LOVE. Self love's a mote in every man's eye.

1417. SELF PRAISE. Self praise is no recommendation.

1418. SEPTEMBER.

September blow soft, Till the fruit's in the loft.

1419. SERVANTS. Good servants make good masters.

1420. SHADOW. Catch not at the shadow and lose the substance.

1421. SHARE. Share and share alike.

1422. SHAVING. It's ill shaving against the wool.

1423. SHEAR.

Shear your sheep in May, And shear them all away.

1424. SHEEP. One sheep follows another.

1425. SHIPS. Ships fear fire more than water.

1426. SHOE. The finest shoe often hurts the foot.

1427. SHOE. To know where the shoe pinches.

1428. SHOOT. Every man will shoot at the enemy, but few will go to fetch the shaft.

1429. SHOP. Keep thy shop, and thy shop will keep thee.

1430. SHORN SHEEP. God tempers the wind to the shorn sheep.

1431. SHORT CUTS. Short cuts are sometimes longest.

1432. SHORT RECKONINGS. Short reckonings are soon cleared.

1433. SHORT AND SWEET. Short and sweet like a donkey's gallop.

1434. SHREW. Every one can tame a shrew but he that hath her.

1435. SIGH. Never sigh but send.

1436. SIGHT. Out of sight out of mind.

1437. SILENCE. Silence seldom doth harm.

1438. SILENCE. Silence is consent.

1439. SILENCE. Silence is the best ornament of a woman.

1440. SILVER. White silver draws black lines.

1441. SILVER SPOON. He was born with a silver spoon in his mouth.

1442. SING. A bird that can sing and won't sing, must be made to sing.

1443. SING. None but fools and fiddlers sing at their meat.

1444. SINGS. Who sings drives away care.

1445. SIT STILL. As good sit still as rise up and fall.

1446. SLANDER. Few people are out of the reach of slander.

1447. SLANDER. Slander leaves a score behind it.

1448. SLAVERY.

Account not that work slavery That brings in penny savoury.

1449. SLEEP. One hour's sleep before midnight is worth two hours after.

1450. SLEEPING. There is sleeping enough in the grave.

1451. SLEEPING DOG. Don't wake a sleeping dog.

1452. SLIP. Better that the feet slip than the tongue.

1453. SLOTH. Sloth turneth the edge of wit.

1454. SLOTH. Sloth is the mother of poverty.

1455. SLOW. Slow and sure.

1456. SLUGGARD'S GUISE.

The sluggard's guise, Loth to go to bed and loth to rise.

1457. SLUTS. Sluts are good enough to make slovens' pottage.

1458. SMALL FISH. Better are small fish than an empty dish.

1459. SMALL THINGS. Small things affect light minds.

1460. SMALL THINGS. He that despiseth small things shall fall by little and little.

1461. SMOKE. Where there is smoke there is fire.

1462. SNAKE. Put a snake in your bosom, and when it is warm it will sting you.

1463. SNOW. A snow year, a rich year.

1464. SOFTLY. He that goes softly goes surely.

1465. SOFT WORDS. Soft words butter no parsnips.

1466. SOLDIERS. Soldiers in peace are like chimneys in summer.

1467. SON.

My son's my son till he hath got him a wife, But my daughter's my daughter all the days of her life.

1468. SOON HOT. Soon hot, soon cold.

1469. SOONER SAID. 'Tis sooner said than done.

1470. SORROW. Sorrow and bad weather come unsent for.

1471. SORROW. Sorrow will pay no debt.

1472. SORROW. A fat sorrow is better than a lean one.

1473. SORROW. Sorrow is good for nothing but sin.

1474. SORROW. Sorrow will wear away in time.

1475. SORROW. When sorrow is asleep, wake it not.

1476. SORROW. Sorrow comes unsent for, and, like the unbidden guest, brings his own stool.

1477. SORROWING. He goes a-sorrowing, who goes a-borrowing.

1478. SOUND. As sound as a nut.

1479. SOUR GRAPES. "Sour grapes," as the fox said when he could not reach them.

1480. SOW. Every sow to her own trough.

1481. SOWS. Who sows in May gets little that way.

1482. SOWS. What a man sows, that shall he also reap.

1483. SPARE. 'Tis too late, to spare when the bottom is bare.

1484. SPARE. It is better to spare at the brim than the bottom.

1485. SPARE. Spare when young and spend when old.

1486. SPARE. Spare to speak and spare to spend.

1487. SPEAK. There is a time to speak as well as to be silent.

1488. SPEAK. Speak well of the dead.

1489. SPEAK. Many speak much that cannot speak well.

1490. SPEAK. Speak fair and think what you will.

1491. SPEAKS.

He that speaks me fair and loves me not, I'll speak him fair and trust him not.

1492. SPECULATION. Speculation completes what extravagance began.

1493. SPEECH. Speech is the picture of the mind.

1494. SPEND. Spend not where you may save; spare not where you must spend.

1495. SPEND. Carefully spend, and God will send.

1496. SPEND. Spend and be free, but make no waste.

1497. SPENDER. To a good spender God is the treasurer.

1498. SPENDERS. Great spenders are bad lenders.

1499. SPENDS.

He who more than his worth doth spend, Makes a rope his life to end; He who spends more than he should, Shall not have to spend when he would.

1500. SPENDS. You may know by a penny how a shilling spends.

1501. SPENDTHRIFT. It is the thrift of a spendthrift which ruins him most effectually.

1502. SPICE. Who hath spice enough may season his meat as he pleaseth.

1503. SPITE. Don't cut your nose off to spite your face.

1504. SPITS. Who spits against the wind spits in his own face.

1505. SPLIT. He would split a hair.

1506. SPOIL. Too many cooks spoil the broth.

1507. SPOIL. Spoil not the ship for a penn'orth of tar.

1508. SPOKEN OF. Better be ill spoken of by one before all, than by all before one.

1509. SPORT. It's poor sport that is not worth the candle.

1510. SPORT. No sport, no pie.

1511. SPOTS. Rich men's spots are covered with money.

1512. SPRAT. Throw a sprat to catch a whale.

1513. SPUR. Do not spur a free horse.

1514. STABLE. Being born in a stable does not make a man a horse.

1515. STAKE. An ill stake standeth longest.

1516. STANDERS BY. Standers by see more than the gamesters.

1517. STANDING. The higher the standing the lower the fall.

1518. STANDING POOLS. Standing pools gather filth.

1519. STARS. Stars are not seen during sunshine.

1520. STARVE. He would starve in a cook-shop.

1521. STEAL. He that will steal an egg will steal an ox.

1522. STEAL. He that will steal a pin will steal a better thing.

1523. STEAL. One man may better steal a horse than another look over the hedge.

1524. STEED. When the steed is stolen the stable door shall be shut.

1525. STEP BY STEP. Step by step the ladder is climbed.

1526. STICKS. Little sticks kindle the fire, but great ones put it out.

1527. STILE. He that will not go over the stile must be thrust through the gate.

1528. STILL WATER. Trust not still water nor a silent man.

1529. STILL WATER. Keep me from still water; from that which is rough I can keep myself.

1530. STILL WATERS. Still waters run deep.

1531. STINKING FISH. Never cry "Stinking fish."

1532. STITCH. A stitch in time saves nine.

1533. STOCK. Whoso lacketh a stock, his gain's not worth a chip.

1534. STOLEN KISSES. Stolen kisses are sweet.

1535. STOMACH. The full stomach loatheth the honeycomb, but to the hungry every bitter thing is sweet.

1536. STOMACH. With stomach, wife, and conscience keep on good terms.

1537. STONE WALL.

Hard upon hard makes a bad stone wall; But soft upon soft makes none at all.

1538. STOOLS. Between two stools he comes to the ground.

1539. STOOP. He must stoop that hath a low door.

1540. STORM. After a storm comes a calm.

1541. STORE. Store is no sore.

1542. STORY. One story is good until another's told.

1543. STRAIGHT TREES. Straight trees have crooked roots.

1544. STRATAGEM. By stratagem, not valour.

1545. STREAM. No striving against the stream.

1546. STRIFE. Weight and measure take away strife.

1547. STRIFE. Haste makes waste, and waste makes want, and want makes strife between the good man and his wife.

1548. STRIKE. Strike while the iron is hot.

1549. STROKES. Little strokes fell great oaks.

1550. STUDY. Morning is the time for study.

1551. STUMBLES. He that runs in the night stumbles.

1552. STUMBLES. He that stumbles twice over the same stone, deserves to break his shins.

1553. STUMBLES. 'Tis a good horse that never stumbles, and a good wife that never grumbles.

1554. SUBJECTS' LOVE. The subjects' love is the king's lifeguard.

1555. SUCCESS. Nothing succeeds like success.

1556. SUCCESS.

'Tis not in mortals to command success, But we'll do more, Sempronius, we'll deserve it.

1557. SUCKERS. The young suckers drain the old tree.

1558. SUFFERANCE. Of sufferance comes ease.

1559. SUFFICIENT. Sufficient for the day is the evil thereof.

1560. SUIT. That suit is best that best fits me.

1561. SUNSHINE. No sunshine but hath some shadow.

1562. SUPPERLESS. Better go to bed supperless than to rise in debt.

1563. SUPPERS. Light suppers make long lives.

1564. SURE. Sure bind, sure find.

1565. SURGEON. A good surgeon must have an eagle's eye, a lion's heart, and a lady's hand.

1566. SWALLOW. One swallow does not make a summer.

1567. SWALLOW. One swallow makes not a spring, nor one woodcock a winter.

1568. SWEAT. No sweat, no sweet.

1569. SWEEP. Sweep before your own door.

1570. SWEEP. They have need of a besom that sweep the house with a turf.

1571. SWEET. He deserves not the sweet that will not taste the sour.

1572. SWIM. He must needs swim that's held up by the chin.

1573. SWIM. Never trust yourself out of your depth till you can swim.

1574. SWORD. He that strikes with the sword shall be beaten with the scabbard.

1575. SWORD. Who draws his sword against his prince must throw away the scabbard.

1576. TABLE. A poor man's table is soon spread.

1577. TABLE. Who depends upon another man's table often dines late.

1578. TALE-BEARER. Remove the tale-bearer and contention ceaseth.

1579. TALE-BEARERS. Put no faith in tale-bearers.

1580. TALK. Talk of the devil and his imp appears.

1581. TALKERS. The greatest talkers are always the least doers.

1582. TALKING. Talking pays no toll.

1583. TASTE. To him that hath lost his taste, sweet is sour.

1584. TEACHETH. He teacheth ill who teacheth all.

1585. TEARS. Nothing dries up sooner than tears.

1586. TEETH. A man may dig his grave with his teeth.

1587. TEMPERANCE. Temperance is the best physic.

1588. TEMPTER. The tempter is the greater rogue.

1589. THANKS. He loseth his thanks who promiseth and delayeth.

1590. THATCHED. When I have thatched his house he would throw me down.

1591. THIEF. Give a thief rope enough and he'll hang himself.

1592. THIEF. The thief's sorry because he is caught, not because he is the thief.

1593. THIEF. Set a thief to take a thief.

1594. THIEVES. All are not thieves that dogs bark at.

1595. THINK. One may think that dares not speak.

1596. THINK. Think twice before you speak once.

1597. THINK. Think much, speak little, and write less.

1598. THINK.

Who thinks to live must live to think, Else mind and body lose their link.

1599. THINKS. The horse thinks one thing, and he that rides him another.

1600. THINKERS. Thinkers govern toilers.

1601. THISTLES. Gather thistles, expect prickles.

1602. THISTLES. He that sows nothing plants thistles.

1603. THORN. No rose without a thorn.

1604. THORN. The thorn comes forth with his point forwards.

1605. THORNS. Roses, mind you, have thorns.

1606. THORNS. He that handles thorns shall prick his fingers.

1607. THOUGHTS. Second thoughts are best.

1608. THOUGHTS. Thoughts are free.

1609. THREATENED. There are more threatened than struck.

1610. THREEPENCE. If you make not much of threepence you'll ne'er be worth a groat.

1611. THRIFTY. Thrifty men are fond of thrifty sayings.

1612. THRIVE.

He that will thrive must rise at five. He that hath thriven may lie till seven.

1613. THUNDER. Thunder in December foretells fine weather.

1614. THUNDERS. When it thunders the thief becomes honest.

1615. THYSELF. For what thou canst do thyself rely not on another.

1616. TIDE. There is a tide in the affairs of man which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune.

1617. TIDE. Every tide has its ebb.

1618. TIDE. The tide will fetch away what the ebb brings.

1619. TIME. Take time by the forelock.

1620. TIME. A mouse, in time, may bite in two a cable.

1621. TIME. Take time when time is, for time will away.

1622. TIME. Time and tide tarry for no man.

1623. TIME. Time assuages the greatest grief.

1624. TIME. Time cures sorrow.

1625. TIME. Time is the rider that breaks youth.

1626. TIME. Time tries all.

1627. TIMELY. Timely blossom timely ripe.

1628. TITLE. Simon Noland, clown, is a better style and title than Humphrey Hadland, gent.

1629. TO-DAY. To-day me, to-morrow thee.

1630. TOM. He's Tom Tell-troth.

1631. TO-MORROW. To-morrow comes never.

1632. TONGUE. A man may hold his tongue in an ill time.

1633. TONGUE. Temper the tongue.

1634. TONGUE. Confine your tongue, lest it confine you.

1635. TONGUE. Keep your tongue within your teeth.

1636. TONGUE.

The tongue breaketh bone, Though itself have none.

1637. TONGUE. The tongue's not steel, yet it cuts.

1638. TONGUE. The tongue talks at the head's cost.

1639. TONGUE. One tongue is enough for a woman.

1640. TONGUE. Who has not a good tongue, ought to have good hands.

1641. TOO LATE. Better three hours too soon than a minute too late.

1642. TOOLS. A bad workman quarrels with his tools.

1643. TOOLS. What is a workman without his tools?

1644. TOO FAR. Too far east is west.

1645. TOO MUCH. He that grasps at too much, holds fast nothing.

1646. TOP SAWYERS. We can't all be top sawyers.

1647. TRADE. He that hath a trade hath an estate.

1648. TRADE. Every man to his trade.

1649. TRADE. Trade knows neither friends nor kindred.

1650. TRADE. Trade is the mother of money.

1651. TRADES. Jack of all trades, and master of none.

1652. TRADESMAN. A tradesman who gets not loseth.

1653. TRAVELS. He that travels far knows much.

1654. TREE. A tree is known by its fruit, and not by its leaves.

1655. TREE. Remove an old tree and it will wither to death.

1656. TREES. Set trees poor, and they will grow rich; set them rich, and they will grow poor.

1657. TREES. You cannot see wood for trees.

1658. TRIFLE. Fall not out with a friend for a trifle.

1659. TROUBLE. He who seeketh trouble never misseth it.

1660. TROUBLED WATERS. Never fish in troubled waters.

1661. TROUBLES. Never make troubles of trifles.

1662. TROUBLES. Hidden troubles disquiet most.

1663. TRUE WORD. There's many a true word spoken in jest.

1664. TRUE. That is true which all men say.

1665. TRUST.

If you trust before you try, You may repent it ere you die.

1666. TRUST. Trust in God, and keep your powder dry.

1667. TRUST NOT. Trust not a broken staff.

1668. TRUST NOT. Trust not a horse's heel, nor a dog's tooth.

1669. TRUTH. Truth lies in a well.

1670. TRUTH. Truth is stranger than fiction.

1671. TRUTH. Fair fall truth and daylight.

1672. TRUTH. Speak the truth and shame the devil.

1673. TRUTH. Truth hath a good face, but bad clothes.

1674. TRUTH. Truth may be blamed, but it can't be shamed.

1675. TRUTH.

Whatever you do, whatever you say, Tell your doctor and lawyer the truth alway.

1676. TRY. Try your friend before you trust him.

1677. TUB. Every tub must stand on its own bottom.

1678. TURN. One good turn deserves another.

1679. TURNED. Swine, women, and bees are not to be turned.

1680. TWELFTH DAY. At twelfth-day the days are lengthened a cock's stride.

1681. TWENTY. As good twenty as nineteen.

1682. TWICE. If things were to be done twice, all would be wise.

1683. TWO FACES. Never carry two faces under one hat.

1684. TWO HEADS. Two heads are better than one.

1685. TWO PLACES. One cannot be in two places at once.

1686. TWO SUNDAYS. When two Sundays come in one week--that is, never.

1687. UNHAPPY. An unhappy lad may make a good man.

1688. UNITS. The greatest number is made up of units.

1689. UNKNOWN. Unknown, unmissed.

1690. UNMINDED. Unminded, unmoaned.

1691. UNTAUGHT. Better untaught than ill-taught.

1692. USE. Use is second nature.

1693. USE. Use the means, and God will give the blessing.

1694. UTILITY. Utility is preferable to grandeur.

1695. VALENTINE'S DAY.

On Valentine's day will a good goose lay, If she be a good goose, her dame well to pay, She will lay two eggs before Valentine's day.

1696. VALLEY. He who stays in the valley will never get over the hill.

1697. VALOUR. Valour can do little without discretion.

1698. VALOUR. Valour that parleys is near yielding.

1699. VENTURE. Nothing venture nothing win.

1700. VENTURE. Venture a small fish to catch a great one.

1701. VENTURE. Venture not all in one ship.

1702. VERY LAST. Fools think themselves wise to the very last.

1703. VICAR OF BRAY. The vicar of Bray will be vicar of Bray still.

1704. VICE. Vice is nourished by being concealed.

1705. VINE. Make the vine poor, and it will make you rich.

1706. VINEGAR. The sweetest wine makes the sharpest vinegar.

1707. VIRTUES. Search others for their virtues, thyself for their faults.

1708. VOWS. Vows made in storms are forgotten in calms.

1709. WAGER. A wager is a fool's argument.

1710. WAGES. He who serves well need not be afraid to ask his wages.

1711. WAITS. He that waits on another man's trencher, makes many a late dinner.

1712. WANT. The worth of a thing is best known by the want of it.

1713. WANT OF. For want of a nail the shoe is lost; for want of a shoe the horse is lost; for want of a horse the rider is lost.

1714. WAR. War, hunting, and law, are as full of trouble as pleasure.

1715. WAR. War is death's feast.

1716. WAR. Who preacheth war is the devil's chaplain.

1717. WAR (GOOD). He that makes a good war makes a good peace.

1718. WARES (GOOD). Good wares make quick markets.

1719. WARM. He that is warm thinks all are so.

1720. WARM. He is wise enough that can keep himself warm in winter.

1721. WARM.

The head and feet kept warm, The rest will take no harm.

1722. WASHING. There's no washing the blackamore white.

1723. WASTE. Waste not, want not.

1724. WASTE. Wilful waste makes woeful want.

1725. WATCH. Good watch prevents misfortune.

1726. WATCH. You may be a wise man though you cannot make a watch.

1727. WATCHED POT. A watched pot never boils.

1728. WATER. Water bewitched.

1729. WATER. We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.

1730. WAX. He that hath a head of wax must not walk in the sun.

1731. WAY. Where there's a will there's a way.

1732. WAYS (MORE). There are more ways to kill a dog than hanging.

1733. WAYS. To him that wills ways are not wanting.

1734. WEAKEST. Let the weakest go to the wall.

1735. WEAKEST. Where it is weakest there the thread breaketh.

1736. WEALTH. Their folly pleads the privilege of wealth.

1737. WEARER. The wearer best knows where the shoe pinches.

1738. WEARING. Everything is the worse for wearing.

1739. WEARS. Constant dropping wears the stone.

1740. WEATHER. 'Tis pity fair weather should do any harm.

1741. WEATHER (CHANGE). Any flat can talk of change of weather.

1742. WEDDING. Wedding and ill-wintering tame both man and beast.

1743. WEDLOCK. Wedlock is a padlock.

1744. WEDS. Who weds ere he be wise shall die ere he thrive.

1745. WEEP. As great a pity to see a woman weep, as to see a goose go barefoot.

1746. WELCOME. As welcome as the flowers in May.

1747. WELCOME. "Welcome death," quoth the rat, when the trap fell down.

1748. WELCOME. Welcome is the best dish on the table.

1749. WELL. Let well alone.

1750. WELL. When the well is dug it is easy enough to pump.

1751. WELL-DOING. Be not weary of well-doing.

1752. WELL-ORDERED. All things are soon prepared in a well-ordered house.

1753. WELLS. Well-drawn wells give the sweetest water.

1754. WEPT. I wept when I was born, and every day shows why.

1755. WHET. A whet is no let [hindrance].

1756. WHISTLE. You may pay too dear for your whistle.

1757. WHY. There's ne'er a why, but there's a wherefore.

1758. WIDE. Wide will wear but narrow will tear.

1759. WIFE. Choose your wife on Saturday, and not on a Sunday.

1760. WIFE. He that goes far from home for a wife, either intends to cheat or will be cheated.

1761. WIFE. A man's best fortune or his worst is his wife.

1762. WIFE. There is one good wife in the country, and every man thinks he hath her.

1763. WIFE (GOOD). A good wife makes a good husband.

1764. WIFE (GOOD).

A good wife and health Are a man's best wealth.

1765. WIFE (GOOD).

Saith Solomon the wise A good wife's a prize.

1766. WIFE (NEWS). He that tells his wife news is but newly married.

1767. WILD OATS. Happy is he who hath sown his wild oats betimes.

1768. WILES. Wise men are not caught by wiles.

1769. WILFUL. If wilful will to water, wilful must be drowned.

1770. WILFUL MAN. A wilful man never wants woe.

1771. WILL. Take the will for the deed.

1772. WILL. They that cannot do as they will, must do as they can.

1773. WILL. Will without reason is blind.

1774. WILL NOT. If one will not, another will.

1775. WILL (READY). Where the will is ready, the feet are light.

1776. WILL (WAY). Where there's a will there's a way.

1777. WILLING HORSE. All lay load on the willing horse.

1778. WILLING MIND. Nothing is impossible to a willing mind.

1779. WILLOWS. Willows are weak, yet they bend other wood.

1780. WIN. Win first, lose last.

1781. WIND (NORTH).

When the wind's in the north You need not go forth [to fish].

1782. WIND (EAST).

When the wind's in the east The fish will bite least.

1783. WIND (SOUTH).

When the wind's in the south The bait goes in their mouth.

1784. WIND (WEST).

When the wind's in the west The fish will bite best.

1785. WIND.

Where the wind is on Candlemas Day There it will stick to the end of May.

1786. WIND (EAST).

When the wind is in the east, 'Tis neither good for man nor beast.

1787. WIND (ILL). It's an ill wind that blows nobody good.

1788. WIND (SOUTH).

When the wind's in the south It's in the rain's mouth.

1789. WIND (STILL).

No weather is ill If the wind be still.

1790. WINDFALLS. None ever yet got fat on windfalls.

1791. WINDMILL. You cannot drive a windmill with a pair of bellows.

1792. WINE. More have been drowned in wine than water.

1793. WINE. When wine sinks, words swim.

1794. WINE. Wine is the master's, but the goodness is the drawer's.

1795. WINE (GOOD). Good wine needs no bush.

1796. WINE (IN). When wine is in, wit is out.

1797. WINE (TURNCOAT). Wine is a turncoat, first a friend, then an enemy.

1798. WINK. Wink at small faults.

1799. WINK. A wink's as good as a nod to a blind horse.

1800. WINTER (GOOD). A good winter brings a good summer.

1801. WINTER. Winter finds out what summer lays up.

1802. WISDOM. By wisdom peace, by peace plenty.

1803. WISDOM. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.

1804. WISDOM. Wisdom rides upon the ruins of folly.

1805. WISE. Better wise than wealthy.

1806. WISE MEN. Wise men care not for what they cannot have.

1807. WISHES. If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

1808. WISHES. If wishes were thrushes, beggars would eat birds.

1809. WISHES. If wishes would bide, beggars would ride.

1810. WISHES. If wishes were butter-cakes, beggars would bite.

1811. WIT. Wit is the lightning of the mind.

1812. WIT. Wit bought is twice taught.

1813. WIT. You may truss up all his wit in an egg-shell.

1814. WIT. Wit ill applied is a dangerous weapon.

1815. WIT. Wit is folly, unless a wise man hath the keeping of it.

1816. WIT. Wit may be bought too dear.

1817. WITS. He that lives upon his wits, breaks for want of stock.

1818. WIVE. A man cannot both wive and thrive in a year.

1819. WOE. Woe follows wickedness.

1820. WOLF. He had enough to keep the wolf from the door.

1821. WOLVES. Wolves lose their teeth, but not their memory.

1822. WOMAN'S STRENGTH. A woman's strength is in her tongue.

1823. WOMAN'S WORK. A woman's work is never at an end.

1824. WOMEN. Discreet women have neither eyes nor ears.

1825. WOMEN (WILLS). Women must have their wills while they live, because they make none when they die.

1826. WONDER. A wonder lasts but nine days.

1827. WOO. To woo is a pleasure in young men, a fault in old.

1828. WOODCOCK. One woodcock does not make a winter.

1829. WOOING.

Happy is the wooing, That is not long a-doing.

1830. WOOL. Many go for wool and come back shorn.

1831. WOOL SELLERS. Wool sellers know wool buyers.

1832. WORD. An honest man's word is as good as his bond.

1833. WORDS.

A man of words and not of deeds, Is like a garden full of weeds.

1834. WORDS.

Words are but sands, 'Tis money buys lands.

1835. WORDS.

Sometimes words Wound more than swords.

1836. WORDS. Words are like weights, gravity gives them effect.

1837. WORDS. Words are for women, actions for men.

1838. WORDS AND BLOWS.

Words are but wind, But blows unkind.

1839. WORD (ENOUGH). A word is enough to the wise.

1840. WORDS (EVENING). Words spoken in an evening the wind carrieth away.

1841. WORDS (FAIR). Fair words butter no parsnips.

1842. WORDS (FAIR). Fair words will not keep a cat from starving.

1843. WORDS (FEW). Few words are best.

1844. WORDS (GOOD). Good words cool more than cold water.

1845. WORDS (GOOD). Good words fill not a sack.

1846. WORDS (MANY). Many words will not fill a bushel.

1847. WORDS (SOFT). Soft words hurt not the mouth.

1848. WORK. They that will not work in heat, must hunger in frost.

1849. WORKMEN (BAD). Bad workmen always complain of their tools.

1850. WORLD. One half of the world knows not how the other half lives.

1851. WORLD. The world is his who knows how to wait for it.

1852. WORLD. The world was never so dull but if one won't another will.

1853. WORLD. This world is nothing except it tend to the next.

1854. WORLD'S PULSE. There needs a long time to know the world's pulse.

1855. WORM. Tread on a worm and it will turn.

1856. WORST. When things get to the worst, they'll mend.

1857. WORST SPOKE. The worst spoke in the cart-wheel breaks first.

1858. WOULD.

"He that wolde not when he might, He shall not when he wold-a."

1859. WOUNDS. Wounds may heal, but not those made by ill words.

1860. WRANGLERS. Wranglers never want words.

1861. WRATH. A soft answer turneth away wrath.

1862. WRESTLE. He that is thrown would ever wrestle.

1863. WRETCH. He who maketh others wretched is himself a wretch, whether prince or peasant.

1864. WRONGS. Two wrongs will not make a right.

1865. WRONG SOW. To take the wrong sow by the ear.

1866. YEAR. Say no ill of the year till it is passed.

1867. YEARS. Years know more than books.

1868. YES AND NO.

Between a woman's yes and no, There is not room for a pin to go.

1869. YORKSHIRE. Yorkshire fashion--every man pay his share.

1870. YOUNG. Old young, and old long.

1871. YOURSELF. Help yourself and your friends will like you.

1872. YOURSELF. If you want a thing done, do it yourself.

1873. YOUTH. A growing youth hath a wolf in his stomach.

1874. YOUTH.

If youth knew what age would crave. It would both get and save.

1875. YOUTH. Youth and white paper take any impression.

1876. YOUTH. Youth will have its swing.

1877. YULE. Yule is good on Yule even.

1878. ZEAL. Zeal without knowledge is fire without light.

1879. ZEAL. Zeal without knowledge is frenzy.

1880. ZEAL. Zeal without knowledge is the sister of folly.

INDEX

OF PRINCIPAL WORDS.

The Subject Words of the Dictionary are not repeated here.

Word No.

Ability--gentility 668

Abroad--beef 460

Abundance--money 1099

Accuser 735

Acorn--October 1167

Acquittance 614

Acquaintances 571

Actions 1282

Actions for men 1837

Advantage 628

Adversity--friends 645

Adversity tries 1301

Affairs--others 1305

Affairs of men 1616

Afraid--cowardice 342

Afternoon--fair 1104

Age--rueful 1342

Age--save 1390

Age--youth 1874

Agrees worse 1302

Air--castles 206

Alloy--joy 874

Almanacks 330

Alone--better 54

Amends--angry 32

Angry man 827

Another's table 1577

Answer--fool 603

Appetite 475

Apple--rotten 1372

April--rainy 1052

Architect 625

Argument--fact 528

Argument--wager 1709

Arm--bone in 143

Armour--hog 790

Ash 454

Asleep--sorrow 1475

Ass--head 765

Ass--mere 1403

Ass-ride 1361

Autumn 48

Bachelors 1039

Back--the 169

Bacon--father's 241

Bad clothes--truth 1673

Bad company 84

Bad excuse 516

Bad sack 1378

Baggage--riches 1360

Bait--fishes' mouth 589

Bait--wind 1783

Bake--brew 164

Bankrupt--beggar 95

Bare--spare 1483

Barefoot 392

Bargain--bad 113

Bark at--thieves 1594

Barks--old dog 1175

Barley--St. David's 1382

Barrel--knock 798

Bartholomew--St. 420

Basket--one 478

Bat--blind 132

Battle--afraid 12

Battle--colours 291

Battle--hard 498

Beast--nature 1133

Beauty--fancy 546

Bed--early to 463

Bed--supperless 1562

Bed-fellows 796

Bed-fellows--poverty 1279

Beef--buys 86

Bees--turned 1679

Beg--poor 1358

Beggar--quarrel 1322

Beggars--bite 1810

Beggars--eat birds 1808

Beggars--ride 1809

Beggars--wishes 1807

Beggar's purse 1302

Beggary 837

Bellows--windmill 1791

Besom--sweep 1570

Best day--Wednesday 1094

Better--good 699

Bide--wishes 1809

Bill--bites 336

Bind--fast 551

Bind--sure 1564

Bird--best 1211

Birdcall 587

Bird--catch 1386

Bird--early 465

Bird--fairest 361

Bird--old 223

Bird--roost 1366

Bird--sing 1442

Birds--little 970

Birds of prey 1291

Bite--bark 442

Bite best--fish 1784

Bite--beggars 1810

Bite--fish 1782

Bite--own dog 1203

Biters--barkers 71

Bitter--sweet 829

Bitter thing 1535

Blackamore 1722

Blackberries 1262

Blame--bidden 118

Blame--pity 1251

Blamed--truth 1674

Blessing--God 1693

Blind--will 1773

Blind horse--mettle 1074

Blind horse--wink 1799

Blind--love 1001

Blossom--timely 1627

Blow--felled 1165

Blow--first 578

Blow--second 1410

Blows--unkind 1838

Blows--wind 1787

Boast--great 140

Body--think 1598

Bond--honest man's 1832

Bone--bred 162

Bone--tongue 1636

Bones--buys 23

Book--author 50

Books--years 1867

Born--stable 1514

Born--wept 1754

Borrow--contented 313

Borrowing 1477

Bosom--snake 1462

Bottle--milk 1076

Bottom--bare 1483

Bottom--fish 584

Bottom--spare 1484

Bottom--tub 505

Bought wit 1812

Brain--idle 832

Brains--mob 1091

Branch--roost 1366

Brave--the 624

Bray--vicar of 1703

Bread--buttered 182

Bread--dry 460

Bread, no 737

Bread--eaten 623

Bread--snow 544

Breakfast 801

Breath--mother's 1112

Bride--sun 745

Brim--spare 1484

Broken at last 1250

Broken--promises 1299

Broken staff 1667

Broom--furze 660

Broth--cooks 1506

Brusher's--critics 354

Bud--nip 1150

Build--flit 1213

Build houses 613

Build--pull down 1310

Built--Rome 1369

Bung-holes 1393

Buried--rich 1140

Burneth--gown 581

Bush--beats 122

Bush--bird 120

Bush--wine 1795

Bushel--corn 1058

Business 503

Butter--cheese 1075

Butter--parsnips 1465

Butter-cakes 1810

Buttock 63

Buy--houses 613

Buyers--wool 1831

Cable--mouse 1620

Cake--good 375

Calendar 396

Calends 866

Calf--bad 339

Calm--storm 1540

Calm sea--pilot 1244

Calms--vows 1708

Calves--fat 229

Camel's back 919

Camels--gnats 682

Candle--devil 417

Candle-stick 195

Candle--sport 1509

Candlemas--wind 1785

Care--coin 287

Care--court 329

Care--goods 974

Care--kill 214

Care--sings 1444

Cares--children 248

Cart--creaks 350

Cart-wheel 1857

Castle--house 489

Cat--care 201

Cat--fair words 1842

Cat--mercy 1067

Cat--old 1173

Cat--scalded 1401

Cats--muffled 1123

Catch bird 1386

Caught--thief 1592

Certainty 227

Chance--main 226

Change mind 1083

Change of weather 1741

Chapel of devotion 225

Chastening 317

Cheap--pity 1251

Cheapest--best 111

Cheeriman--Doctor 1240

Cheese--butter 1075

Cheese--chalk 224

Chickens--count 324

Chickens--crumbs 366

Chickens--curses 371

Chickens--picking 244

Child--nurse 893

Child--train 239

Children--devil's 1013

Children--maid's 52

Children--twice 1182

Chimneys 1466

Chin--swim 1572

Chip--stock 1533

Choice--the 53

Choosers--beggars 97

Christened 687

Churchyard--fat 729

Churchyard--May 810

City--pity 1252

Civility 1117

Clasp--one hand 1189

Clay--St. David's 1382

Clergy--wit 1114

Clerk--clock 268

Cloak--religion 1350

Cloth--ale 22

Cloth--coat 278

Clothes--critics 354

Cloud--pryeth 1306

Clouting--sack 1378

Clown--doctor 437

Clown--title 1628

Coat--gay 279

Cock--crows 778

Cock's stride 1680

Coin--own 1217

Cold--soon 1468

Cold water--words 1844

Colour--horse 805

Colours--treatise 135

Colt--ragged 1328

Companion--pocket 1229

Companions 1372

Company--bad 84

Company--fit 938

Comfort 908

Comforts 248

Common life 1304

Complain--workmen 1849

Confession 305

Confidence 1311

Confine--tongue 1634

Conjure down 1335

Conquer--kindness 889

Conscience--clear 307

Conscience--guilty 735

Conscience--stomach 1536

Constant dropping 1739

Contempt 542

Contention 1578

Cook--lazy 828

Cooks--broth 1506

Cooks--devil 685

Cook-shop 1520

Cool--good words 1844

Corn--April 36

Corn--buy 369

Corn--May 1053

Corn--measure 1058

Corn-bin 207

Corpse--rain 745

Cottages--love 1003

Cough--dry 461

Cough--hid 779

Cough--love 1008

Counsel--fool 604

Counsel--glass 677

Counsel--good 702

Counsellor--best 1243

Country--rich 1365

Courage 852

Courts--love 1003

Cow gives water 74

Cow--keep 1076

Cow--kissed 962

Cow--sell 369

Cow's horn 181

Cozen--cousin 334

Craft's master 1043

Craves 410

Crosses--Thursday 1094

Crown 357

Crows--cock 1174

Crows--hen 363

Cruel--cowards 341

Crumb--musician 1127

Crust--cat 211

Cry--never 1531

Cure--care 200

Cure--prevention 1290

Cut--nose 1503

Cuts--short 1431

Cuts--tongue 1637

Daintiness 820

Dance--chance 227

Danger--debt 401

Dangerous--delays 405

Dark night 918

Daughter--little 969

Daughter--son 1467

Day--longest 994

Daylight--truth 1671

Dead--speak 1488

Dear--wit 1816

Dearth--wet 49

Death--cough 461

Death--taxes 221

Death's blossoms 730

Death's feast--war 1715

Debt--sorrow 1471

Debt--supperless 1562

Deceit--brimmer 166

Deceit--smooth 1353

December--thunder 1613

Deed--better 116

Deed--will 1771

Deeds--words 713

Deeds--words 1833

Delays--desires 409

Depth--out of 406

Depth--out of 1573

Deserve--success 1556

Desire--deserve 408

Despair--hope 800

Desperate cures 379

Devil--chapel 256

Devil--colours 291

Devil--cooks 685

Devil--horseback 98

Devil--imp 1580

Devil--knife 944

Devil--quote 1327

Devil--truth 1672

Devil's chaplain 1716

Devil's delight 365

Devil's luck 1013

Devotion--short 822

Die--love 1006

Diet--Doctor 1240

Digests--cheese 233

Dines late 1577

Dinner--waits 1711

Discretion--valour 1697

Disparagement 530

Dispraise 1282

Distress--company 296

Divine--forgive 496

Doctor--death 399

Doctor--pay 177

Doctor--truth 1675

Dog--bone 142

Dog--Brag 153, 154, 155

Dog--foremost 619

Dog--hanging 1732

Dog--hare 787

Dog--keep 70

Dog--killing 744

Dog--living 986

Dog--sleeping 1451

Dogs--dainty 384

Dogs--little 748

Dog's tooth 1668

Doing--saying 1396

Donkey's gallop 1433

Door--poverty 1277

Doors--housekeeper 815

Dowry--great 723

Drawer's--wine 1794

Dream--courtship 333

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Drink--eat 473

Drink--horse 808

Drinking--appetite 475

Drive--plough 1265

Drive--women 1349

Dropping--constant 308

Drowned--born 145

Drowned--wilful 1769

Drowned--wine 1792

Dry--ever 456

Dry--well 1729

Due--devil 414

Dull boy 1257

Dunghill 285

Dust--bushel 1029

Eagles--carcase 198

Eagle's eye--surgeon 1565

Ease--honour 796

Ease--itch 863

Ease--sufferance 1558

East--rain 1329

East--too far 1644

East wind--fish 1782

East wind--man 1786

Easter--white 253

Easter day 1330

Easy chair--frugality 654

Ebb--tide 1617

Eel--hide 477

Eel--sack 780

Eggs--reason 1339

Eggs--sluts 34

Egg-shell--wit 1813

Elbow-grease 481

Ell--inch 853

End--day 994

Ends--both 190

End well 103

Enemy--faults 558

Enemy--shoots 1428

Enemy--wine 1797

England--famine 545

Englishman--house 208

Englishman--mist 1406

Enough--ask 42

Enough--word 1839

Escutcheon 137

Estate--trade 1647

Evasions--crafty 347

Evening--red 501

Evenings--clear 275

Everything--place 1254

Evil--bear 82

Evil--good 698

Evil name 510

Evil--old age 1171

Evil--root 839

Exception--rule 1374

Experience--caution 220

Extravagance 1492

Eye--picture, mind 1081

Eyes--fields 576

Eyes--hedges 775

Face--painting 1061

Face--wind 1504

Faces--fair 533

Faces--two 1683

Fair day--praise 1284

Fairest rose 1371

Fair lady 529

Fair weather 1332

Faith--tale-bearers 1579

Fall--pride 1293

Fall--sit still 1445

Fall--standing 1517

Fast bind 551

Fast-day 100

Fast--St. Stephen 1383

Fasting 314

Father--children 249

Father--like 963

Fat--windfalls 1790

Fault--amends 304

Fault-menders 555

Fault--woo 1827

Faults--search 1707

Favour--kissing 894

Fear--cruelty 364

Feast--enough 490

Feather--birds of a 123

Feathers--fine 563

Feet--light 1775

Feet--slip 1452

Feet--warm 1721

Feet--wet 217

Fellowship 1278

Fiction--truth 1670

Fiddle 940

Fiddlers--sing 1443

Fifer--pay 573

Fifer play--fiddle 574

Fight--flourish 599

Fighting 1208

Filth--pools 1518

Find--seek 1413

Find--sure 1564

Fingers--thorns 1606

Fire--burnt child 172

Fire--frying-pan 656

Fire--hot 727

Fire--house 1144

Fire--quench 1323

Fire--ships 1425

Fire--slow 1021

Fire--smoke 1461

Fire--sticks 1526

Fire--zeal 1878

Fires--straight 356

Firmness 536

First--be not 1146

First sight 876

Five pounds 1320

Five--up at 593

Fish--all 1145

Fish--bite 1782

Fish bite best 1784

Fish--cat 217

Fish--small--venture 1700

Fish--small 1458

Fish--troubled waters 1660

Fishes--mute 1129

Fishing--best 402

Flail--November 1161

Flatter 313

Flattereth 7

Fleas--catching 756

Flies--hungry 825

Flies--large 929

Flies--law 928

Flint--coldest 290

Flock--infects 1399

Flood--fortune 1616

Flour--fancy 548

Flower--patience 1214

Flowers--May 38

Flowers in May 1746

Fodder--barley 74

Fodder--morning 1196

Folk--poor, pottage 1269

Folk--poor 1268

Folly--wealth 1736

Folly--wisdom 1804

Folly--wit is 1815

Folly--zeal 1880

Fool--beggar 94

Fool--bet 115

Fool--demands 1119

Fool--fifteen 1022

Fool--land 917

Fool--money 1100

Fool overtakes 1201

Fool--play 1258

Fool--scholar 1042

Fool's argument 1709

Fools--feasts 562

Fools--fiddlers 1443

Fools--harms 751

Fools--market 1032

Fools--merry 243

Fools--mistress 519

Fools--old 1178

Fools--tie 902

Fools--truth 242

Fools--wise 1702

Foot--bare 66

Foot--shoe 1426

Forbear 81

Forearmed 620

Forehead--mind 1081

Forelock--time 1619

Foresee--hazards 952

Forget--apt to 1298

Forget--forego 618

Forget--forgive 622

Forget wrong 1356

Forgotten--seen 1414

Forgotten vows 1708

Fortune--face 527

Fortune--good 424

Fortunes--manners 1025

Fortune--riches 1360

Fortune--pipes 381

Fortune--tide 1616

Fortune--wife 1761

Foul heart 534

Four pounds 1320

Fox--grapes 1479

Foxes--old 1179

Fray--blow 1410

Free--spend 1496

Free--thoughts 1608

Frenzy--zeal 1879

Friday--losses 1094

Friday--Sunday 639

Friday--sing 638

Friend--court 328

Friend--faults 558

Friend--in need 1138

Friend--jest 868

Friend--leave 1018

Friend--lend 943

Friend--trifle 1658

Friend--try 1676

Friend--wine 1797

Friends--adversity 6

Friends--few 891

Friends--long 1345

Friends--old 1180

Friends--packing 700

Friends--poverty 1274

Friends--prosperity 1301

Friends--purse 659

Friends--store 686

Friends--trade 1649

Friendship--window 1277

Frost--hail 736

Frost--work 1848

Frosts--May 1089

Frugality 855

Fruit--flowers 598

Fruit--forbidden 615

Fruit--September 1418

Fruit--tree 1654

Gain--little 1205

Gain--pain 1204

Gamesters 1516

Gander--sauce 1388

Garments 146

Garner--dearth 395

Gate--creaking 349

Gate--stile 1527

Gent--title 1628

Gentleman--coat 279

Gentleness--wife 831

Giblets--alms 28

Gladness--sadness 1381

Go--send 443

God--blessing 1693

God--charity 230

God--church 256

God--church 257

God--flax 594

God--for all 504

God--friend 643

God--healeth 768

God--inches 854

God--rich 1358

God--spender 1497

God--tempers 1430

God--trust in 1666

God disposes 1023

God will send 1495

Gold--balance 60

Gold--butter 178

Gold--fetters 570

Gold--glitters 681

Gold--lead 670

Gold--spins 909

Goodness--idleness 838

Goods--care 974

Goose--alms 28

Goose--barefoot 1745

Goose--lay 1695

Goose--sauce 1388

Goose--woman 1033

Govern--thinkers 1600

Grandeur--utility 1694

Grapes--fox 1479

Grass--rain 1330

Grave--sleeping 1450

Grave--teeth 1586

Gravity--words 1836

Grief--time 1623

Griefs--marriage 1035

Grin--bachelors 51

Grinds--lower millstone 1079

Groat a year 1247

Groat--penny 1227

Groat--threepence 1610

Ground--stools 1538

Hadland--title 1628

Hair--split 1505

Half done 104

Half of world 1850

Hand--bird 120

Hand--left 1362

Hands--master's 1049

Hands--pair 777

Hand to hand 1373

Handmaid of virtue 1093

Hang--thief 1591

Hanged--almost 27

Hanged--drowned 145

Hanged--half 738

Hanging--destiny 411

Hanging--dog 1732

Hardest work 1157

Hard upon hard 1537

Hare--breakfast 160

Hare--dog 787

Hare--run 811

Harm--music 1126

Harm--silence 1437

Harmony--sweetest 669

Harvest--August 47

Harvest--good 704

Haste--marry 1038

Haste--waste 1547

Hat--head 764

Hat--two faces 1683

Hatch--own egg 121

Hatched--chickens 237

Hatchet--tree falls 539

Hawk--hand-saw 740

Hay--April 36

Hay, corn and 1053

Hay--Easter 1330

Hay--load 91

Hay--needle 1139

Hay--doomsday 444

Hazards 952

Head--warm 1721

Head--wax 1730

Heads--two 1684

Heads differ 771

Heal--thyself 1239

Heal--wounds 1859

Health--mother of 1276

Health--Tuesday 1094

Health--wealth 1764

Hearsays 526

Heart--burst 731

Heart--grieve 525

Heart, mother's 1113

Heart--break 802

Heart--merry 1068

Heart--rues 523

Heart sick 799

Hearts ache 51

Hearts--true 572

Heat, work in 1848

Heaven--ladders 360

Heaven--lawyers 932

Heaven--marriages 1036

Heaven--time 1409

Heaven's gate 692

Hedge--neighbour 1141

Hedge--steal 1523

Heir--land 916

Hell--paved 861

Hen--moult 283

Hen crows 363

Highway--grass 721

Hill--valley 1696

Hills--clouds 273

Hind--bier 194

Hinges--gate 349

Hog--October 1167

Hold--plough 1265

Holdfast 153

Hold fast nothing 1645

Home--charity 231

Home--fool 1258

Home--muddles 1122

Home--wife 707

Home--wife--cheat 1760

Homer 1152

Honest--just 881

Honest--thunder 1614

Honest man 346

Honest man's word 1832

Honesty--age 14

Honesty--best 898

Honesty--craft 1046

Honey--bees 92

Honeycomb 1535

Honourable--old age 15

Hope--certainty 222

Hope--life 956

Horn--April 36

Horn--pig's tail 1242

Hornets--laws 928

Horse--blind 1799

Horse--born 1514

Horse--colt 1328

Horse--gift 671

Horse--passion 1212

Horse--steal 1523

Horse--stumbles 1553

Horse--tail 765

Horse--thinks 1599

Horse--want of 1713

Horse--willing 1777

Horseback--agues 19

Horseback--beggars 98

Horse-manger 545

Horse's heel 1668

Horses--wishes 1807

Host--guest 734

Host--reckons 1343

Hot--love 1009

Hot--soon--cold 1468

Hot--soon--pot 1272

Hot--strike 1548

Hounds 180

Hour--lose 1108

Hour's sleep 1449

House--fine 1144

House--thatched 1590

House--well-ordered 1752

Houses--women 680

Human--err 496

Humble--noble 1151

Hunger--work 1848

Hungry--sweet 1535

Hunters--horn 804

Hunting--trouble 1714

Hurt--afraid 13

Hurt--cry 367

Hurt--healed 767

Husband--good 1763

Husbands--roam 1122

Ill--do 1155

Ill--doing 1160

Ill fortune 1034

Ill-luck 1014

Ill-taught 1691

Ill wed 738

Ill words--wounds 1859

Imp--devil 1580

Impression--youth 1875

Inheritance 87

Ink and pen 1225

Inscription 358

Instinct--woman's 860

Invention 1136

Iron--strike 1548

Iron Age 694

Jack of all trades 1651

Jack--play 1257

James--Saint 803

Janiveer--grass 719

Jest--true word 1663

Jest not 856

Jewel--woman 386

Jill--Jack 865

Job--patient 1216

Job--poor 1267

Joys 1035

July--bees 91

June--corn 316

June--dripping 462

June--weather 188

Justice--clerk 262

Kernel 344

Kettle--black 1273

Keys of the year 35

Kill--dog 1732

Kindred--poor 1268

Kindred--trade 1649

King--cat 210

King's guard 1554

King's horses 46

King's ransom 1029

Kingdom 318

Kisses--stolen 1534

Kitchen--dinner 426

Kitchen--fat 895

Kitten--laps 1173

Knife--devil 944

Knight--strongest 73

Knowledge--decreaseth 797

Knowledge--folly 1880

Knowledge--frenzy 1879

Knowledge--zeal 1878

Labour--seek 1413

Lack--love 1000

Lad--unhappy 1687

Ladder--crosses 359

Ladders--step 912

Lade--nutshell 1164

Ladle--sceptre 1402

Lady's hand--surgeon 1565

Lamb--hung 819

Land--money 1286

Land--little 976

Lands--words 1834

Lane--long 992

Larks--lovers 1010

Last--cobbler 281

Last, be not 1146

Laugh--hearts ache 51

Law--costly 17

Law--necessity 1134

Law--possession 1271

Law--trouble 1714

Laws--lords 996

Law breakers 927

Lawyer--hide 781

Lawyer--truth 1675

Lawyer--young 438

Lazy--long 531

Lead--balance 60

Lead--butter 178

Lead--gold 670

Leaf--grave 651

Lean--sorrow 1472

Leap--look 989

Leaves--tree 1654

Leeks--lovers 1010

Leisure 833

Lenders--bad 1498

Lent--salmon 1385

Liberty--marries 1037

Lie, many a 747

Life--quiet 1326

Lifeguard, king's 1554

Life--end 1499

Light--zeal 1878

Light heart 1319

Light suppers 1563

Light work 1026

Lightning--wit 1811

Liking--life 955

Link--think 1598

Lion, dead 970

Lion, dead--dog 986

Lion's heart--surgeon 1565

Liquors--weak 977

Little and little 1460

Little--loud 531

Little strokes 1549

Live, eat to 472

Lives, nine 214

Lives on wit 1817

Load--willing horse 1777

Lock--gold 693

Loft--fruit 1418

Logs 356

London--news 326

Long lives--suppers 1563

Longest--short cuts 1431

Lordship 569

Lose--substance 1420

Lose all 717

Lose last 1780

Losses--Friday 1094

Lost--occasion 1166

Lost all 1121

Loud--little 531

Love--faith 536

Love--lordship 569

Love--quietness 1325

Love rules 1375

Love--self 1416

Love, subjects' 1554

Loves--dearly 1235

Loves not 1491

Luck, ill 847

Luck--Saturday 1094

Lurch--friend 1018

Madness 676

Mahomet 1116

Maid--children 52

Maid--honest 707

Maids--dun 1027

Maladies--much 1059

Man--head 763

Manners--good 506

Manners--meat 1060

March--April 37

March--bridge 565

March--frosts 650

March--mists 1089

March--windy 1052

March grass 718

Mare to go 1102

Market--fool 1258

Market--rate 1030

Married--needy 1140

Married, newly 1766

Marries--son 388

Marry--bad 1040

Marry--match 1044

Master--fire 580

Master--marry 1044

Master--purse 1314

Master--trades 1651

Master-blow 1354

Master-craft 346

Master-craft 1046

Masters, good 1419

Master's--wine 1794

Maxim--good 705

May and April 35

May--beautiful 1052

May--bees 91

May--cold 1053

May--corn 316

May--frosts 650

May--frosts--mists 1089

May--hot 810

May--marry 1040

May--merry 1073

May--shear 1423

May--sows 1481

May--sun 1027

May--weather 866

May--welcome 1746

May--wind 1785

May flood 597

May flowers 38

Meal--little 158

Meal--mill 1077

Measure--strife 1546

Meat--ale 22

Meat--best 343

Meat--cooks 685

Meat--merry 1070

Meat--mouths 1118

Meat--quick 1324

Meat--sweet 1389

Meddling 476

Meet--old friends 1180

Memories 352

Memory--liar 945

Memory--wolves 1821

Men, old 422

Men--reins 1349

Mend--worst 1856

Mice--cat's away 209

Mice--catch 213

Mile--miss 1088

Mill--grind 732

Mills--clouds 273

Mind--picture 1081

Mind--sight 1436

Mind--speech 1493

Mind--think 1598

Mind--wit 1811

Minds, little--soured 977

Minds--little things 978

Minds--light 1459

Minister--hide 781

Minute too late 1641

Misfortune--watch 1725

Mist--Scotch 1406

Mole 39

Mole-hill 1115

Monday--Christmas 255

Money buys land 1834

Money--land 1286

Money--ready 1336

Money--spots 1511

Money--trade 1650

Monk--devil 419

More--much 1121

Moon 106

Morning, bit in the 128

Morning--cloudy 457

Morning, cloudy--moon 1104

Morning--fodder 1196

Morning--grey 501

Morning--law 925

Morning--study 1550

Mornings--cloudy 275

Mortals--success 1556

Moss--stone 1367

Mote--self-love 1416

Mother--daughter 389

Mother--little 969

Mother--necessity 1136

Mother--poverty 1454

Mother of money 1650

Mother's blessing 240

Mouse--cable 1620

Mouse--cat sees 212

Mouse--cat winketh 215

Mouse--drowned 455

Mouse--one hole 1190

Mouse--plough 1263

Mouth--close 269

Mouth--fishes' 589

Mouth--melt 179

Mouth--spoon 1441

Mow--early 464

Muck--riches 1359

Mud--beans 78

Mud--clear 261

Mushroom 560

Nag 297

Nail--door 391

Nail--second 452

Nail--want of 1713

Name, good--life 1132

Name, good--riches 1130

Neighbour--evil 931

Nest--defile 842

Nettle--dock 436

Newcastle 205

News--country 326

Night--good 55

Night--law 925

Night--stumble 1551

Nine days' wonder 1826

Ninepence 1149

Nine points 1271

Nineteen--twenty 1681

No--woman's 1868

Nod--wink 1799

Noland--title 1628

Note--music 1127

Nothing--cheese 234

Nothing--children 246

Nothing--promise 1296

North--wind 1781

Nose--off 1503

Nothing--venture 1699

Nut--crack 344

Nut--sound 1478

Nuts--sluts 34

Oak 454

Oaks--great 1549

Oats 867

Oats--St. David's 1382

Oats--wild 1767

Obey 149

Office--Jack 864

Oil, in fire 1323

Old--learn 937

Old--long 1870

Old--needy 835

Old--spare 1485

Old age 654

Old block 251

Old men--woo 1827

Old praise 1285

Old saws 1040

Old sore 1185

Old tree 1351

Old wife 1137

Old wine 1181

Old young 1870

Order 1347

Ornament--silence 1439

Ounce--mischief 1086

"Our Father" 258

Overcome 487

Owl--lantern 918

Ox--drink 450

Ox--steal 1521

Oxen--plough 1264

Pack--own 1224

Pack--small 1223

Padlock--wedlock 1743

Pain--pride 1292

Pains--gains 661

Pains--idle 834

Pains--lazy folk 933

Paint--faces 533

Painting--face 1061

Pair--couple 327

Paradise 488

Pardons--offender 1169

Parleys--valour 1698

Parsnips--fair words 1841

Parsnips--soft words 1465

Passions--absence 1

Pasture--change of 229

Pater-noster--churches 258

Path--puddle 1307

Patrimony--diligence 423

Paul--Peter 1238

Pause--bargain 69

Pay--sorrow 1471

Pay--too dear 1756

Pay--Yorkshire 1869

Peace--war 1717

Peace--wisdom 1802

Peas--like 961

Peasant--wretch 1863

Peck--of ashes 41

Pence--care of 202

Penny--companion 298

Penny--for friend 830

Penny--shilling 1500

Perform--quick 1297

Peter--Paul 1238

Philosopher's stone 310

Physic--ague 18

Physic--plague 907

Physic--temperance 1587

Physician--defy 567

Physician--fool 606

Physician--hide 781

Physician--thanks 768

Picture--speech 1493

Pie-crusts 1299

Pig--child's 241

Pig's tail--horn 1242

Pilot--calm sea 187

Pin--steal 1522

Pinch--friend 1337

Pinches--shoe 1427

Pitchers--ears 466

Pitied--envied 493

Place--sit in 1253

Places--two 1685

Plaister--patience 1215

Plant--removed 1352

Play--cards 199

Pleasure--tax 431

Pleasure--woo 1827

Plentiful--pity 1251

Plenty--peace 1802

Poison--weed 127

Poke--pig 183

Policy--honesty 793

Poor--beg 1358

Poor--giving to 675

Poor--honour 795

Poor man's table 1576

Pope--would be 1270

Pot--ladle 911

Pot--watched 1727

Pottage--other's 1400

Pottage--poor 1269

Pottage--prettiness 1288

Pottage--sluts 1457

Pottle--hay 1139

Pound foolish 1232

Pound--in for 1230

Pound--mischief 1086

Pounds--care of 202

Pounds--pence 1226

Pours--rains 1334

Poverty--debt 400

Poverty--sloth 1454

Powder--trust 1666

Power--knowledge 904

Praise--self 1417

Precept--example 514

Prickles--thistles 1601

Pride--ingratitude 857

Prince--sword 1575

Prince--wretch 1863

Privilege--folly 1736

Prize--wife 1765

Profit--pains 1206

Promises--pity 1251

Prosperity--friends 645

Prosperity--gold 690

Proud--black and 531

Proud--cock 285

Provender--carry 807

Provident--harvests 704

Puddings--dirty 384

Pudding--end 486

Pudding--proof 1300

Pulse--world's 1854

Purse--ask thy 43

Purse--courtesy 331

Purse--empty 484

Purse--fills 1170

Purse--heavy 960

Purse--little 968

Purse--no money 1103

Purse--penny 1228

Quarrels--tools 1642

Quart--neighbour 1142

Quick--markets 1718

Quick--perform 1297

Quiet--Doctor 1240

R--oysters 1202

Rain--Candlemas 192

Rain--corpse 745

Raven--starling 129

Reason--bluster 139

Reason--will 1773

Reasoning--man's 860

Rebellion--oppression 1194

Reckoning--feast 561

Reckonings--short 1432

Repent--marry 1038

Repent--trust 1665

Repentance--late 309

Rest--rain 1331

Revenge--best 621

Reversion--kingdom 318

Reward--desert 407

Ribs--birchen twigs 119

Rich--adversity 5

Rich--die 1266

Rich--fifty 741

Rich--lucky 1015

Rich--shame 795

Riches--children 245

Riches--name 1130

Rider--lost 1713

Rider--time 1625

Right--two wrongs 1864

Rise--early to 463

Rise at five 1612

Road--companion 297

Roast--small 140

Roast beef 460

Roasting--eggs 1339

Robbery--exchange 515

Robs Peter 1238

Rock--ruled by 1370

Rogues--laws 930

Rolling stone 1367

Roost--curses 371

Roots--crooked 1543

Rope enough 1591

Ropes--sand 1387

Rose--thorn 1603

Roses--thorns 1605

Ruins--youth 1099

Ruins of folly 1804

Rules--woman 1348

Runs--stumbles 1551

Rushes--good words 713

Saddle--colt 292

Sail--Friday 640

Sail--sea 1407

Salt--advice 8

Salt of life 173

Sands--words 1834

Satins--kitchen 897

Saturday--no luck 1094

Saturday--wife 1759

Sauce--hunger 824

Save--spend 1494

Save--youth 1874

Saved--penny 1231

Saving--alchemy 21

Sawyers--top 1646

Sayings--thrifty 1611

Scarce--good men 1188

Scholar--mere 1403

Scholar--fool 1042

Scripture--quote 1327

Sea--calm 187

Sea--fish 588

Sea--lade 1164

Sea--luck 1012

Sea--pray 1287

Second nature 1692

Second thoughts 1607

Seed, good 512

Seen--seldom 1414

Send--go 443

Send--sigh 1435

Sermon--salmon 1385

Servants, good 1419

Seven--rise at 1612

Seven years 228

Shadow--crooked 355

Shadow--light 958

Shadow--sunshine 1561

Shame--devil 1672

Shame--pride 1294

Shave--hand-saw 739

Shaven--bald head 61

Sheep--buy 369

Sheep--hung 819

Sheep--scabbed 1399

Sheep--shear 1423

Sheep--shorn 1430

Shells--eggs 23

Shilling--slow 1149

Shilling--spends 1500

Ship--crazy 348

Ship--great 726

Ship--leak 936

Ship--own 197

Ship--sail 1384

Ship--stocks 877

Ship--tar 1507

Ships--November 1161

Shipwreck--complain 300

Shirt, ragged 1256

Shoe, finest 1426

Shoe fits 592

Shoe pinches 1248

Shoe, want of 1713

Shot--bolt 612

Shovel--silver 935

Shower--drops 453

Sick--devil 419

Sickness--devotion 225

Silent--man 1528

Silent--speak 1487

Silver--butter 178

Silver lining--cloud 271

Silver--white 1440

Sing--birds 1291

Sing--can 124

Sing--say 1395

Sings--Friday 638

Sin, none without 1312

Sin--sorrow 1473

Sink--leak 936

Sit--awhile 425

Sit--lowly 1011

Sit still 1445

Skin deep--beauty 88

Slander--confession 303

Slave--secret 1411

Sleep on it 1243

Sloe-tree--barley 72

Sloth--harms 910

Sloven 1457

Slow--promise 1297

Sluts, eat after 34

Smack--pepper 1233

Smell--kitchen 896

Snow--bread 544

Snow--lies 193

Snow--water 141

Soberness--conceals 459

Soft answer 1861

Soft upon soft 1537

Solomon--wife 1765

Son--like 963

Son--marries 388

Sore eye--elbow 480

Sore--store 1541

Sores--patience 1215

Sorrow--joy 875

Sorrow--lies 870

Sorrow--mirth 1084

Sorrow--time 1624

Sorrows--less 427

Soul--cleansed 317

Souls--large 972

Sour--sauce 871

Sour--sweet 1571

Sow--wrong 1865

Sow's ear--purse 1315

Spain--wine 450

Spaniel--beaten 85

Speak little 1597

Speak once--think 1596

Speak--purse 658

Speak--spare 1486

Speak--think 1595

Speak--well 1489

Speakers--dead 1241

Speed--worse 753

Spend--old 1485

Spend--spare 1486

Spending--bung-hole 1393

Spiders' webs--laws 929

Spigot--saving 1393

Spirits--raise 1335

Spite--nose 1503

Spoon--silver 1441

Spring--swallow 1567

Spur--free horse 1513

Spur--horse 806

Stable door 988

Stable door 1524

Staff--dog 83

Staggerer--lame 914

Starling--raven 129

Steed starves 720

Steed--stolen 988

Steel--tongue 1637

Steeple--bell 108

Sting you--snake 1462

Stink--bear 250

Stinking fish 1531

Stocking 167

Stolen--steed 1524

Stone--dropping 308

Stone--blood 136

Stone--rugged 1373

Stool--guest 733

Stool, own--guest 1476

Stoop for pin 1245

Storms--vows 1708

Story--re-telling 1355

Straw--drowning 449

Straw--last 919

Strength, woman's 1822

Strong--thirty 741

Strife--poverty 1275

Substance 1420

Sudden falls 265

Summer--chimneys 1466

Summer--good 1800

Summer--swallow 1566

Sun--bride 745

Sun--clouds 272

Sun--hay 762

Sun--light 959

Sun--morning 1109

Sun riseth 325

Sunday--Friday 639

Sunday--weep 638

Sunday--wife 1759

Sundays--two 1686

Sun shines--moon 1106

Sunshine--stars 1519

Supper, after 425

Supper--hope 801

Supperless--bed 1562

Sure card 307

Surely--softly 1464

Sweet--taste 1583

Sweetest water 1753

Swim--depth 406

Swine--pearls 1221

Swine--turned 1679

Swing--youth 1876

Swords--words 1835

Tail--salt 1386

Tale--tell 394

Talk--good 696

Talk--nurse 1163

Talks--tongue 1638

Tame Shrew 1434

Tame--wedding 1742

Tar--ship 1507

Tarry--tide 1622

Taste--kitchen 896

Tax--disease 431

Taxes--death 221

Teaching--child 161

Teeth--aching 4

Teeth--tongue 1635

Teeth--wolves 1821

Temper--tongue 1633

Tempers--God 1430

Tenant--bad 482

Tenants--ill 4

Texts--proverbs 1304

Thief of time 1295

Thief--opportunity 1192

Thief--receiver 1340

Thief--receivers 1341

Thief--thunder 1614

Think--live 1598

Thinks--says 1397

Thirty years 606

Thistles--brain 157

Thistles--harvest 752

Thorn--cuckoo 369

Thorns--barefoot 65

Thorns--dancing 382

Thread--draw 448

Thread--breaketh 1735

Three women 1033

Thrift--ruin 1501

Thrive--up at five 593

Thrive--plant 1352

Thrive--wive 1818

Thrown--wrestle 1862

Throws--horse 1361

Thrushes--beggars 1808

Thunder-bolt--pryeth 1306

Thursday--crosses 1094

Timber--split 716

Time for study 1550

Tide--tarry 1622

Time--season 1409

Time--sorrow 1474

Time--stitch 1532

Times--fault 553

Toil--pleasure 1261

Toilers--thinkers 1600

Toll--market 1031

Toll--talking 1582

Tom--play 1256

Tongue--shorter 468

Tongue--knot 901

Tongue--nurse's 1163

Tongue--slip 1452

Tongue speaketh 770

Tongue--strength 1822

Too late--advice 11

Too late--never 1064

Tools--edged 476

Tools--workmen 1849

Toothache--music 1125

Touchstone--love 1002

Trade--two of a 16

Trash--beggary 99

Tread on worm 1855

Treasurer--God 1497

Tree--crooked 355

Tree--falls 539

Tree--fruit 652

Trees--straight 1543

Trials--present 1346

Tricks--old dog 1176

Tries--time 1626

Trifles--troubles 1661

Trouble--bagpipe 57

Trouble--company in 295

Trouble--hunting 1714

Troubles--company 296

Troubles--dowry 723

Trough--own 1480

Trumpery--beggary 99

Trumpet--own 1283

Truss up wit 1813

Trust--speak fair 1491

Trust--try 1676

Trust not--water 1528

Truth--drunken folk 458

Truth--evasions 347

Truth--fools 242

Truth--libel 947

Truth--old saws 1184

Try--trust 1665

Tuesday--health 1094

Turncoat--wine 1797

Twig--bend 109

Twig--tree 110

Tyrant--cruelty 364

Unbidden guest 1476

Unkindness--cut 377

Unmissed--unknown 1689

Use--keep 882

Use--nature 1692

Valour--stratagem 1544

Venice Glass 351

Vessels--empty 485

Virtue--modesty 1093

Virtue--necessity 1135

Virtue's colour 138

Virtue--touchstone 1002

Wait--world 1851

Walk a mile 425

Walk--sun 1730

Wall--weakest 1734

Walls--ears 467

Walnut tree 85

Waste, wilful 1724

Want--strife 1547

Want, woeful 1724

Want not 1723

Ware--pleasing 1260

Ware--sell 1030

Washing--crow 362

Washing--face 1061

Waste--haste 755

Waste--spend 1496

Waste--want 1547

Water--cat 1401

Water--deepest 402

Water--drink 450

Water--famine 544

Water--fire 580

Water--wine 1792

Waters--deep 726

Waters--still 1530

Waters--troubled 591

Way--will 1776

Wealth--contentment 315

Wealth--marries 1037

Wealth--wife 1764

Wealth--Monday 1094

Wealthy--wise 1805

Weapon--wit 1814

Weary--well-doing 1751

Weather--bad 1470

Weather--calm 879

Weather--fair 1740

Weather--rainy 880

Weather--thunder 1613

Weather--wind 1789

Wedded life 76

Wedlock--wake 333

Wednesday--best day 1094

Weed--poison 127

Weeds--words 1833

Weight--strife 1546

Weights--words 1836

Well done--once 1187

Well--dry 1729

Well--truth 1669

Weep--Sunday 638

Weeping Cross 998

Wet--mist 1406

Whale--sprat 1512

Wickedness--woe 1819

Wife--bier 194

Wife--gentle 831

Wife--grumbles 1553

Wife--good terms 1536

Wife--key 885

Wife, little 976

Wife, one good 1762

Wife--son 1467

Wiles, caught by 1768

Will--way 1731

Will--lean 895

Will, woman's 1825

Win--laugh 921

Wind--against 1504

Wind--puff not 1308

Wind--sheep 1430

Wind--south [fishing] 589

Wind--words 1838

Window 1277

Winds--contrary 348

Winds--high 783

Winds--March 38

Winds--rain 688

Wine--barrel 75

Wine--counsels 320

Wine--old 1180

Wings--covers me 336

Wings--flying 600

Winter--Candlemas 192

Winter--green 729

Winter--warm 1720

Winter--woodcock, one 1828

Winter--woodcock 1567

Winter wind 1082

Wisdom--husband 831

Wisdom--age 905

Wise--adversity 5

Wise--some 1197

Wise--word enough 1839

Wise--forty 741

Wise--himself 785

Wise--lucky 1016

Wise--merry 1069

Wise--penny 1232

Wise--twice 1682

Wise folk 611

Wist, had I 117

Wishers and woulders 814

Wit--brevity 163

Wit, mother 1114

Wit, need of 673

Wit--pound of 430

Wit--sloth 1453

Wit is out 1796

Wit's plough 1225

Wiving--counsel 321

Wiving--destiny 411

Woe--angry men 31

Woe--hasty men 757

Woe--wilful man 1770

Wolf--growing youth 1873

Woman--beaten 85

Woman--fair 386

Woman--head 763

Woman--rules 1348

Woman--silence 1439

Woman--tongue 1639

Woman--weep 1745

Woman's mind 1082

Woman's tongue 913

Woman's work 1823

Woman's yes 1868

Women--discreet 429

Women--drive 1349

Women--England 488

Women--glasses 680

Women--turned 1679

Women--words 1837

Wood--beans 78

Wood--old 1180

Wood--out of 791

Wood--trees 1657

Woodcock--winter 1567, 1828

Woodcock's thigh 1211

Woods--ears 576

Wool--little 368

Wool--shaving 1422

Word--true 1663

Words--leaves 403

Words--soft 1465

Words--wranglers 1860

Words swim 1793

Work--all 1257

Work--play 1256

Work--quick 1324

Work--slavery 1448

Work--woman's 1823

Workman--bad 1642

Workman--tools 1643

Work on 470

Workshops--devil's 832

World--enjoys it 714

World--fashion 550

World's end 872

Worm--bird 465

Worth--spend 1499

Worth--want 1712

Worthy--parents 1210

Wound--green 728

Wound--words 1835

Wound--evil 510

Wounds--afraid of 12

Wrinkled--faces 1321

Wrinkles--purse 483

Wrong--forget 1356

Wrong--losers 997

Young--idle 835

Young--spare 1485

Young men--die 422

Young men--woo 1827

Youth--follies 601

Youth--money 1099

Youth--old age 1171

Youth--reckless 1342

Youth--save 1390

Youth--time 1625

THE END.

A DICTIONARY OF DAILY BLUNDERS.

Containing a Collection of Mistakes often made in Speaking and Writing.

CORRECTED FROM THE BEST AUTHORITIES,

AND ARRANGED IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER

'A HANDY BOOK OF SYNONYMS,' 'A DICTIONARY OF ENGLISH PROVERBS,' ETC. ETC.

EXTRACTS FROM OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.

Useful knowledge. . . . Invaluable alike as desk or pocket companion. . . . Treats of the multitude of errors daily made in speaking and writing, and offers corrections collected from the best authorities. Its dictionary form enables any one in doubt to readily turn to the word required. . . . Its value and necessity are unquestionable.--Morning Post.

A dictionary has just been published, enumerating the common blunders of speech and writing, which are constantly perpetrated. Such a work seems, at first sight, a very formidable undertaking, and the complete mastery of its text promises many a wretched quarter of an hour to those on whom its valuable information is inflicted. . . . There are some mistakes which appear to be ineradicable, and will not be corrected, even if the Blunder Dictionary arrives at its thousandth edition. . . . Next to the slave who attended a Roman Emperor in triumph to remind him that he was mortal . . . surely the object most to be dreaded is the editor of a Dictionary of Blunders, arranged on such a complete and systematic plan, as to form a court of appeal to which every household can be conveniently referred. . . . The volume is actually published, and contains 126 closely printed pages, containing examples of errors that are to be found in the daily speech even of well-educated persons. . . . The Editor is to be thanked for his useful book.--Daily Telegraph.

Pleasantly written. . . . In its dimensions it is handy, and the utility of its contents is beyond question. The legion of "self-educated" men who adorn our age should not be without this useful companion, for, by its aid, the blunders of speech more particularly common to them would be advantageously avoided.--Citizen.

So far as we can discover from a brief perusal of the handy little volume, the author's work has been very well done.--Athenæum.

A well-meant attempt to keep people clear of some common errors. . . . There is certainly evidence enough, of one kind or another, in the volume before us, of the existence of blunders which could hardly have been suspected.--Saturday Review.

Beautifully printed. . . . may be confidently recommended to those for whose use it is designed.--Manchester Guardian.

. . . Of value, and worth knowing. . . . Amusing, and to an extent, useful also.--Dublin Freeman's Journal.

Will be found useful and amusing. . . . It is arranged alphabetically, and contains a considerable vocabulary of words supposed to present a difficulty either in spelling, meaning, or pronunciation. Some of the comments on popular mistakes are very well done.--Record.

Those who are not quite sure as to their grammar, their pronunciation, or their spelling, will doubtless find this pocket volume very useful.--Sunday Times.

Will be of use to every one who has either to speak or to write. As this embraces all mankind, the book may be said to be of value to everybody. Very neatly got up.--Scotsman.

A glance through the pages of this book is very amusing, almost as entertaining as a selection of wit and humour would be. There is no doubt as to the general accuracy and usefulness of the corrections. . . . . We heartily recommend the Dictionary.--Liverpool Albion.

Corrected from the best authorities and arranged in alphabetical order. . . . The student can turn readily to the remarks made upon any particular mistake.--Dublin Evening Mail.

A useful aid to correct speech.--Literary World.

The value of a book is not always to be reckoned by its size. This little dictionary would go into the waistcoat pocket, yet every word in it has its value, and the common mistakes in speaking and writing which it undertakes to correct are nearly always put right in the best way. In a few instances in which we are inclined to criticise, a conflict of opinion among the authorities would probably be found to exist.--Bookseller.

A manual such as this will not be out of place at the right hand of all who desire not to blunder.--Dundee Advertiser.

An excellent little book, which cannot be too well known or too widely circulated. We know a large number of persons who would preserve themselves from perpetrating the most unfortunate blunders if they would carefully consult it.--Christian World.

The compiler of A Dictionary of Daily Blunders at least deserves credit for an excellent idea. . . . Even the most practised speaker or writer is liable to momentary uncertainty about simple points of pronunciation or spelling--not to say construction of sentences. . . . Contains some good material. . . . A useful feature of the book is the publication in full of participles, in the spelling of which a writer is often apt to get confused, and which are rarely included in dictionaries.--Nottingham Guardian.

Evidently at great pains, the author of this useful handbook has brought together a large number of blunders which are heard often in speaking and seen in writing. We have gone rather minutely over the work, and can say that the corrections are nearly all just. . . . The book will be useful to many, and the reader will be surprised to find in what a great number of instances he is wrong in the usage and pronunciation of words. We recommend this handbook heartily.--Dundee Courier.

We can speak highly of this publication. . . . A credit to the publishers, and we have little doubt will have a very large circulation.--Wigan Observer.

The selection has been very judiciously made. One must be a remarkably faultless speaker and writer who does not get several useful hints from this booklet.--Aberdeen Journal.

. . . There is in this small volume a good deal of really useful matter, and many readers (especially among those who are also writers) might derive more benefit from its study than would by themselves be imagined.--Exchange.

Excerpts from the Press Notices of Familiar Latin Quotations and Proverbs.

A translation of the Latin phrases which are of most common use in the literature of the day, which is likely to be useful.--The Echo.

In a cheap and handy little volume we have here a large selection of Latin phrases, proverbs, and quotations. It is ample in all respects, and is likely to be of great and general utility.--Sunday Times.

To newspaper men, public speakers, and correspondents in every direction, this little "Vade mecum" will prove most useful.--News-Vendor.

The English translations are given as literally as possible, and they frequently embrace all the most generally accepted renderings. So far as we have been able to detect, the book has been carefully edited by a competent and capable writer.--Railway Fly-Sheet.

A small work of reference such as has been greatly needed. We recommend it especially to all readers who want to understand what they read, and do not know Latin, and to all writers who want to seem more learned than they are.--Civil Service Review.

A very handy selection of "Familiar Latin Quotations and Proverbs," of which not only translations but also explanations are given. We confidently recommend this little book.--Printers' Register.

A very handy little book. It contains, arranged in alphabetical order, all the most common Latin quotations with their signification, and many which are not so well known. The author has been careful in doing his work, and has produced a really good little book of reference.--Scotsman.

To those whose classical education has been wholly neglected the work will be found to be a suitable "Vade mecum," and even to those who learnt a good deal of Latin at school it will be found to be highly useful.--North British Advertiser.

It is a most admirable compilation. We can heartily recommend it as a book of reference, and from which most genuine instruction can be extracted.--Glasgow Citizen.

In this handy little book the compiler has collected the Latin quotations which occur most frequently in the serial literature of the day, arranging them alphabetically along with translations. This is truly a "handy referential volume," and deserving of a large sale.--Edinburgh Courant.

A very useful little work which will be invaluable to the reader whose studies have not included the classic languages. In the space of 120 pages are compressed no fewer than fifteen hundred Latin words, phrases, and proverbs, frequently met with in newspapers, political or philosophical works, law books, etc. We have looked over the book carefully, and tested it by searching for less usual quotations; but in every case we have found what we sought. Each phrase is rendered as literally as the construction of the English and Latin languages will admit; and where necessary a paraphrase or explanation is appended in addition.--Irish Times.

FAMILIAR ENGLISH QUOTATIONS.

The object of this little volume is to trace the Familiar Quotations so constantly in use to their proper authorship, and to correct the errors so frequently made by public speakers and writers. The origin of such everyday sayings as

"He that fights and runs away, May turn and fight another day,"

(erroneously supposed to be in Butler's "Hudibras,") and a number of other phrases of a like character, is given, and the exact place of them in the different authors' works is recorded.

The errors constantly made in quoting are remarkable. The author of an interesting volume, comprising many well-known passages, names "Hudibras" as containing the lines

"They that in quarrels interpose, Will often wipe a bloody nose."

In an essay on "Misquotations," which recently appeared in a very ably conducted newspaper, the object of the writer being to correct the blunders constantly made, he falls into the usual mistake of quoting Nat. Lee as writing

"When Greek meets Greek, then comes the tug of war,"

and a learned and eminent divine, a certain Dr. B., some years ago, in the presence of a large party, obstinately insisted that

"A man convinced against his will"

was a correct passage from "Hudibras," and was only satisfied as to his blunder by the production of Butler's immortal work. Even so accomplished a scholar as Mr. Gladstone--quandoque bonus dormitat Homerus--errs; in a recently published number of the Nineteenth Century, quoting Byron's words,

"The bubbling cry Of some strong swimmer in his agony,"

he names them as occurring in "Childe Harold," instead of in "Don Juan."

TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES

The following corrections have been made to the text:

Page ii: 2. FAMILIAR FRENCH QUOTATIONS & PROVERBS.[period missing in original]

Page 9: Bread and butter are glad to eat.[period missing in original]

Page 26: 445.[period missing in original] DOOR. When one door shuts another opens.

Page 45: HONOUR. Better[original has Bettter] poor with honour

Page 62: 1099. MONEY. The abundance of money ruins youth.[period missing in original]

Page 64: 1135. NECESSITY. Make a virtue of necessity.[period missing in original]

Page 74: so crows the young.[period missing in original]

Index entries were changed to match the spelling and hyphenation in the main text. Proverb numbers were corrected when necessary. The changes are as follows:

Page 107: Age—rueful 1342[original has 1343]

Page 107: Appetite 475[original has 495]

Page 108: Birdcall[original has Bird--call]

Page 108: Birds--little 970[original has 940]

Page 108: Bone--tongue 1636[original has 1616]

Page 109: Branch--roost[original has root]

Page 109: Butter-cakes[original has Buttercakes]

Page 109: Candle-stick[original has Candlestick]

Page 110: Churchyard--May 810[original has 809]

Page 110: Cloth--coat[original has cost]

Page 110: Cold--soon 1468[original has 1469]

Page 112: Easy chair[original has Easy-chair]--frugality

Page 112: Elbow grease[original has Elbow-grease]

Page 112: Estate--trade 1647[original has 501]

Page 112: Evening--red 501[original has 1647]

Page 112: Face--painting 1061[original has 1051]

Page 112: Fast-day[original has Fast day]

Page 112: Fault--woo[original has woe]

Page 112: Feathers--fine 563[original has 535]

Page 113: Fish--cat[original has eat]

Page 113: Fish--small--venture 1700[original has 1458]

Page 113: Fish--small 1458[original has 1700]

Page 113: Folk--poor, pottage 1369[original has 1269]

Page 113: Forehead--mind[original has wind]

Page 114: Friday--sing[original has sup]

Page 114: Garner--dearth[original has death]

Page 114: Gate--stile[original has still]

Page 114: Gentleman--coat[original has cost]

Page 115: Groat a year[original has a-year]

Page 115: Hawk--hand-saw[original has handsaw]

Page 115: Heart sick[original has Heart-sick]

Page 115: Horse-manger[original has Horse--manger]

Page 116: House--well-ordered[original has well ordered]

Page 116: the section header I" has been added

Page 116: Ill--doing[original has Ill-doing]

Page 116: Ill fortune[original has Ill-fortune]

Page 116: Ill wed[original has Ill-wed]

Page 117: Ladder--crosses 359[original has 912]

Page 117: Laugh--hearts ache[original has heartache]

Page 117: Law breakers[original has Law-breakers]

Page 117: Life--end[original has Life's end]

Page 117: Lion, dead--dog 986[original has 987]

Page 118: Love, subjects'[original has subject's]

Page 119: Master's--wine[original has Master's wine]

Page 119: May--hot 810[original has 809]

Page 119: Mice--cat's[original has cat] away

Page 119: Morning--grey[original has gray]

Page 119: Mote--self love[original has self-love]

Page 119: Muck[original has Much]--riches

Page 119: Night--stumble[original has slumber]

Page 119: No--woman's 1868[original has 1861]

Page 119: Noland[original has No-land]--title

Page 120: Old block[original has clock]

Page 120: Ounce--mischief 1086[original has 1686]

Page 120: Ox--drink 450[original has 456]

Page 120: Pater-noster[original has Paternoster]--churches

Page 122: Ribs--birchen twigs[original has birchen-twigs]

Page 122: Seven--[original has comma]rise at

Page 122: Shave--hand-saw[original has handsaw]

Page 123: Silver lining--cloud[original has clouds]

Page 123: Soberness--conceals[original has concealed]

Page 123: Spain--wine 450[original has 456]

Page 123: Spending--bung-hole[original has bunghole]

Page 124: Story--re-telling[original has retelling]

Page 124: Sun shines[original has Sunshine]--moon

Page 124: Tar--ship[original has ships]

Page 124: Tenants--ill[original has bad]

Page 124: Thief--receiver 1340[original has 1341]

Page 124: Thief--receivers 1341[original has 1340]

Page 124: Thistles--harvest 752[original has 732]

Page 125: Trough--own 1480[original has 1478]

Page 125: Use--nature 1692[original has 373]

Page 126: Will--women[original has Will, woman's]

Page 126: Wind--words 1838[original has 1000]

Page 126: Wisdom--husband[original has harbour]

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