Part 2

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 Counsel is never out of date.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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.