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The first service a child doth his father is to make him foolish.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: Jacula Prudentum
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The fish adores the bait.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: Jacula Prudentum
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The foole askes much, but hee is more foole that grants it.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: Jacula Prudentum
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The Fox knowes much, but more he that catcheth him.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: Jacula Prudentum
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The Fox, when hee cannot reach the grapes, saies they are not
ripe.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: Jacula Prudentum
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The Frier preached against stealing, and had a goose in his
sleeve.
[The Friar preached against stealing, and had a goose in his
sleeve.]
Topic: Proverbs
Source: Jacula Prudentum
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The gentle Hawke halfe mans her selfe.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: Jacula Prudentum
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The Germans wit is in his fingers.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: Jacula Prudentum
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The goate must browse where she is tyed.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: Jacula Prudentum
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The good mother sayes not, Will you? but gives.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: Jacula Prudentum
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The gowne is his that we ares it, and the world his that enjoyes
it.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: Jacula Prudentum
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The great put the little on the hooke.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: Jacula Prudentum
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The great would have none great and the little all little.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: Jacula Prudentum
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The greatest step is that out of doores.
[The greatest step is that out of doors.]
Topic: Proverbs
Source: Jacula Prudentum
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The groundsell speakes not save what it heard at the hinges.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: Jacula Prudentum
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The hard gives more then he that hath nothing.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: Jacula Prudentum
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The healthfull man can give counsell to the sick.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: Jacula Prudentum
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The hearts letter is read in the eyes.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: Jacula Prudentum
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The higher the Ape goes, the more he shewes his taile.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: Jacula Prudentum
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The hole calls the thiefe.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: Jacula Prudentum
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The honey is sweet, but the Bee stings.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: Jacula Prudentum
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The horse that drawes after him his halter, is not altogether
escaped.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: Jacula Prudentum
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The horse thinkes one thing, and he that sadles him another.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: Jacula Prudentum
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The house is a fine house, when good folks are within.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: Jacula Prudentum
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The House shewes the owner.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: Jacula Prudentum
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The ignorant hath an Eagles wings, and an Owles eyes.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: Jacula Prudentum
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The ill that comes out of our mouth falles into our bosome.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: Jacula Prudentum
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The Italians are wise before the deede, the Germanes in the
deede, the French after the deede.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: Jacula Prudentum
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The itch of disputing is the scab of the Church.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: Jacula Prudentum
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The Jewes spend at Easter, the Moors at marriages, the Christians
in sutes.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: Jacula Prudentum
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The Lame goes as farre as your staggerer.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: Jacula Prudentum
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The Law is not the same at morning and at night.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: Jacula Prudentum
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The least foolish is wise.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: Jacula Prudentum
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The life of man is a winter way.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: Jacula Prudentum
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The life of spies is to know, not bee known.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: Jacula Prudentum
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The little cannot bee great, unlesse he devoure many.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: Jacula Prudentum
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The love of money and the love of learning rarely meet.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: Jacula Prudentum
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The Lyon is not so fierce as they paint him.
[The lion is not so fierce as they paint him.]
Topic: Proverbs
Source: Jacula Prudentum
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The March sunne raises but dissolves not.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: Jacula Prudentum
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The market is the best garden.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: Jacula Prudentum
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The masters eye fattens the horse, and his foote the ground.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: Jacula Prudentum
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The mill cannot grind with water that's past.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: Jacula Prudentum
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The Mill gets by going.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: Jacula Prudentum
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The miserable man makes a peny of a farthing, and the liberall of
a farthing sixe pence.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: Jacula Prudentum
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The more women looke in their glasse, the lesse they looke to
their house.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: Jacula Prudentum
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The morning Sunne never lasts a day.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: Jacula Prudentum
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The Mr. absent, and the house dead.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: Jacula Prudentum
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The noise is greater then the nuts.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: Jacula Prudentum
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The offender never pardons.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: Jacula Prudentum
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The ofspring of those that are very young, or very old, lasts
not.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: Jacula Prudentum
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