D.
Damage suffered makes you wise (or knowing), but seldom rich, 346
Darkness and night are mothers of thought, 322
Daughter-in-law hates mother-in-law, 169
Daughters are easy to rear, but hard to marry, 170
Daughters are brittle ware, 311
Daughters may be seen but not heard, 311
Daylight will come, though the cock do not crow, 358
Dead dogs don’t bite, 170, 312
Dear is cheap, and cheap is dear, 288
Dear physic always does good, if not to the patient, at least to the apothecary, 170
Dearness gluts, 13
Dearth foreseen never came, 77
Death does not blow a trumpet, 363
Death is in the pot, 322
Death keeps no almanack, 304
Death spares neither Pope nor beggar, 294
Deceit and treachery make no man rich, 346
Deceive not thy physician, confessor, or lawyer, 197
Deeds are love, and not sweet words (or fine phrases), 238, 287
Deep draughts, and long morning slumbers, soon make a man poor, 399
Deep swimmers and high climbers seldom die in their beds, 310
Deferred is not annulled (Forbearance is no acquittance), 172
Delays are dangerous, 109
Desire beautifies what is ugly, 217
Desperate ills require desperate remedies, 7
Despise not a small wound, a poor kinsman, or an humble enemy, 381
Despise your enemy and you will soon be beaten, 275
Devils must be driven out with devils, 170
Diamond cut diamond, 18
Different times different manners, 70
Diligent work makes a skilful workman, 380
Dirty water does not wash clean, 67
Discover not your silent money (_i.e._ your hoarded money) to anybody, 260
Disputing and borrowing cause grief and sorrowing, 166
Distrust is poison to friendship, 390
Do as others do, and few will mock you, 368
Do good, and care not to whom, 98, 277
Do good to a knave, and pray God he may not do the same to thee, 370
Do ill, and expect the like, 277
Do not abstain from sowing for fear of the pigeons, 23
Do not buy a carrier’s ass, or marry an innkeeper’s daughter, 230
Do not divide the spoil till the victory is won, 140
Do not fret for news, it will grow old and you will know it, 241
Do not give a dog bread every time he wags his tail, 112
Do not hang all on one nail, 152
Do not judge of the ship from the land, 113
Do not judge the dog by his hairs, 389
Do not lend your money to a great man, 40
Do not lose honour through fear, 242
Do not make two devils of one, 23
Do not put in more warp than you can weave, 403
Do not rear a bird of a bad breed, 274
Do not rejoice at my grief, for when mine is old yours will be new, 237
Do not ship all in one bottom, 158
Do not spread your corn to dry at an enemy’s door (Asturian), 230
Do not steal a loaf from him that kneads and bakes, 197
Do not strip before bedtime, 24
Do not stuff your servant with bread, and he won’t ask for cheese, 203
Do not talk Arabic in the house of a Moor, 221
Do not tell your secrets behind a wall or a hedge, 259
Do not wade where you see no bottom, 402
Don’t be a baker if your head is made of butter, 285 (_See_ He that _and_ He who)
Don’t believe in the saint unless he works miracles, 112
Don’t believe what you see, husband, but only what I tell you, 230
Don’t bite till you know whether it is bread or a stone, 113
Don’t budge, if you sit at ease, 166
Don’t buy a cat in a bag (Don’t buy a pig in a poke), 160, 331
Don’t carry your head too high, the door is low, 159
Don’t cross the water unless you see the bottom, 84
Don’t cry fried fish before they are caught, 113
Don’t cry herrings till they are in the net, 337
Don’t cry holloa! till you’re out of the bush, 337
Don’t cry hurra! till you’re over the bridge (or ditch, or hedge), 167, 168, 337
Don’t divide the spoil before the victory is won, 160
Don’t find fault with what you don’t understand, 40
Don’t fly till your wings are feathered, 148
Don’t go a-fishing to a famous stream, 68
Don’t kill the man at the count’s desire, 222
Don’t learn too much, Jack, else you must do a great deal, 151
Don’t leave the high road for a short cut, 284
Don’t make an oven of your cap or a garden of your belly, 40
Don’t make yourself poor to one who won’t make you rich, 286
Don’t mention the cross to the devil, 114
Don’t play with the bear if you don’t want to be bit, 113
Don’t pull hard enough to break the rope, 286
Don’t put your finger into too tight a ring, 40, 115
Don’t reckon your eggs before they are laid, 98
Don’t reckon without your host, 160
Don’t rely on the label of the bag, 24
Don’t scuffle with the potter, for he makes money by the damage, 237
Don’t sell the bearskin before the bear is dead, 333
Don’t sell the bearskin before you have caught (or killed) the bear, 115, 140, 341
Don’t sell the skin till you have caught the fox, 397
Don’t send away your cat for being a thief, 196
Don’t show your teeth if you can’t bite, 51
Don’t snap your fingers at the dogs before you are out of the village, 24
Don’t stop the way of a bull or of a current of air, 198
Don’t talk Latin before the Franciscans, 23
Don’t teach fishes to swim, 23
Don’t throw away your dirty water till you have got clean, 160
Don’t throw away your old shoes till you have got new ones, 318
Don’t throw the handle after the bill, 333
Don’t yoke the plough before the horses, 333
Do what I say well, and not what I do ill, 224
Do what the friar says, and not what he does, 224
Do what thou doest (Age quod agis), 170
Do what you ought, come what may, 18, 98
Do you carry the trough, husband, and I will carry the sieve, which is as heavy as the devil, 228
Do you speak English? (_Meaning_, Have you got any money? _We used to say in England_, Have you got any Spanish?), 338
Do you want better bread than wheaten? 63
Do you want to buy cheap? Buy of a needy fool, 253
Do you want to see a wolf with young (_i.e._ an insatiable plunderer)? Marry your daughter, 254
Doctor Luther’s shoes do not fit every parish priest, 141
Does your neighbour bore you? Lend him a sequin, 127
Dogs bark at those they don’t know, 101
Dogs have teeth in all countries, 328
Dogs that bark much don’t bite, 153
Doing nothing teaches doing ill, 164
Dominies come for your wine, and officers for your daughters, 312
Dread the anger of the dove, 14
Dreams are froth (or lies), 57, 171
Dress slowly when you are in a hurry, 19
Dressed like a windmill, 19
Drink nothing without seeing it, sign nothing without reading it, 284
Drink upon salad costs the doctor a ducat; drink upon eggs costs him two, 144
Drink wine and let water go to the mill, 75
Drink wine upon figs, 258
Drive not away what never came near you, 370
Drop by drop fills the tub, 19
Drop by drop wears away the stone, 19, 68
Drop the jest when it is most amusing, 107
Dry wood makes a quick fire, 401
Ducats are clipped, pence are not, 141
Dull scissors make crooked-mouthed tailors, 365
Dumb dogs and still water are dangerous, 170
Dung is no saint, but where it falls it works miracles, 217
E.
Eagles catch no fleas, 299
Eagles do not breed doves, 133, 299
Early marriage, long love, 148
Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise, 148
Early to rise and late to bed, lifts again the debtor’s head, 148
Earnestness and sport go well together, 347
East or west, home is best, 165, 336
Easy to say is hard to do, 2
Eat bread at pleasure, drink wine by measure, 44
Eat bread that’s light, and cheese by weight, 302
Eat of your own, and call yourself mine (_i. e._ Be my servant and find yourself), 272
Eat with him, and beware of him, 272
Eaten bread is soon forgotten, 103
Eating sets the head to rights, 195
Eating teaches drinking, 102
Economy is a great revenue, 345
Eggs and oaths are easily broken, 364
Eggs are put to hatch on chance, 3
Either fight not with priests or beat them to death, 160
Either rich or hanged, 238
Either the ass will die, or he that goads it, 238
Empty casks (or vessels) make the most noise, 36, 158, 331, 401
Empty rooms make giddy housewives, 63
Empty waggons make most noise, 401
Enjoy your little whilst the fool is seeking for more, 223
Enough is as good as a feast, 319
Enough is better than a sackful, 149
Enough is better than too much, 38, 319
Enough is enough, and too much spoils, 73
Enough is great riches, 393
Entreat him in jackass fashion; if he won’t carry the sack, give him a whack, 188
Entreat the churl and the bargain is broken off, 121
Entreaties to get him to sing, and entreaties to leave off, 254
Entreaty and right do the deed, 254
Envy crieth of spite where honour rideth, 335
Envy does not enter an empty house, 348
Envy envies itself, 163
Envy goes beyond avarice, 17
Envy is its own torturer, 348
Envy was never a good spokesman, 348
Erring is not cheating (A mistake is no fraud), 154
Error is no payment, 97
Escaping from the smoke he falls into the fire, 306
Even a fly has its anger (or spleen), 71, 106
Even a frog would bite if it had teeth, 71
Even a hair casts its shadow, 134, 206, 270 (_See_ Every hair)
Even a horse, though he has four feet, stumbles, 72, 76, 134, 315
Even among the apostles there was a Judas, 72
Even clever hens sometimes lay their eggs among nettles, 383
Even counted sheep are eaten by the wolf, 9, 71, 140
Even crumbs are bread, 398
Even foxes are caught, 71
Even hares pull a lion by the beard when he is dead, 336
Even he gets on who is drawn by oxen, 373
Even old foxes are caught in the snare, 72
Even that fish may be caught that strives the hardest against it, 388
Even the best hack stumbles once, 134 (_See_ Even a horse)
Even the dog gets bread by wagging his tail, 72
Even the fool says a wise word sometimes, 71
Even the just has need of help, 71
Even the lion must defend himself against the flies, 134
Even the sea, great as it is, grows calm, 71
Even woods have ears, 71
Ever one hair, only one, and the man is bald at last, 154
Every ant has its ire, 270 (_See_ Even a fly)
Every beginning is hard, said the thief, when he began by stealing an anvil, 133, 296
Every bird needs its own feathers, 366
Every bird sings as it is beaked, 317
Every bird thinks its own nest beautiful, 68
Everybody is wise after the thing has happened, 59
Everybody knows best where his own shoe pinches (_Also Scotch_), 156 (_See_ Every one)
Everybody knows good counsel except him that has need of it, 133
Everybody must live, 22
Everybody must wear out one pair of fool’s shoes, if he wear no more, 156
Everybody says it, nobody does it, 156, 375
Everybody thinks his own cuckoo sings better than another’s nightingale, 155
Everybody’s business is nobody’s business, 175
Everybody’s companion is nobody’s friend, 156
Everybody’s friend and nobody’s friend is all one, 199, 265
Everybody’s friend is everybody’s fool, 156, 297, 375
Everybody’s friend, nobody’s friend, 71
Every cask smells of the wine it contains, 207, 270
Every clown can find fault, though it would puzzle him to do better, 170
Every cock crows on his own dunghill, 207
Every cock is valiant on his own dunghill, 284, 314
Every country has its custom, 221
Every day a thread makes a skein in the year, 297
Every day has its night, 116, 366
Every day is not a holiday, 113, 116, 324
Every ditch is full of after-wit, 91
Every dog is not a lion at home, 116
Every dog is valiant in his own kennel, 13
Every flood hath its ebb, 297
Every fly has its shadow, 271
Every foal is not like its sire, 368
Every fool is pleased with his bauble, 193
Every fool is wise when he holds his tongue, 116
Every fool thinks he is clever enough, 366
Every fool wants to give advice, 116
Every fox likes a henroost, 68
Every fox looks after his own skin, 375
Every glowworm is not fire (Every light is not the sun), 116, 163
Every hair casts its shadow, 134, 206, 270 (_See_ Even a hair)
Every hare may pluck the dead lion’s mane, 137 (_See_ Even hares)
Every hill has its valley, 116
Every hooked beak is maintained by prey, 59
Every house has its cross, 317
Every labourer is worthy of his hire, 155
Every land its own custom, every wheel its own spindle, 271
Every law is broken to become a king, 241
Every life has its joy, every joy its law, 376
Every little fish expects to become a whale, 356
Every little helps, 296
Every little helps, said the sow, when she snapped at a gnat, 347
Every little helps to lighten the freight, said the captain, as he threw his wife overboard, 296
Every man carries an enemy in his own bosom, 365
Every man for himself, and God for us all, 155 (_See_ Every one)
Every man has a fool in his sleeve, 12, 88
Every man has a good wife and a bad trade, 117
Every man has his liking, 375
Every man has his lot, and a wide world before him, 368
Every man has his value, 12
Every man his own is not too much, 317
Every man is dearest to himself, 155
Every man is master in his own house, 314
Every man is the architect of his own fortune, 155, 366
Every man is the best interpreter of his own words, 155
Every man is the son of his own works, 207
Every man likes his own praise best, 375
Every man must carry his own sack to the mill, 118, 375
Every man rides his own hobby, 147
Every man thinks his own copper gold, 155, 366
Every man thinks his own owl a falcon, 317
Every man to his taste, 12
Every man to his trade, 271
Every medal has its reverse, 13, 116
Every mother’s child is handsome, 156
Every one bears his cross, 12
Every one can navigate in fine weather, 117
Every one counts for as much as he has, 155
Every one draws the water to his own mill, 12, 117
Every one feels his own burden heavy, 1
Every one feels the cold according as he is clad, 207
Every one finds fault with his own trade, 117
Every one finds sin sweet and repentance bitter, 375
Every one for himself and God for us all, 12, 117, 155, 207, 271, 317
Every one gives himself credit for more brains than he has, and less money, 117
Every one goes with his own sack to the mill, 118, 375
Every one has his master, 145
Every one his own is but fair, 12
Every one in his own house, and God in all men’s, 207
Every one is a king in his own house, 270
Every one is a preacher under the gallows, 314
Every one is a thief in his own craft, 317
Every one is emperor on his own ground, 143
Every one is wise after the event (or when the mischief is done), 163, 213
Every one is wise for his own profit, 271
Every one knows best where the shoe pinches him, 12, 117, 156, 207, 271
Every one likes justice in another’s house, none in his own, 117
Every one likes to wipe his shoes on poverty, 134
Every one must pay his debt to nature, 155
Every one must row with the oars he has, 317
Every one praises his own saint, 117
Every one preaches for his own saint, 12
Every one rakes the fire under his own pot, 366
Every one reaps as he sows, 270
Every one says: My right is good, 12
Every one sees his smart coat, no one sees his shrunken belly, 347
Every one should sweep before his own door, 12
Every one sings as he has the gift, and marries as he has the luck, 270
Every one sneezes as God pleases, 207
Every one speaks as he is, 271
Every one speaks of the feast (or fair) as he finds it, 207, 271
Every one stretches his legs according to the length of his coverlet (Cut your coat according to your cloth), 207, 271
Every one takes his flogging in his own way, 12
Every one takes his pleasure where he finds it, 12
Every one thinks he has more than his own share of brains, 91
Every one thinks himself without sin because he has not that of others, 117
Every one thinks his owl a falcon, 155
Every one thinks his own cross the heaviest, 68
Every one thinks that all the bells echo his own thoughts, 155
Every one to his equal, 271
Every one to his own calling, and the Ox to the plough, 117
Every one tries to cross the fence where it is lowest, 366
Every one wishes to bring water to his own mill, and leave his neighbour’s dry, 207 (_See_ Every one draws)
Every pedlar praises his own needles, 206, 270
Every pig has its Martinmas, 271
Every potter praises his pot, and the more if it is cracked, 116, 207
Every potter vaunts his own pot, 13
Every priestling conceals a popeling, 154
Every promise is a debt, 117
Every road leads to Rome, 59, 259
Every rose has its thorn, 117
Every saint has his festival, 68
Every shop has its trick (There are tricks in all trades), 116
Every shot does not bring down a bird, 317
Every ten years one man has need of another, 116
Everything comes in time to him who can wait, 59
Everything does not fall that totters, 59
Everything goes by favour and cousinship, 59
Everything goes to him who does not want it, 59
Everything has an end—except a sausage, which has two, 347
Everything has an end excepting God, 297
Everything has its time, 270
Everything has two handles (or two sides), 297
Everything in its season, and turnips in Advent, 207
Everything is good for something, 116
Everything is good in its season, 90
Everything is of every year, 116
Everything may be borne except good fortune, 116
Everything may be bought except day and night, 41
Everything may be repaired except the neckbone, 129
Everything must have a beginning, 6, 116, 292
Everything new is beautiful, 92
Everything passes, everything breaks, everything wearies, 59
Everything would be well were there not a “but,” 133
Every to-morrow brings its bread, 13
Every truth is not to be told, 117
Every tub must stand on its own bottom, 367
Every vine must have its stake, 117
Every why has its wherefore, 297
Every wind does not shake down the nut, 117
Every wind is against a leaky ship, 366
Every woman would rather be handsome than good, 156
Evil be to him who evil thinks, 82
Evil is soon done, but slowly mended, 395
Evil must be driven out by evil, 390
Evil wastes itself, 395
Evil words corrupt good manners, 302
Exchange is no robbery, 170
Expect not at another’s hand what you can do by your own, 197
Experience is the best teacher, 145
Extravagant offers are a kind of denial, 116
Extremes meet, 34
Eye-service is the courtier’s art, 394
F.
Faint heart is always in danger, 273
Faint heart never won fair lady, 27, 136, 173, 348
Faint praise is akin to abuse, 372
Fair and softly goes far, 45, 283
Fair flowers do not remain long by the wayside, 168
Fair, good, rich, and wise, is a woman four stories high, 8
Fair is he that comes, but fairer he that brings, 54
Fair money can cover much that’s foul, 337
Fair promises bind fools, 74
Fair things are soon snatched away, 8
Fair words and rotten apples, 74
Fair words, but look to your purse, 74
Fair words don’t butter the cabbage, 168
Fair words don’t fill the pocket, 168
Fair words please the fool, and sometimes the wise, 367
Fair words won’t feed a cat, 74
Fair words won’t fill the sack, 337, 398
Fall sick, and you will see who is your friend and who not, 215
Falsehood is the Devil’s daughter, and speaks her father’s tongue, 385
Falsehood never tires of going round about, 385
Falsehood travels and grows, 385
Falseness often lurks beneath fair hair, 367
Fame and repute follow a man to the door, 396
Fancy requires much, necessity but little, 174
Far fetched and dear bought is meat for ladies, 340
Far from the eyes, far from the heart, 109
Farewell baskets, the vintage is ended, 2
Fast as the hare runs, the greyhound outruns her, since he catches her, 241
Fat broth cannot be made of nothing, 42
Fat head, lean brains, 77
Fat hens lay few eggs, 148
Fat pastures make fat venison, 8
Father and mother are kind, but God is kinder, 367
Favour and gifts disturb justice, 372
Fear guards the vineyard, 107, 232
Fear is a great inventor, 30
Feather by feather the goose is plucked, 72
Feet accustomed to go cannot be still, 291
Feet that are used to move cannot remain quiet, 240
Feign death and the bull will leave you, 278
Few have luck, all have death, 367
Few women turn grey because their husbands die, 367
Fie upon a cloak in fair weather, 18
“Fie upon thee, how black thou art!” said the kettle to the sauce pan, 369
Fine and fine make but a slender doublet, 18
Fine birds are commonly plucked, 19
Fine feathers make fine birds, 28, 307
Fine linen often conceals a foul skin, 402
Fine words don’t fill the belly, 277, 336
Fine words without deeds go not far, 367
Fire and love do not say, “Go to your work,” 217
Fire and straw soon make a flame, 380
Fire and water are good servants but bad masters, 148, 380
Fire drives the wasp out of its nest, 102
Fire is not quenched with fire, 102
Fire in the heart sends smoke into the head, 148
First a turnip, then a sheep; next a cow, and then the gallows, 318
First come, first served, 36
First look at home, then censure me, 169
First weigh, then venture, 145
Fish and guests smell at three days old, 365
Fish begin to stink at the head, 138
Fit the foot to the shoe, not the shoe to the foot, 264
Five fingers hold more than two forks, 148
Flatterers are cats that lick before and scratch behind, 168
Flattery is sweet food for those who can swallow it, 398
Flies are easier caught with honey than with vinegar, 43
Flies don’t light on a boiling pot, 3, 69
Flies flock to the lean horse, 66
Flowers are the pledges of fruit, 351
Flying from the bull he fell into the river, 225
Folks say there is a lack of four sorts of people on earth: of priests, else one would not have six or seven benefices; of gentlemen, else every boor would not want to be a squire; of whores, else married women and nuns would not carry on the trade; of Jews, else Christians would not practise usury (_Trench quotes this as the longest Proverb known_), 160
Follow the customs, or fly the country, 389
Follow the river and you will reach the sea, 57
Follow the road and you will reach an inn, 271
Folly hath eagle’s wings, but the eyes of an owl, 304
Folly is the most incurable of maladies, 218
Fond of lawsuits, little wealth; fond of doctors, little health; fond of friars, little honour, 198
Fools and the perverse fill the lawyer’s purse, 233
Fools are free all the world over, 312
Fools ask what’s o’clock, but wise men know their time, 305
Fools build houses, wise men buy them, 163
Fools go in throngs, 3
Fools grow without watering, 104
Fools invent fashions and wise men follow them, 34
Fools make feasts, and wise men eat them, 104
Fools must not be set on eggs, 163
Fools sometimes give wise men counsel, 279
Foot firm till death, 268
For a bad tongue, scissors, 265
For a good companion good company, 193
For a good dinner and a gentle wife you can afford to wait, 365
For a stubborn ass a hard goad, 2
For a stubborn ass a stubborn driver, 5
For a voracious beast pebbles in his feed, 263
For a web begun God sends thread, 6, 73
For a wife and a horse go to your neighbour, 106
For all one’s early rising, it dawns none the sooner, 241
For an honest man half his wits are enough; the whole is too little for a knave, 68
For better for worse they have married me, 205
For evil tongues, scissors, 195
For extreme ills extreme remedies, 69
For great evils strong remedies, 341
For lack of men (or good men) they made my father a justice, 241, 292
For love of the ox the wolf licks the yoke (Catalan), 240
For love the wolf eats the sheep, 174
For one pleasure a thousand pains, 46
For overbuying there’s no help but selling again, 6
For poor people small coin, 264
For sake of the knight the lady kisses the squire, 46
For the buyer a hundred eyes are too few, for the seller one is enough, 66
For the flying enemy a golden bridge, 70
For the last comer, the bones, 6
For the upright there are no laws, 148
For want of a nail the shoe is lost, 242
For whom does the blind man’s wife adorn herself? 227
For whom sword and courage are not enough, corslet and lance will not be enough, 201
Forbear a quarrel with a friend to move: anger breeds hatred, concord sweetens love, 334
Forbearance is no acquittance, 134
Forbidden fruit is sweet (or the sweetest), 101, 172
Forced love does not last, 318
Fore-talk spares after-talk, 174
Forewarned, forearmed, 49
Forgive and forget, 172
Forgive thyself nothing and others much, 173
Forgiven is not forgotten, 172
Fortune aids the bold, 197
Fortune and glass soon break, alas! 319
Fortune, and go to sleep, 99
Fortune and misfortune are two buckets in a well, 150
Fortune and women are partial to fools, 150
Fortune can take from us only what she has given us, 29
Fortune comes to him who seeks her, 132
Fortune does not stand waiting at any one’s door, 322
Fortune gives many too much, but no one enough, 137
Fortune helps fools, 106
Fortune is a woman; if you neglect her to-day, expect not to regain her to-morrow, 29
Fortune is like women: loves youth and is fickle, 137
Fortune is round; it makes one a king, another a dunghill, 322
Fortune lost, nothing lost; courage lost, much lost; honour lost, more lost; soul lost, all lost, 320
Fortune often knocks at the door, but the fool does not invite her in, 385
Foster a raven and it will peck out your eyes, 210
Foul linen should be washed at home, 22
Four eyes see more than two, 131, 173, 232, 282
Four things put a man beside himself—women, tobacco, cards, and wine, 245
Foxes come at last to the furrier’s, 17
Fox’s broth, cold and scalding, 207
Free man, free goods (_So_: Free ships, free goods—_American_), 148
Fresh pork and new wine kill a man before his time, 242
Friar Modest never was prior (A modest friar never was prior), 99
Friends and mules fail us at hard passes (Galician), 199, 265
Friends are known in adversity, 287
Friends are known in time of need (Friends in need are friends indeed), 65, 329
Friendship broken may be soldered, but never made whole, 199
Friendship should be unpicked, not rent, 106
Friendships are cheap when they can be bought by doffing the hat, 108
From a bad paymaster take straw (_i.e._ any trifle), 90
From a closed door the devil turns away, 275
From a praying young man, and a fasting old one, God preserve my cloak, 212
From a silent man, and a dog that does not bark, deliver us, 211
From a silent person remove your dwelling, 212
From a spark the house is burnt, 340
From bishop to turn miller, 56
From children expect childish acts, 362
From confessors, doctors, and lawyers, do not conceal the truth of your case, 2
From great rivers come great fish, 274
From little things men go on to great, 340
From long journeys, long lies, 212
From my gossip’s bread a large piece for my godson, 212
From saying to doing is a long way, 90
From short pleasure long repentance, 14
From small beginnings come great things, 340
From smooth (or still) water God preserve me, from rough (or running) I will preserve myself, 90, 211
From snow, whether baked or boiled, you will get nothing but water, 90, 211
From that dust comes this mud, 210
From the boat we get to the ship, 340
From the father comes honour, from the mother comfort, 340
From the same flower the bee extracts honey and the wasp gall, 90
From the soldier who has no cloak, keep your own in your chest, 276
From those I trust God guard me, from those I mistrust I will guard myself, 90
From to-morrow till to-morrow time goes a long journey, 14
From trivial things great contests oft arise, 340
Froth is not beer, 337
Full bottles and glasses make swearers and asses, 341
Full vessels give the least sound, 174
Funeral sermon, lying sermon, 158
G.
Gain has a pleasant odour, come whence it will, 269
Geese are plucked as long as they have any feathers, 333
Gentleness does more than violence, 45
Get a good name, and go to sleep, 67, 208, 272
Get out of that place and let me take it, 43
Gifts are according to the giver, 140
Gifts are often losses, 127
Gifts break (or dissolve) rocks, 210, 273
Gifts make friendship lasting, 390
Give a clown your finger, and he’ll grasp your fist, 70, 299
Give a clown your foot, and he’ll take your hand, 198
Give a grateful man more than he asks, 266
Give a hint to the man of sense, and consider the thing done (A word to the wise is enough), 264
Give a rogue an inch, and he will take an ell, 371
Give a traitor good words and you make him loyal, 213
Give an ass oats and he runs after thistles, 318
Give at first asking what you safely can; ’tis certain gain to help an honest man, 322
Give him a foot and he’ll take four, 57
Give him an inch and he’ll take an ell, 318
Give him your finger and he will seize your hand, 70, 299
Give me a seat, and I will make myself room to lie down, 210
Give me the rhubarb and you may take the senna, 45
Give me money, not advice, 273
Give me the ass that carries me in preference to the horse that throws me, 240
Give orders, and do it yourself, and you will be rid of anxiety, 282
Give orders, and do no more, and nothing will be done, 230, 282
Give out that you have many friends, and believe that you have but few, 22
Give the priest drink, for the clerk is thirsty, 90
Give the wise man a hint and leave him to act, 66
Give time time, 90
Give to a pig when it grunts, and to a child when it cries, and you will have a fine pig, and a bad child, 371
Give to him that has, 90
Give unto the king what is the king’s, and unto God what is God’s, 149
Give your wife the short knife, and keep the long one yourself, 384
Giving alms never lessens the purse, 217
Giving is fishing, 93
Glowworms are not lanterns, 108
Gluttony kills more than the sword, 29, 111
Go in God’s name, for he takes a loaf of mine, 261
Go not every evening to your brother’s house, 194
Go not with every ailment to the doctor, with every plaint to the lawyer, or with every thirst to the can, 230, 286
Go not with every hunger to the cupboard, nor with every thirst to the pitcher, 286
Go softly and look afar, 344
Go softly over bad bits of road, 67
Go to bed late, rise early, you will see your own harm and that of others, 274
Go to bed without supper, and you will rise without debt, 194, 274
Go to the sea if you would fish well, 131
Go to your aunt’s house, but not every day, 194
Go to your rich friend’s house when invited; to your poor friend’s without invitation, 264
God alone understands fools, 15
God comes at last, when we think he is farthest off, 372
God cures, and the doctor takes the fee (or gets the money; or God healeth, and the physician hath the thanks), 92, 150, 214, 275, 323
God deliver me from a man of one book, 214, 319
God deliver us from a gentleman by day and a friar by night, 214
God does not pay weekly, but pays at the end, 319
God does not smite with both hands, 236
God give you luck, my son, for little wit must serve your turn, 261, 295
God gives a curst cow short horns, 65
God gives almonds to some who have no teeth, 210
God gives birds their food, but they must fly for it, 319
God gives clothes according to the cold, 273 (See God sends cold)
God gives every bird its food, but does not throw it into the nest, 372
God gives little folks small gifts, 372
God gives the will, necessity gives the law, 372
God gives wings to the ant that she may perish the sooner, 210
God grant, dear wife, that this son be ours, 253
God grant me to argue (or dispute) with those who understand me, 214, 275
God grant you fortune, my son, for knowledge avails you little, 214
God has given nuts to some who have no teeth, 273
God heals and the doctor has the thanks, 92 (_See_ God cures)
God help the sheep when the wolf is judge, 371
God helps the early riser, 201
God helps the strongest, 150, 319
God helps him who helps himself (or them that help themselves), 53, 85, 152, 191, 252, 274
God helps three sorts of people: fools, children, and drunkards, 15
God is everywhere, except where he has his delegate (_ironical_), 150
God keep me from my friends, from my enemies I will keep myself, 99
God keep you from “It is too late,” 223
God knows who is a good pilgrim, 15
God made us, and we admire ourselves, 224
God never sends mouths but he sends meat, 371
God permits, but not for ever, 274
God puts a good root in the little pig’s way, 6
God save me from one who does not drink, 92
God save me from the man of one book, 92
God save me from the man of one occupation, 92
God save me from those I trust in (or in whom I confide), 15
God save you from a bad neighbour, and from a beginner on the fiddle, 92
God save you from a man who has but one business, 16
God saves the moon from the wolves, 15
God sells knowledge for labour, honour for risk, 320
God sends cold according to the clothes, 15, 92, 372
God sends meat and the devil sends cooks, 92
God sends nothing but what can be borne, 92
God sent him meat, but the devil cooked it, 320
God take you, pound (of flax), drunk out and not yet spun, 194
God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb, 1
God will provide, but a good bundle of straw will not be amiss, 214
God’s friend, the priest’s foe, 150
God’s mill goes slowly, but it grinds well, 150
God’s work is soon done, 17
Gold does not buy everything, 109
Gold is gold, though it be in a rogue’s purse, 372
Gold is proved in the fire, friendship in need, 380
Gold lies deep in the mountain, dirt on the highway, 150
Golden bishop, wooden crosier; wooden bishop, golden crosier, 17
Gone is gone; no Jew will lend upon it, 152
Good and bad make up a city, 270
Good bargains are ruinous, 34
Good bargains empty the purse, 108, 151
Good blood will never lie, 9
Good comes to better, and better to bad, 8
Good company makes short miles, 320
Good corn is not reaped from a bad field, 397
Good counsel comes overnight, 151
Good counsel is no better than bad counsel, if it be not taken in time, 395
Good counsel never comes too late, 151
Good counsel will not rot, if it be got in dry, 371
Good day to you all! said the fox, when he got into the goose-pen, 320
Good drink drives out bad thoughts, 320
Good faith is a seldom guest, when you have him, hold him fast, 171
Good faith stole the cow, 170
Good fruit never comes from a bad tree, 287
Good, good, good, but God keep my ass out of his rye, 206
Good hunters track narrowly, 320
Good is good, but better beats it, 101
Good is the delay which makes sure, 269
Good is the fowl which another rears, 205
Good land should not be quitted for a bad landlord, 42
Good leading makes good following, 343
Good luck makes its way by elbowing, 201
Good management is better than good income, 281
Good manners and plenty of money will make my son a gentleman, 270
Good morrow spectacles, farewell lasses, 8
Good never comes too often, 371
Good news is rumoured, bad news flies, 216, 287
Good or bad we must all live, 115
Good people live far asunder, 148
Good repute is better than a golden belt, 9
Good repute is like the cypress: once cut, it never puts forth leaf again, 105
Good right needs good help, 320
Good swimmers are drowned at last, 9, 100
Good table, bad will, 269
Good things require time, 320
Good thongs may be cut out of other people’s hides, 134
Good tree, good fruit, 320
Good ware was never dear, 105
Good watching drives away ill-luck, 8
Good wine is milk for the aged, 151
Good wine makes good blood, 76
Good wine makes the horse go, 4
Good wine needs no crier, 65, 151, 221, 261, 287, 320
Good wine needs no sign, 1
Good wine praises itself, 320
Good wine ruins the purse, and bad the stomach, 151
Good wine sells itself, 151, 216
Good words and bad deeds deceive both wise and simple, 206, 269
Got with the fife, spent with the drum, 161
Govern a horse with a bit, and a shrew with a stick, 399
Grain by grain the hen fills her crop, 223, 278
Grass grows not upon the highway, 336
Grease a churl’s boots and he’ll say you are burning them, 19
Grease the wheels, 130
Great boast, little roast, 321
Great boaster, little doer, 19
Great cry and little wool, 340
Great cry and little wool, as the man said who shaved the sow, 73
Great cry and little wool, said the fool, when he sheared his hogs, 173, 340
Great disputing repels truth, 19
Great fish are caught in great waters, 150
Great fishes break the net, 321
Great fools must have great bells, 320
Great griefs are mute, 101
Great lords have long hands, but they do not reach to heaven, 399
Great lords will have much, and poor folk can give but little, 399
Great men may jest with saints, 150
Great men’s requests are commands, 151, 374
Great men’s servants don’t think little of themselves, 151
Great promisers, bad paymasters, 151, 320
Great scholars are not the shrewdest men, 34
Great smoke, little roast, 100
Great talkers are commonly liars, 151
Great talkers are not great doers, 34, 321
Great thieves always have their sleeves full of gags, 34
Great thieves hang little ones, 34, 150
Great trees give more shade than fruit, 150
Great wealth, great care, 321
Great wits meet, 33
Greater fools than they of Zago, who dunged the steeple to make it grow, 120
Greatness alone is not enough, or the cow would outrun the hare, 150
Green Christmas, a white Easter, 151
Grey hairs are death’s blossoms, 371
Grief for a dead wife lasts to the door, 93, 276
Guessing is missing, 319
H.
“Had I known” is a poor man, 151
Had it not been for an if, the old woman would have bitten a wolf, 374
Hair by hair, and the head gets bald, 364
Half a brain is enough for him who says little, 66
Half a house is half a hell, 151
Half a word to the wise is enough, 314
Half figs, half raisins, 39
Handsome apples are sometimes sour, 168, 337
Handsome is not what is handsome, but what pleases, 112
Handsome is that handsome does, 168
Handsome women generally fall to the lot of ugly men, 69
Handsomely asked, handsomely refused, 1
Hang the young thief, and the old one will not steal, 373
Hannibal is at the gate, 321
Happy he who can take warning from the mishaps of others, 397
Happy is she who is in love with an old dotard, 74
Happy is the man who has a handsome wife close to an abbey, 37
Happy the child whose father goes to the devil, 20
Happy the house in which there is no shaven crown, 205
Hard against hard never was good, 151
Hard is a new law imposed on old licence, 95
Hard upon hard never made a good wall, 95, 276
Hares are caught with hounds, fools with praise, and women with gold, 162
Hares are not caught with drums, 42, 333
Harm watch harm catch, 49, 78
Haste makes waste, 321
Hasten at leisure, 20, 142
Hastiness is the beginning of wrath, and its end repentance, 321
Hasty questions require slow answers, 336
Hasty speed don’t oft succeed, 321
Hat in hand goes through the land, 153
Hatred renewed is worse than at first, 116
Have a bill to pay at Easter, and your Lent will be short, 213
Have luck and sleep, 126 (_See_ Fortune and go to sleep)
Having is having, come whence it may, 151
He asks advice in vain who will not follow it, 46
He avoided the fly and swallowed the spider, 278
He beat the bushes and another caught the birds, 20
He begins to grow bad who believes himself good, 88
He burns the candle at both ends, 325
He buys honey dear who has to lick it off thorns, 327
He buys very dear who begs, 268
He buys well who is not called a donkey, 205
He came time enough who was hung by candlelight, 373
He can do but little who cannot threaten another, 203
He cannot find water in the sea, 235
He cannot lead a good life who serves without wages, 75
He cannot lay eggs, but he can cackle, 327
He carries fire and water, 26
He counts his chickens before they are hatched, 327
He cries out before he is hurt, 96
He dances well to whom fortune pipes, 73, 177
He did not invent gunpowder, 236
He does a good day’s work who rids himself of a fool, 9
He does not a little who burns his house: he frightens the rats and warms himself, 235
He does not guard himself well who is not always on his guard, 24
He does not live in this world that can skin a grindstone, 354
He doubts nothing who knows nothing, 284
He drives a good waggonful into his farm who gets a good wife, 372
He earns a farthing and has a penn’orth of thirst, 327
He expects that larks will fall ready roasted into his mouth, 20
He expects to find water at the first stroke of the spade, 195
He falls into the pit who leads another into it, 207
He falls on his back and breaks his nose, 26
He fears the sack who has been in it, 355
He fishes on who catches one, 59
He forgot nothing except to say farewell, 23
He flays enough who holds the foot, 5
He gains enough who loses sorrow, 5
He gains much who loses a vain hope, 73
He gapes like a clown at a fair, 326
He gathers up ashes and scatters flour, 197
He gives twice who gives in a trice, 53, 79, 179, 247
He goes about it like a cat round hot milk, 145
He goes as willingly as a thief to the gallows, 145
He goes safely to trial whose father is a judge, 251
He goes safely who has nothing, 57
He got out of the mud and fell into the river, 131
He had need rise betimes who who would please everybody, 54, 355
He hangs the May-branch at every door. (Alluding to the Italian custom of young men hanging out May-branches overnight before the door of their mistress), 73
He has a good pledge of the cat who has her skin, 9
He has a head, and so has a pin, 276
He has a ton of knowledge, but the bottom is out, 326
He has a wolf-conscience, 326
He has beans in his ears. (Who so deaf as he that will not hear?) 145
He has command of the sack who is seated on it, 373
He has done like the Perugian who, when his head was broken, ran home for his helmet, 95
He has eaten his corn in the blade, 20
He has enough to do who holds the handle of the frying-pan, 8
He has enough who is content, 5
He has given the hen for the egg, 145
He has great need of a fool who makes himself one, 19
He has him under his thumb, 326
He has lost the nest-egg, 326
He has much to do who would please everybody, 233
He has not done who who is beginning, 40
He has nothing, for whom nothing is enough, 55, 286
He has put all his eggs into one basket, 20
He has seen the wolf, 326
He has the Bible on his lips, but not in his heart, 326
He hauls at a long rope who expects another’s death, 70
He howls with the wolves, and bleats with the sheep, 326
He is a bad shot who cannot find an excuse, 143
He is a bad smith who cannot bear smoke, 143
He is a bad workman who cannot talk of work, 146
He is a fool that praises himself, and a madman that speaks ill of himself, 353
He is a fool who boasts of four things: that he has good wine, a good horse, a handsome wife, and plenty of money, 118
He is a fool who does not know from what quarter the wind blows, 118
He is a fool who loses the flight for the leap, 118
He is a fool who makes his physician his heir, 11
He is a fool who makes a mallet of his fist, 11
He is a fool who thinks that another does not think, 125, 233, 286
He is a great fool who forgets himself, 21
He is a great simpleton who starves himself to feed another, 224
He is a horse with four white feet (_i. e._ he is unlucky), 12
He is a man like a book, 303
He is a man who acts like a man, 353
He is a poor smith who is afraid of sparks, 359
He is a sorry barber who has but one comb, 128
He is a thief indeed who robs a thief, 8
He is a very bad manager of honey who leaves nothing to lick off his fingers, 9
He is an essence of scoundrels, 326
He is an aristocrat in folio, 323
He is an old saint, and may leave it in the hands of God, 274
He is as easily caught as a hare with drums, 326 (_See_ Hares are not caught, &c.)
He is as good a Catholic as Duke Alva’s dog, who ate flesh in Lent, 327
He is as good a divine as Judas was an apostle, 323
He is as poor as Job, 326
He is as sharp as a leaden dagger, 326
He is as welcome as the first day in Lent (alluding to fast-day), 327
He is blind enough who cannot see through a sieve, 224
He is called clever who cheats and plunders his friend, 21
He is easy to lure, who is ready to follow, 353
He is nowhere who is everywhere, 112
He is in safety who rings the tocsin, 202, 222
He is in search of a ram with five feet, 77
He is like a cat, he always falls on his feet, 21
He is like a singed cat, better than he looks, 26
He is like Jean de Nivelle’s dog, that runs away when he is called, 11
He is like the anchor that is always in the sea, yet does not learn to swim, 95
He is like the gardener’s dog, who don’t eat cabbages and will let no one else eat them, 21
He is lucky who forgets what cannot be mended, 150
He is master of another man’s life who is indifferent to his own, 97
He is most likely to spill who holds the vessel in his hand, 354
He is most cheated who cheats himself, 356
He is my friend who grinds at my mill, 222, 277
He is nearest to God who has the fewest wants, 353
He is nearest a thing who has it in his hands, 353
He is no friend that eats his own by himself, and mine with me, 285
He is no merchant who always gains, 323
He is no small knave who knows a great one, 361
He is noble who performs noble deeds, 326
He is not a bad driver who knows how to turn, 373
He is not a good mason who refuses any stone, 112
He is not a man who cannot say no, 112
He is not a thorough wise man who cannot play the fool on occasion, 90
He is not fit to be a baker whose head is made of butter, 353
He is not free who drags his chain after him, 24, 112
He is not happy who knows it not, 98
He is not so much of a devil as he is black, 24
He is not yet born who can please everybody, 355
He is of the race of Johnny Van Cleeve, who would always much rather have than give, 326
He is out of danger who rings the alarm-bell, 202, 222
He is past preaching to who does not care to do well, 21
He is rich enough who is contented, 166
He is rich enough who owes nothing, 17, 97
He is rich enough who does not want, 73
He is so wise, that he goes upon the ice three days before it freezes, 327
He is the devil’s valet, he does more than he is ordered, 11
He is the wisest man who does not think himself so, 33
He is the world’s master who despises it, its slave who prizes it, 97
He is too idle to fetch his breath, 326
He is too stupid to be trusted alone by the fire, 326
He is very blind who cannot see the sun, 75
He is wise who learns at another’s cost, 125
He is worthy of sweets who has tasted bitters, 353
He is young enough who has health, and he rich enough who has no debts, 353
He is your friend who gets you out of a scrape, 201, 267
He keeps his word, as the sun keeps butter, 325
He knocks boldly at the door who brings good news, 19, 72, 373
He knows best where the shoe pinches who wears it, 356, 373
He knows enough who knows how to live and keep his own counsel, 5
He knows it as well as his Pater-noster, 255
He knows the water best who has waded through it, 374
He knows well where the thorn pricks him, 95
He knows where the devil carries his tail, 96, 124
He laughs at scars who never felt a wound, 139
He laughs well (or best) who laughs longest, 55, 124 (_See_ He who laughs)
He lays his eggs beside his nest, 327
He lies like a tooth-drawer, 23
He lives in the land of promise, 327
He looks for his ass and sits on its back, 20
He lords it (or swaggers) like an eel in a tub, 325
He loses his market who has nothing to sell, 201
He loses least in a quarrel who keeps his tongue in check, 356
He loves well who never forgets, 75, 205, 268
He may lie boldly who comes from afar, 1, 95
He may swim boldly who is held up by the chin, 9
He means well, but has a bad way of showing it, 326
He measures others by his own standard, 95, 325
He must be a clever host that would take the devil into his hostelry, 355
He must be ill-favoured who scares the devil, 355
He must be pure who would blame another, 373
He must cry loud who would scare the devil, 373
He must gape wide who would gape against an oven, 327
He must have clean fingers who would blow another’s nose, 355
He must have crept out of hell while the devil was asleep, 326
He must have iron fingers who would flay the devil, 373
He must have keen eyes that would know a maid at sight, 145
He must have plenty of butter who would stop everybody’s mouth, 373
He must indeed be a good master who never errs, 325
He must keep a sharp look-out who would speak the truth, 373
He must rise betimes who would please everybody, 327
He must shoot well who always hits the mark, 323
He must stand high that would see the end of his own destiny, 355
He must stoop that has a low door, 94
He need have plenty of meal who would stop every man’s mouth (_Scotch_: He behoves to have meal enou that sal stop ilka man’s mou’), 98, 322, 355
He needs say nothing about the score who pays nothing, 20
He needs a long spoon that would eat out of the same dish with the devil, 355
He never was a friend who ceased to be so for a slight cause, 287
He never was a friend who has ceased to be one, 48
He ought not to complain of the sea who returns to it a second time, 73
He pays for the glasses who breaks them, 48
He plays best who wins, 49,182
He preaches well who lives well, 78, 205
He pulls at a long rope who desires another’s death, 3
He puts his sickle into another man’s harvest, 23
He ruins himself in promises, and clears himself by giving nothing, 26
He runs as fast as if he had eggs in his shoes, 327
He runs far who never turns, 89
He runs heavily who is forced to run, 354
He’s a friend at sneezing-time,—the most that can be got from him is a “God bless you,” 71
He said devil, but meant you, 327
He scolds most that can hurt the least, 374
He sells the bird on the branch, 96
He sets the wolf to guard the sheep, 95
He should not complain of being cheated who buys cloth by the sample, 287
He sins as much who holds the bag as he who puts into it, 7
He sits well who can rise without help, 355
He sleeps securely who has nothing to lose, 17
He slumbers enough who does nothing, 5
He sticks his nose in everything (He has his finger in every pie), 145
He struts as valiantly as an English cock, 327
He studies the Bible of fifty-two leaves (a pack of cards), 326
He sups ill who eats up all at dinner, 37
He swims on his own bulrush, 328
He takes out a nail and puts in a pin, 77
He that abideth low cannot fall hard, 310
He that at twenty is not, at thirty knows not, and at forty has not, will never be, nor ever know, nor ever have, 79
He that bears the cross, blesses himself first, 354
He that buildeth upon the highway hath many advisers, 179, 308 (_See_ He who builds)
He that buys the office of magistrate must of necessity sell justice, 79
He that can be patient finds his foe at his feet, 309
He that chases another does not sit still himself, 308
He that climbs high falls heavily, 182
He that comes unbidden goes unthanked, 310
He that corrects not youth controls not age, 50
He that courts injury will obtain it, 373
He that creepeth falleth not, 310
He that cuts above himself will get splinters in his eye, 376
He that despises the little is not worthy of the great, 310
He that does ill never wants for excuses, 266
He that does not lie, does not come of good blood, 251
He that does not save pennies will never have pounds, 352
He that eats his fowl alone may saddle his horse alone, 252, 292
He that examines every bush will hardly get into the wood, 185
He that exceeds his commission must answer for it at his own cost, 80
He that finds fault wants to buy, 186, 248 (_See_ He who)
He that finds something before it is lost, will die before he is sick, 309
He that has a choice has trouble, 309
He that has an hour’s start will not be hanged, 253
He that has but one pig easily fattens it, 82
He that has good legs has often bad boots, 182
He that has lost his credit is dead to the world, 180
He that has no head needs no hat, 183
He that has no ill luck grows weary of good luck, 250
He that has no money in his purse should have fair words on his lips, 376
He that has not money in his purse should have honey in his mouth, 50
He that has swallowed the devil may swallow his horns, 82
He that has the devil on his neck must find him work, 308
He that has the luck leads the bride to church, 309
He that hath a head of wax must not approach the fire, 48
He that hath a wife is sure of strife, 49
He that hath an ill name is half hanged, 309
He that hears much, hears many lies, 311
He that hides can find, 48
He that hides is no better than he that steals, 373
He that holds is no better than he that scourges, 373
He that holds the handle of the frying-pan runs the risk of burning himself, 10
He that hunts others must run himself, 179
He that hunts two hares at once will catch neither, 49, 343
He that inquires much, learns much, 378
He that is afraid of the devil does not grow rich, 82
He that is ashamed to eat is ashamed to live, 48
He that is at sea has not the wind in his hands, 310 (_See_ He who is at sea)
He that is bitten by a dog must apply some of its hair, 311
He that is born to be hanged will never be drowned, 80, 182, 309
He that is drowning shouts though he be not heard, 78
He that is embarked with the devil must sail with him, 80, 310
He that is good for something is the ass of the public, 101
He that is in fault is in suspicion, 80
He that is more civil than usual, either wants to cozen you or has need of you, 253
He that is not gallant at twenty, strong at thirty, rich at forty, or experienced at fifty, will never be gallant, strong, rich or prudent, 246
He that is out at sea, must either sail or sink, 377
He that is thrown would still wrestle, 28
He that is too much in haste, may stumble on a good road, 53
He that is unkind to his own will not be kind to others (Galician) 245
He that jokes, confesses, 78
He that keeps out of harm’s way will gather goodly riches, 355
He that laughs on Friday may cry on Sunday, 58
He that lies down with dogs will get up with fleas, 52, 79, 247, 376
He that lives with cripples learns to limp, 308
He that loves his child chastises him, 311
He that makes himself dirt is trod on by the swine, 86
He that makes one basket can make a hundred, 249
He that marries for love has good nights, but sorry days, 179
He that minds his business at home, will not be accused of taking
## part in the fray, 248
He that never fails never grows rich, 83
He that paints a flower does not give it perfume, 85
He that pelts every barking dog must pick up a great many stones, 183
He that performs his own errand saves the messenger’s hire, 392
He that picks up all sorts of wood soon gets an armful, 179
He that plays at racket must watch the ball, 309
He that reckons without his host must reckon again, 49, 80, 111
He that says A, must also say B, 179
He that says what he should not, will hear what he would not, 374
He that seeks, finds, and sometimes what he would rather not, 78
He that seeks to have many friends never has any, 87
He that shows his money shows his judgment, 82
He that sings himself is the best pleased, 354
He that sits among reeds cuts pipes when he pleases, 182
He that spares something to-day will have something to-morrow, 309
He that spends more than he is worth spins a rope for his own neck, 51
He that stands may fall, 80
He that stays in the valley will not get over the hill, 52
He that stirs honey will have some of it stick to him, 249
He that stumbles and falls not, mends his pace, 53, 248
He that ties well, unties well (Safe bind, safe find), 246
He that tickles himself, may laugh when he will, 185, 309, 379
He that trusts a faithless friend, has a good witness against him, 252
He that ventures not, fails not, 51
He that wants should not be bashful, 78
He that wants the kernel must crack the nut, 22, 180, 308
He that wants to beat a dog can easily find a stick, 87 (_See_ Who wants)
He that wants to hang a dog, is sure to find a rope, 378
He that wants to hang a dog, says that it bites the sheep, 352
He that well considers the world, must own he has never seen a better, 308
He that will does more than he that can, 281
He that will have eggs, must bear with cackling, 309
He that will have fire must bear with smoke, 311
He that will not be saved needs no preacher, 184
He that will not when he can, cannot when he will, 83, 251 (_See_ Who will not)
He that will not when he may, when he will shall have nay, 50
He that will not strive in this world should not have come into it, 84
He that won’t listen, must feel, 184
He that would be healthy, must eat temperately, and sup early, 252
He that would be healthy must wear his winter clothes in summer, 252
He that would be ill served should keep plenty of servants, 87
He that would be old long must begin betimes, 292
He that would cheat a Jew, must be a Jew, 188
He that would have a beautiful wife should choose her on a Saturday, 252
He that would have a thing done quickly and well must do it himself, 87
He that would heal a wound must not handle it, 88
He that would jest must take a jest, else to let it alone were best, 309
He that would keep his eye sound must tie up his hand, 292
He that would keep his house clean must not let priest or pigeon enter it, 54
He that would stop everybody’s mouth needs plenty of flour, 183
He that you seat upon your shoulder will often try to get upon your head, 400
He thinks to catch shell-fish in the trees, 327
He threatens many who affronts one, 265
He to whom God gives no sons, the devil gives nephews, 251
He waits long that waits for another man’s death, 327
He wants to fly before he has wings, 327
He was born on a Sunday, he likes work ready done, 21
He was born upon St. Galtpert’s night, three days before luck, 326
He was bom with a caul, 21
He wastes his tears who weeps before the judge, 119
He wears the mourning of his washerwoman, 26
He who abuses others must not be particular about the answer he gets, 355
He who always tells me a lie never cheats me, 252
He who always thinks it is too soon, is sure to come too late, 177
He who asks the fewest favours is the best received, 250
He who at thirty has no brains, will never purchase an estate, 246
He who at twenty understands nothing, at thirty knows nothing, and at forty has nothing, will lead a wretched old age, 246
He who avoids the temptation avoids the sin, 252
He who begins and does not finish loses his labour, 49
He who begins badly, ends badly, 250
He who begins ill finishes worse, 82
He who begins many things finishes few, 82
He who begins much finishes little, 186
He who bestirs himself sucks up, he who lies still dries up, 54
He who blows in the fire will get sparks in his eyes, 182
He who blows upon dust fills his eyes with it, 86
He who brings bad tidings comes soon enough, 185
He who brings is welcome, 179
He who builds a house in the market-place, builds either too high or too low, 81
He who builds a house, or marries, is left with a lank purse, 201
He who builds according to every man’s advice will have a crooked house, 379
He who builds by the roadside has many masters (or surveyors), 179, 308
He who builds on another’s ground loses his stone and mortar, 80
He who builds on the public way must let the people have their say, 179
He who burns his posteriors must sit on blisters, 311
He who buys a horse buys care, 247
He who buys a house gets many a plank and nail for nothing, 181
He who buys and sells does not feel what he spends, 247
He who buys betimes buys cheaply, 79
He who buys by the pennyworth keeps his own house and other men’s too, 87
He who buys the broom can also buy the handle, 79
He who buys what he don’t want, will soon sell what he does want, 79, 183
He who can give has many a good neighbour, 49
He who can lick can bite, 51
He who can sit upon a stone and feed himself should not move, 377
He who can wait obtains what he wishes, 78
He who cannot help may hinder, 184
He who cannot paint must grind the colours, 184
He who cannot pay with his purse must pay with his hide, 184
He who cannot revenge himself is weak, he who will not is contemptible, 84
He who cannot speak well of his trade does not understand it, 51
He who can’t get bacon must be content with cabbage, 376
He who carries nothing loses nothing, 52
He who carries one burden will soon carry a hundred, 52
He who catches one fish is a fisherman, 251
He who chastises one threatens a hundred, 86
He who cheats a cheat and robs a thief, earns a dispensation for 100 years, 181
He who chooses takes the worst (Pick and choose and take the worst), 49
He who climbs too high is near a fall, 65
He who comes first grinds first, 251
He who comes first to the mill is first served, 378
He who conceits himself wise, has an ass near at hand, 183
He who dances well goes from wedding to wedding, 246
He who decries (or finds fault, or disparages) wants to buy, 49, 78, 186, 248
He who delays, gathers, 220
He who demands does not command, 79
He who denies all confesses all, 86, 253
He who despises small things seldom grows rich, 398
He who dies not in his twenty-third year, drowns not in his twenty-fourth, and is not slain in his twenty-fifth, may boast of good days, 343
He who digs a pit for others falls into it himself, 179
He who divides gets the worst share, 248
He who does as he likes has no headache, 80
He who does good to you either dies or goes away, 247
He who does no more than another is no better than another, 251
He who does not bait his hook catches nothing (or fishes in vain), 50, 184
He who does not gain, loses, 50
He who does not go (or look) forward, stays behind, 184, 245
He who does not honour his wife, dishonours himself, 246
He who does not improve to-day will grow worse to-morrow, 185
He who does not look before him, must take misfortune for his earnings, 375
He who does not mix with the crowd knows nothing, 251
He who does not open his eyes must open his purse, 180
He who does not pick up a pin cares nothing for his wife, 250
He who does not repair his gutter has a whole house to repair, 250
He who does not show himself, is overlooked, 251
He who does not speak, God does not hear, 251
He who does not tire, achieves, 196
He who does not tire, tires adversity, 51
He who does not (or will not) when he can, cannot when he will, 50, 83, 251
He who does not whip the child does not mend the youth, 250
He who does nothing, does ill, 50
He who does the wrong forgets it, but not he who receives it, 82
He who does what he likes, does not what he ought, 249
He who doth his own business defileth not his fingers, 81
He who doubts nothing knows nothing, 220
He who dresses in others’ clothes will be undressed on the highway, 248
He who eats of the king’s goose will void a feather forty years after, 50
He who eats pears with his master should not choose the best, 82
He who eats the king’s cow lean, pays for it fat, 50, 249
He who eats the meat let him pick the bone, 247
He who eats and puts by, has sufficient for two meals, 247
He who envies, suffers, 184
He who esteems none but himself is as happy as a king, 84
He who excuses himself accuses himself, 53, 86, 310
He who fain would marry, in choice should not tarry, 182
He who fears to suffer, suffers from fear, 49
He who feeds a wolf, strengthens his enemy, 376
He who feeds the hen ought to have the egg, 355
He who finds fault wants to buy, 186, 248 (_See_ He who decries, &c.)
He who finds what has not been lost, will chance to die before he is ill, 181
He who flees, proves himself guilty, 376
He who follows the crowd has many companions, 180
He who forces love where none is found, remains a fool the whole year round, 183
He who gets out of debt enriches himself, 52
He who gives to the public, gives to no one, 249
He who gives bread to others’ dogs is often barked at by his own, 79
He who gives, must take (meaning a joke), 179
He who gives quickly, gives doubly, 179 (_See_ He gives twice)
He who gives to the poor, lends to the Lord, 180, 343
He who goes abroad by day has no need of a lantern, 51
He who goes everywhere gains everywhere, 51
He who goes far from home to marry, goes either to deceive or be deceived, 249
He who goes to bed with dogs, will wake up with fleas, 183, 310
He who goes to collect wool may come back shorn, 54
He who goes to the mill gets befloured, 86
He who goes with wolves learns to howl, 247
He who grasps at all, holds nothing fast (or loses all), 179, 253
He who grasps too much holds little (or nothing) fast, 53, 86, 250
He who grasps too much lets much fall, 186
He who greases his cart-wheels helps his oxen, 252
He who guesses well prophesies well, 78
He who handles pitch, besmears himself, 184
He who hangs out a branch wants to sell his wine, 252
He who has a bad name is half hanged, 81
He who has a bad tongue should have good loins, 82
He who has a bad wife can expect no happiness, 201
He who has a companion has a master, 48
He who has a glass roof should not (or must not) throw stones at his neighbour’s (or others’), 82, 181, 253, 299, 352
He who has a good horse in his stable may go on foot, 81
He who has a good neighbour has a good morning, 81, 182, 379
He who has a good nest, finds good friends, 293
He who has a good wife can bear any evil, 201
He who has a handsome wife, a castle on the frontier, or a vineyard on the roadside, is never without war, 197
He who has a head of wax must not walk in the sun, 81
He who has a head won’t want for a hat, 66
He who has a mate has a master, 81
He who has a son grown up should not call another a thief, 253
He who has a straw tail is always in fear of its catching fire, 81
He who has a tongue, may go to Rome, 82, 250
He who has a trade may travel through the world, 253
He who has a white horse and a fair wife is seldom without trouble, 376
He who has bad neighbours is fain to praise himself, 355
He who has been bitten by a snake is afraid of an eel, 355
He who has been first a novice and then an abbot, knows what the boys do behind the altar, 220
He who has been stung by a scorpion is afraid of its shadow, 248
He who has been stung by a serpent is afraid of a lizard, 79
He who has both money and bread may choose with whom his daughter to wed, 248
He who has but one coat cannot lend it, 251
He who has crossed the ford knows how deep it is, 82
He who has daughters is always a shepherd, 47
He who has daughters to marry, let him give them silk to spin, 253
He who has drunk will drink, 48
He who has enemies, let him not sleep, 253
He who has four and spends five, has no need of a purse, 253, 299
He who has his purse full preaches to the poor man, 48
He who has land has war, 82
He who has left a rogue behind him has made a good day’s journey, 180
He who has loaves has dogs, 81
He who has lost his oxen is always hearing bells, 247
He who has lost his reputation is a dead man among the living, 249
He who has many irons in the fire will let some of them burn, 376
He who has money has capers, 48
He who has money to throw away, let him employ workmen, and not stand by, 81
He who has no falcon must hunt with owls, 377
He who has no head wants no hat, 224
He who has no house of his own is everywhere at home, 220
He who has no voice in the valley will have none in the council, 250
He who has no wife, is for thrashing her daily; but he that has one, takes care of her, 220
He who has not health has nothing, 50
He who has not tasted bitter knows not what sweet is, 184
He who has nothing fears nothing, 50
He who has once burnt his mouth always blows his soup, 185
He who has once invited the devil into his house will never be rid of him, 180
He who has one foot in a brothel has the other in an hospital, 180
He who has plenty of butter may put some in his cabbage, 378
He who has scalded himself once blows the next time, 86
He who has servants has unavoidable enemies, 249
He who has sheep has fleeces, 220
He who has teeth has no bread, and he who has bread has no teeth, 81
He who has the luck brings home the bride, 186
He who has the Pope for his cousin may soon be a Cardinal, 180
He who has three enemies must agree with two, 180
He who has to deal with a blockhead has need of much brains, 247
He who has to do with foxes must look after his hen-roost, 183
He who has two masters to serve must lie to one of them, 245
He who has victory has right, 180
He who hath an ill name is half hanged (Give a dog an ill name, and you may as well hang him), 80
He who hath ears to hear, let him hear, 184
He who heeds not the lost shoe-nail will soon lose the horse, 180
He who helps everybody helps nobody, 252
He who herds with wolves learns to howl, 87, 183, 377 (_See_ He who kennels)
He who holds his tongue does not commit himself, 50
He who holds the handle of the frying-pan turns it as he pleases, 53
He who holds the ladder is as bad as the thief, 180
He who holds the thread holds the ball, 53
He who hunts after bargains will scratch his head (Catalan), 245
He who hunts two hares at once catches neither, 49, 186, 343
He who hunts two hares from one bush is not likely to catch either, 352
He who hunts two hares does not catch the one, and lets the other escape, 80
He who hunts with cats will catch mice, 377
He who inherits a farthing is expected to disburse a dollar, 181
He who is afraid of doing too much always does too little, 181
He who is afraid of leaves must not go into the wood, 82, 311
He who is always drinking and stuffing will in time become a ragamuffin, 179
He who is an ass and thinks himself a stag, finds his mistake when he comes to leap the ditch, 78
He who is ashamed of asking is ashamed of learning, 375
He who is at sea does not direct the winds, 49, 310
He who is born to misfortune stumbles as he goes, and though he fall on his back will fracture his nose, 186
He who is embarked with the devil must make the passage with him, 80, 310
He who is everybody’s friend is either very poor or very rich, 248
He who is everywhere is nowhere, 373
He who is far from home is near to harm, 376
He who is feared by many fears many, 177
He who is feared gets more than his own, 201
He who is fed by another’s hand seldom gets enough, 356
He who is guilty believes that all men speak ill of him, 80
He who is his own teacher has a fool for his pupil, 185
He who is in hell knows not what heaven is, 80
He who is in the mud likes to pull another into it, 219
He who is judge between two friends loses one of them, 49, 186
He who is meant to be a basket-carrier is born with the handle in his hand, 81
He who is not for me is against me, 184
He who is of no use to himself is of no use to any one, 185, 353
He who is of the craft can discourse about it, 80
He who is quick at borrowing is slow in paying, 182
He who is scared by words has no heart for deeds, 379
He who is silent gains store, 247
He who is surety for another pays for him, 311
He who is the cause of his own misfortune may bewail it himself, 80
He who is unable is always willing, 84
He who is under cover when it rains is a great fool if he stirs, 80
He who is well prepared has half won the battle, 279
He who is without debt is without credit, 83
He who keeps his own secret avoids much mischief, 249
He who kennels with wolves must howl, 49 (_See_ He who herds)
He who knows a knave makes no bid for him, 379
He who knows but little tells it quickly (or soon), 85, 251, 292
He who knows how to beg may leave his money at home, 356
He who knows nothing knows enough, if he knows when to be silent, 73
He who knows nothing never doubts, 83
He who knows the road can ride full trot, 85
He who laid a snare for me has fallen into it, 249
He who laughs last laughs best, 55, 124, 186, 354
He who laughs overmuch may have an aching heart, 67
He who lends to the poor, gets his interest from God, 180
He who lets the goat be laid on his shoulders is soon after forced to carry the cow, 86
He who lies down in (or mixes himself with) the wash will be eaten by swine, 344, 379
He who lies in the grave is well lodged, 182
He who lies on the ground must expect to be trodden on, 179
He who likes drinking is always talking of wine, 67
He who listens at doors hears more than he desires, 49
He who lives among wolves learns to howl, 87 (_See_ He who herds)
He who lives by the church should serve the church, 181
He who lives in hopes, breakfasts ill and sups worse, 246
He who lives long knows what pain is, 54
He who lives on hope dies of hunger, 186
He who lives without restraint, will die without honour, 376
He who looks demurely trust not with your money, 251
He who looks not before finds himself behind, 51
He who looks on has two-thirds of the game, 86
He who looks on knows more of the game than he who plays, 180
He who loses his temper is in the wrong, 52
He who loses is always in fault, 85
He who loses, sins, 51
He who loves Bertrand loves his dog (Love me, love my dog), 246
He who loves Peter won’t harm his dog, 246
He who loves sorrow, will always find something to mourn over, 379
He who loves well is slow to forget, 246
He who loves well, obeys well, 246
He who made fun of the old man, laughed at first and cried afterwards, 247
He who makes a law should keep it, 220
He who makes a mouse of himself, will be eaten by the cats (This is a pun; sich mausig machen means to swagger or assume undue importance), 185
He who makes himself a dove is eaten by the hawk, 79
He who makes himself a servant is expected to remain a servant, 85
He who makes himself honey will be eaten by the bees (or the flies), 185, 311
He who makes himself nothing, is nothing, 184
He who makes light of his enemy dies by his hand, 246
He who makes more of you than he is wont, either means to cheat you or wants you, 299
He who makes one basket can make a hundred, 272
He who marries a widow with three children, marries four thieves, 352
He who marries does well, but who remains single does better, 182
He who marries for love has good nights and bad days, 52
He who marries ill, is long in becoming widowed, 250
He who measures oil greases his hands, 248
He who mixes himself with the draff will be eaten by the swine, 344, 379
He who never budges from Paris will never be Pope, 53
He who passes a winter’s day passes one of his mortal enemies, 51
He who pays his debts, betters his condition, 185
He who pays is fairly entitled to speak his mind, 51
He who pays well is master of another man’s purse, 76, 101, 305
He who pays well is well served, 51
He who pays well may borrow again, 182
He who peeps through a hole will discover his dole (Harm watch, harm catch), 245
He who pitches too high won’t get through his song, 182
He who plants fruit-trees must not count upon the fruit, 342
He who plays with a sword plays with the devil (Galician), 245
He who pledges or promises runs in debt, 249
He who ploughs with young oxen makes crooked furrows, 183
He who pours water hastily into a bottle spills more than goes in, 248
He who praises himself befouls himself, 86
He who praises himself must have bad neighbours, 185
He who praises in _præsentia_, and abuses in _absentia_, have with him _pestilentia_, 181
He who prates much, lies much, 186
He who prizes little things, is worthy of great ones, 179
He who promises incurs a debt, 251
He who puts by for the night, puts by for the cat, 354
He who quits his place loses it, 52
He who receives the offerings let him ring the bells, 250
He who recovers but the tail of his cow does not lose all, 51
He who reforms, God assists, 252
He who remains in the mill grinds, not he who goes to and fro, 220
He who rides behind another does not saddle when he will, 253
He who rides on the giant’s shoulders sees further than he who carries him, 10
He who rides the horse is his master, 354
He who rides the mule shoes her, 50
He who rises early will gather wisdom, 376
He who risks nothing can gain nothing (Nothing venture, nothing have), 84
He who saves, finds, 247
He who saves in little things, can be liberal in great ones, 182
He who says nothing never lies, 83
He who says what he likes, must hear what he does not like, 185, 248, 356
He who seeks, finds, 247
He who sees leather cut asks for a thong, 49
He who serves is not free, 252
He who serves many masters must neglect some, 246
He who serves two masters must lie to one of them, 80
He who serves the people has a bad master, 180
He who serves the public has a sorry (or fickle) master, 85, 308
He who shoots often, hits at last, 184
He who sings drives away sorrow, 78
He who slanders his neighbour makes a rod for himself, 344
He who sleeps alone keeps long cold, two soon warm each other, 185
He who sleeps catches no fish, 79
He who sleeps much, learns little, 250
He who sleeps well does not feel the fleas, 78
He who sows brambles must not go barefoot, 252
He who sows brambles (or thistles) reaps thorns (As you sow, so you shall reap), 53, 245
He who sows hatred shall gather rue, 377
He who sows iniquity shall reap shame, 379
He who sows little, reaps little, 378
He who sows money, will reap poverty, 375
He who sows peas on the highway does not get all the pods into his barn, 377
He who sows well, reaps well, 247
He who spares vice wrongs virtue, 49, 180
He who speaks ill of himself is praised by no one, 379
He who spits above himself will have it fall on his face, 246 (_See_ Who spits)
He who stands godfather to a wolf should have a dog under his cloak, 179
He who stands high is seen from afar, 377
He who stands near the woodcutter is likely to be hit by a splinter, 377
He who steals once is never trusty, 253
He who stops at every stone never gets to his journey’s end, 52
He who stops half way is only half in error, 179
He who strikes another on the neck, does not strike far from the head, 377
He who strives to do, does more than he who has the power, 231
He who succeeds is reputed wise, 66
He who suspects is seldom at fault, 82
He who swears is a liar, 81
He who takes a wife takes a master, 52
He who takes the child by the hand, takes the mother by the heart, 377
He who takes no care of little things, will not have the care of great ones, 187
He who takes the wrong road must make his journey again, 246
He who talks much is sometimes right, 250
He who tastes every man’s broth often burns his mouth, 378
He who tells his own secret will hardly keep another’s, 79, 248
He who threatens is afraid, 50
He who threatens to strike, and does not, is afraid, 246
He who throws away money with his hands will seek it with his feet, 78
He who throws himself under the bench will be left to lie there, 356
He who tickles himself, laughs when he likes, 185, 309, 379
He who torments others does not sleep well, 53
He who touches pitch defiles himself, 86, 379
He who travels with hope, has poverty for his coachman, 183
He who treads on eggs, must tread lightly, 181
He who trifles with his enemy dies by his hand, 219
He who trusts a woman and leads an ass will never be free from plague, 49
He who turns aside avoids danger, 52
He who waits for a dead man’s shoes is in danger of going barefoot, 48, 352
He who waits for another man’s trencher often dines in imagination (or with Duke Humphrey), 52
He who waits for another’s platter has a cold meal (Catalan), 254
He who wants a good deal must not ask for a little, 87
He who wants a mule without fault must walk on foot, 252
He who wants his dog killed has only to say he’s mad, 87, 246
He who wants to be rich in a year comes to the gallows in half a year, 54, 87, 248
He who wants to catch fish must not mind a wetting, 251
He who wants to travel far takes care of his beast, 54
He who was born to be hanged will not be drowned, unless the water go over the gallows, 373
He who was born to pennies, will never be master of dollars, 376
He who whispers, lies, 375
He who will have eggs must bear with the cackling, 181
He who will not obey father, will have to obey stepfather, 355
He who will not serve one master must needs serve many, 84
He who will not take cheap advice, will have to buy dear repentance, 377
He who wipes the child’s nose, means to kiss the mother’s cheek, 180
He who won’t be advised, can’t be helped, 177
He who works on the highway will have many advisers, 248 (_See_ He that builds)
He who would be everywhere will be nowhere, 353
He who would be long an old man must begin betimes, 87
He who would buy a sausage of a dog must give him bacon in exchange, 378
He who would catch a rogue must watch behind the door, 343
He who would catch fish must not mind wetting himself, 292
He who would cheat a peasant, must take one with him, 181, 308
He who would cheat the fox must rise early, 249
He who would climb the ladder must begin at the bottom, 180
He who would close another man’s mouth, should first tie up his own, 377
He who would drive another over three dikes must climb over two himself, 356
He who would eat the kernel, must crack the shell (or nut), 377, 378
He who would enjoy the feast should fast on the eve, 87
He who would enjoy the fire must bear the smoke, 378
He who would gather honey must brave the sting of bees, 308
He who would gather roses, must not fear thorns, 343
He who would go further than his horse, must alight and go on foot, 186
He who would hang himself is sure to find a rope, 375
He who would have clear water should go to the fountain head, 87
He who would have good cabbage must pay its price, 377
He who would leap high must take a long run, 379
He who would live at Rome must not quarrel with the Pope, 54
He who would make a fool of himself will find many to help him, 377
He who would make a golden door (or gate) must add a nail to it daily, 54, 308
He who would not go to hell, must not go to court, 376
He who would prosper in peace, must suffer in silence, 183
He who would relish his food must not see it cooked, 87
He who would rest must work, 88
He who would rule, must hear and be deaf, see and be blind, 185
He who would save should begin with the mouth, 378
He who would seek revenge must be on his own guard, 379
He who would serve everybody gets thanks from nobody, 376
He who would steal honey, must not be afraid of bees, 378
He who would stop every man’s mouth must have a great deal of meal, 98 (_See_ He need have)
He who would succeed at court, must lie sometimes low, sometimes high, 186
He who would take, must give, 252
He who would the daughter win, with the mother must begin, 180
He who would thrive must follow the church, the sea, or the king’s service, 251
He who would travel through the land, must go with open purse in hand, 311
He whose house is tiled with glass should not throw stones at his neighbour’s, 220 (_See_ He who lives)
He whose mistress squints, says she ogles, 187
He will never get into the wood who starts at every bush, 373 (_See_ He that examines)
He will not lose his oats for want of braying, 24
He would be a good one to send for death, 95
He would be wise who knew all things beforehand, 327
He would bite a cent in two, 328
He would break his neck against a straw, 126
He would drown in a spoonful of water, 125
He would not give the devil a knife to cut his throat, 112
He would rather have a bumper in hand than a Bible, 326
He would sell even his share of the sun, 96
He would slaughter a bug to drink its blood, 96
He wriggles like an eel, 327
Health and cheerfulness make beauty; finery and cosmetics cost money and lie, 255
Health without money is a half-malady, 125
Hear first, and speak afterwards, 222
Hear one man before you answer; hear several before you decide, 375
Hear, see, and say nothing if you would live in peace, 44, 116, 290
Hear the other side, and believe little, 116
Hearsay is half lies, 153, 329
Heavy purses and light hearts can sustain much, 345
Hedgehogs are not to be killed with the fist, 287
Hedges have no eyes, but they have ears, 109
Hell is paved with (or full of) good intentions, 91, 218, 274
Help is good everywhere, except in the porridge-bowl, 374
Help yourself and God will help you, 321, 374
Hens like to lay where they see an egg, 305
Herod and Pilate are good friends, 152
Herring in the land, the doctor at a stand, 321
Hide not the truth from your confessor, your doctor, or your lawyer, 69
Hide not your light under a bushel, 160
High birth is a poor dish on the table, 106
High houses are mostly empty in the upper story, 152
High trees give more shadow than fruit, 328
Him who errs, forgive once, but never twice, 197
Hired horses make short miles, 319
His bread fell into the honey, 208
His hens lay eggs with two yolks, 168
His horse’s head is too big, it cannot get out of the stable, 57
His money takes the place of wisdom, 345
Hobby horses are dearer than Arabians, 170
Hold your dog in readiness before you start the hare, 305
Home, dear home, small as thou art, to me thou art a palace, 77
Honest Nobody is to blame for all, 139
Honest poverty is thinly sown, 20
Honesty lasts longest (Honesty is the best policy), 142
Honey is not for asses (or the ass’s mouth), 32, 237, 285
Honey is sweet, but the bee stings, 32, 305
Honeyed speech often conceals poison and gall, 400
Honour a good man that he may honour you, and a bad man that he may not dishonour you, 279
Honour and profit will not keep in one sack, 279
Honour blossoms on the grave, 20
Honour once lost never returns, 341
Honour the old, teach the young, 354
Honour the tree that gives you shelter, 389
Honours change manners, 35, 99, 304
Hope and expectation are a fool’s income, 372
Hope is an egg of which one man gets the yolk, another the white, and a third the shell, 372
Hope is the dream of the waking, 372
Horse, don’t die yet, grass is coming, 40
Horses run after benefices, and asses get them, 34
Hour by hour time departs, 68
How can the cat help it if the maid be a fool?, 77
How did you rear so many children? By being fondest of the little ones, 272
How easily a hair gets into the butter!, 187
How many daily read the Word, and yet from vice are not deterred (How many daily read the Bible, and yet pursue their course of evil), 188
How shall the enemy of the bride speak well of the wedding?, 219
How we apples swim! said the horse-t—d, 344
However bright the sun may shine, leave not your cloak at home, 242
However foul it be, never say, Of this water I will not drink, 242
However high a bird may soar, it seeks its food on earth, 369
Hunger and cold surrender a man to his enemy, 224, 278
Hunger changes beans into almonds, 106
Hunger drives the wolf out of the wood, 28, 106, 138, 329
Hunger eats through stone walls, 329
Hunger is the best cook, 153
Hunger is the best sauce, 1, 106, 329, 380
Hunger looks in at the industrious man’s door but dares not enter, 28
Hungry flies bite sore, 153, 332
Husband, don’t see; wife, be blind, 231
Husband, you are a cuckold: wife, who told you so?, 209
Hush, brideswoman, I knew all that before, 198
Hussars pray for war, and the doctor for fever, 153