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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.