A king's chaff is worth more than other men's corn.

A king, a master, a parent, a judge, may fail to frighten us; but sickness coming brings with it successful reproof.

A learned man has always wealth in himself.

A lengthy sermon is intolerable.

A leopard cannot change his spots.

A leopard does not change his spots.

A letter once written cannot be recalled.

A liar is not believed when he speaks the truth. [Fable of boy and wolf.]

A light supper is beneficial.

A lion may be beholden to a mouse.

A lover should be regarded as a person demented.

A man as he manages himself may die old at thirty, or young at eighty.

A man devoid of religion is like a horse without a bridle.

A man if he lives alone is either a god or a demon.

A man in a passion rides a horse that runs away with him.

A man is a king in his own house.

A man is judged by his clothes.

A man is judged of by his companions.

A man is not where he lives, but where he loves.

A man may lose what are his clearest rights by not demanding them.

A man of few words but learned withal.

A man of gladness seldom falls into madness.

A man of good natural plain common sense.

A middle course is the safest.

A mind conscious of guilt is its own accuser.