2. Up, Sluggard, and waste not life; in the grave will be sleeping enough.
3. Eat few Suppers, and you’ll need few Medicines.
4. Bad Commentators spoil the best of books, So God sends meat (they say) the devil Cooks.
5. Be not niggardly of what costs thee nothing, as courtesy, counsel, & countenance.
6. Cheese and salt meat, should be sparingly eat.
7. Anger and Folly walk cheek-by-jole; Repentance treads on both their Heels.
8. You may sometimes be much in the wrong, in owning your being in the right.
9. If you would keep your Secret from an enemy, tell it not to a friend.
10. ‘Tis easier to suppress the first Desire, than to satisfy all that follow it.
11. I’ll warrant ye, goes before Rashness; Who’d-a-tho’t it? comes sneaking after.
12. If you have time dont wait for time.
13. For one poor Man there are an hundred indigent.
14. God heals, and the Doctor takes the Fees.
15. Prodigality of Time, produces Poverty of Mind as well as of Estate.
16. Be neither silly, nor cunning, but wise.
17. Generous Minds are all of kin.
18. Half-Hospitality opens his Doors and shuts up his Countenance.
19. He is no clown that drives the plow, but he that doth clownish things.
20. Happy that nation, fortunate that age, whose history is not diverting.
21. He’s a Fool that cannot conceal his Wisdom.
22. He that is rich need not live sparingly, and he that can live sparingly need not be rich.
23. There is no Man so bad, but he secretly respects the Good.
24. Sell not virtue to purchase wealth, nor Liberty to purchase power.
25. In Rivers & bad Governments, the lightest Things swim at top.
26. Wars bring scars.
27. The Good-will of the Governed will be starv’d, if not fed by the good Deeds of the Governors.
28. Strange! that a Man who has wit enough to write a Satyr; should have folly enough to publish it.
29. Nothing dries sooner than a Tear.
30. The worst wheel of the cart makes the most noise.
31. The Tongue is ever turning to the aching Tooth.
32. Bis dat, qui cito dat.
33. The Eye of a Master, will do more Work than his Hand.
34. Graft good Fruit all, or graft not at all.
35. You will be careful, if you are wise; How you touch Men’s Religion, or Credit, or Eyes.
36. The proof of gold is fire, the proof of woman, gold; the proof of man, a woman.
37. He that’s content, hath enough; He that complains, has too much.
38. What’s given shines, What’s receiv’d is rusty.
39. Retirement does not always secure Virtue; Lot was upright in the City, wicked in the Mountain.
40. Drive thy Business, or it will drive thee.
41. He that whines for Glass without GTake away L and that’s he.
42. Promises may get thee Friends, but Nonperformance will turn them into Enemies.
43. The hasty Bitch brings forth blind Puppies.
44. What signifies your Patience, if you can’t find it when you want it.
45. He that best understands the World, least likes it.
46. Friendship cannot live with Ceremony, nor without Civility.
47. A life of leisure, and a life of laziness, are two things.
48. Poor Dick, eats like a well man, and drinks like a sick.
49. The old Man has given all to his Son: O fool! to undress thy self before thou art going to bed.
50. Be at War with your Vices, at Peace with your Neighbours, and let every New-Year find you a better Man.
51. He that resolves to mend hereafter, resolves not to mend now.
52. Seek Virtue, and, of that possest, To Providence, resign the rest.
53. Quarrels never could last long, If on one side only lay the wrong.
54. He that would have a short Lent, let him borrow Money to be repaid at Easter.
55. The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart.
56. A Man of Knowledge like a rich Soil, feedsIf not a world of Corn, a world of Weeds.
57. Pride and the Gout, are seldom cur’d throughout.
58. One good Husband is worth two good Wives; for the scarcer things are the more they’re valued.
59. Fine linnen, girls and gold so bright, Chuse not to take by candle-light.
60. When befriended, remember it: When you befriend, forget it.
61. All would live long, but none would be old.
62. After Fish, Milk do not wish.
63. The first Degree of Folly, is to conceit one’s self wise; the second to profess it; the third to despise Counsel.
64. Good Sense is a Thing all need, few have, and none think they want.
65. When the Well’s dry, we know the Worth of Water.
66. Drink does not drown Care, but waters it, and makes it grow faster.
67. To whom thy secret thou dost tell, To him thy freedom thou dost sell.
68. Never praise your Cyder, Horse, or Bedfellow.
69. Who dainties love, shall Beggars prove.
70. He who multiplies Riches multiplies Cares.
71. The poor have little, beggars none, the rich too much, enough not one.
72. Fools need Advice most, but wise Men only are the better for it.
73. Thou canst not joke an Enemy into a Friend; but thou may’st a Friend into an Enemy.
74. You may be more happy than Princes, if you will be more virtuous.
75. Clean your Finger, before you point at my Spots.
76. The same man cannot be both Friend and Flatterer.
77. An Egg to day is better than a Hen to-morrow.
78. Dost thou love Life? then do not squander Time; for that’s the Stuff Life is made of.
79. If you do what you should not, you must hear what you would not.
80. Mary’s mouth costs her nothing, for she never opens it but at others expence.
81. Creditors have better memories than debtors.
82. Hear Reason, or she’ll make you feel her.
83. Lend Money to an Enemy, and thou’lt gain him, to a Friend and thou’lt lose him.
84. He has lost his Boots but sav’d his spurs.
85. Late Children, early Orphans.
86. Men meet, mountains never.
87. After 3 days men grow weary, of a wench, a guest, & weather rainy.
88. Those who in quarrels interpose, Must often wipe a bloody nose.
89. He that lives well, is learned enough.
90. In success be moderate.
91. Many a Meal is lost for want of meat.
92. Take heed of the Vinegar of sweet Wine, and the Anger of Good-nature.
93. Fools make feasts and wise men eat ‘em.
94. If Man could have Half his Wishes, he would double his Troubles.
95. Take this remark from Richard poor and lame, Whate’er’s begun in anger ends in shame.
96. Two dry Sticks will burn a green One.
97. Meanness is the Parent of Insolence.
98. Keep flax from fire, youth from gaming.
99. Strive to be the greatest Man in your Country, and you may be disappointed; Strive to be the best, and you may succeed: He may well win the race that runs by himself.
100. Learn of the skilful: He that teaches himself, hath a fool for his master.
101. Fish & Visitors stink in 3 days.
102. ‘Tis great Confidence in a Friend to tell him your Faults, greater to tell him his.
103. The Master-piece of Man, is to live to the purpose.
104. Here comes Glib-tongue: who can out-flatter a Dedication; and lie, like ten Epitaphs.
105. I saw few die of Hunger, of Eating 100000 .
106. Let thy maidservant be faithful, strong, and homely.
107. The too obliging Temper is evermore disobliging itself.
108. Men differ daily, about things which are subject to Sense, is it likely then they should agree about things invisible.
109. Most People return small Favours, acknowledge middling ones, and repay great ones with Ingratitude.
110. A Brother may not be a Friend, but a Friend will always be a Brother.
111. Doing an Injury puts you below your Enemy; Revenging one makes you but even with him; Forgiving it sets you above him.
112. Half Wits talk much but say little.
113. Let thy Discontents be Secrets.
114. He’s a Fool that makes his Doctor his Heir.
115. Honour thy Father and Mother, i. e. Live so as to be an Honour to them tho’ they are dead.
116. Wouldst thou confound thine Enemy, be good thy self.
117. Speak with contempt of none, from slave to king, The meanest Bee hath, and will use, a sting.
118. Experience keeps a dear school, yet Fools will learn in no other.
119. You may delay, but Time will not.
120. Marry above thy match, and thou’lt get a Master.
121. You can bear your own Faults, and why not a Fault in your Wife.
122. Onions can make ev’n Heirs and Widows weep.
123. No workman without tools, Nor Lawyer without Fools, Can live by their Rules.
124. Fly Pleasures, and they’ll follow you.
125. The honest Man takes Pains, and then enjoys Pleasures; the Knave takes Pleasure, and then suffers Pains.
126. Those who are fear’d, are hated.
127. If your Riches are yours, why don’t you take them with you to the t’other World?
128. Light-heel’d mothers make leaden-heel’d daughters.
129. A fine genius in his own country, is like gold in the mine.
130. Friends are the true Sceptres of Princes.
131. If thou hast wit & learning, add to it Wisdom and Modesty.
132. A full Belly brings forth every Evil.
133. A Man has no more Goods than he gets Good by.
134. Rob not for burnt offerings.
135. Many a Man thinks he is buying Pleasure, when he is really selling himself a Slave to it.
136. He that’s secure is not safe.
137. Sound, & sound Doctrine, may pass through a Ram’s Horn, and a Preacher, without straitening the one, or amending the other.
138. Saying and Doing, have quarrel’d and parted.
139. Kings & Bears often worry their keepers.
140. He that takes a wife, takes care.
141. If thou dost ill, the joy fades, not the pains; If well, the pain doth fade, the joy remains.
142. Some Worth it argues, a Friend’s Worth to know; Virtue to own the Virtue of a Foe.
143. There are no fools so troublesome as those that have wit.
144. Hunger never saw bad bread.
145. A noddo duw, ry noddir.
146. Hunger is the best Pickle.
147. Humility makes great men twice honourable.
148. A little House well fill’d, a little Field well till’d, and a little Wife well will’d, are great Riches.
149. A good Example is the best sermon.
150. Beware, beware! he’ll cheat ‘ithout scruple, who can without fear.
151. One To-day is worth two To-morrows.
152. He that waits upon Fortune, is never sure of a Dinner.
153. If you’d have your shoes last, put no nails in ‘em.
154. There’s many witty men whose brains can’t fill their bellies.
155. If you would be loved, love and be loveable.
156. Declaiming against Pride, is not always a Sign of Humility.
157. The royal Crown cures not the Head-ach.
158. Harry Smatter, has a Mouth for every Matter.
159. If what most men admire, they would despise, ‘Twould look as if mankind were growing wise.
160. He that sows thorns, should not go barefoot.
161. There are no fools so troublesome as those that have wit.
162. Let thy Child’s first Lesson be Obedience, and the second may be what thou wilt.
163. Different Sects like different clocks, may be all near the matter, ‘tho they don’t quite agree.
164. Proportion your Charity to the Strength of your Estate, or God will proportion your Estate to the Weakness of your Charity.
165. Interest which blinds some People, enlightens others.
166. Great Estates may venture more; Little Boats must keep near Shore.
167. He that has neither fools, whores nor beggars among his kindred, is the son of a thunder-gust.
168. When there’s more Malice shown than Matter: On the Writer falls the satyr.
169. Great spenders are bad lenders.
170. Praise to the undeserving, is severe Satyr.
171. Let the Letter stay for the Post, and not the Post for the Letter.
172. Tim was so learned, that he could name a Horse in nine Languages; So ignorant, that he bought a Cow to ride on.
173. Help, Hands; For I have no Lands.
174. Great talkers should be cropt, for they’ve no need of ears.
175. Love, and be loved.
176. Industry pays Debts, Despair encreases them.
177. Thirst after Desert, not Reward.
178. The painful Preacher, like a candle bright, Consumes himself in giving others Light.
179. It is better to take many Injuries than to give one.
180. Many dishes many diseases, Many medicines few cures.
181. Blessed is he that expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.
182. Hear no ill of a Friend, nor speak any of an Enemy
183. Tis a laudable Ambition, that aims at being better than his Neighbours.
184. What is Serving God? ‘Tis doing Good to Man.
185. Prythee isn’t Miss Cloe’s a comical Case? She lends out her Tail, and she borrows her Face.
186. Pay what you owe, and what you’re worth you’ll know.
187. Where bread is wanting, all’s to be sold.
188. A fat kitchin, a lean Will.
189. Ignorance leads Men into a Party, and Shame keeps them from getting out again.
190. A light purse is a heavy Curse.
191. Wise Men learn by others harms; Fools by their own.
192. Look before, or you’ll find yourself behind.
193. There is much difference between imitating a good man, and counterfeiting him.
194. Serving God is Doing Good to Man, but Praying is thought an easier Service, and therefore more generally chosen.
195. Don’t think to hunt two hares with one dog.
196. It’s the easiest Thing in the World for a Man to deceive himself.
197. How many observe Christ’s Birth-day! How few, his Precepts! O! ‘tis easier to keep Holidays than Commandments.
198. Money and good Manners make the Gentleman.
199. Well done is better than well said.
200. Kings and Bears often worry their Keepers.
201. Lovers, Travellers, and Poets, will give money to be heard.
202. Dally not with other Folks Women or Money.
203. Pride is as loud a Beggar as Want, and a great deal more saucy.
204. The generous Mind least regards money, and yet most feels the Want of it.
205. An honest Man will receive neither Money nor Praise, that is not his Due.
206. If you wou’d be reveng’d of your enemy, govern yourself.
207. Fient de chien, & marc d’argent, Seront tout un au jour du jugement.
208. Time eateth all things, could old Poets say; The Times are chang’d, our times drink all away.
209. Search others for their virtues, thy self for thy vices.
210. Singularity in the right, hath ruined many: Happy those who are convinced of the general Opinion.
211. Be temperate in wine, in eating, girls, & sloth; Or the Gout will seize you and plague you both.
212. An open Foe may prove a curse; But a pretended friend is worse.
213. The favour of the Great is no inheritance.
214. Praise little, dispraise less.
215. The Things which hurt, instruct.
216. A man is never so ridiculous by those Qualities that are his own as by those that he affects to have.
217. Keep thy shop, & thy shop will keep thee.
218. Setting too good an Example is a Kind of Slander seldom forgiven; ‘tis Scandalum Magnatum.
219. The learned Fool writes his Nonsense in better Language than the unlearned; but still ‘tis Nonsense.
220. Two Faults of one a Fool will make; He half repairs, that owns & does forsake.
221. The Bell calls others to Church, but itself never minds the Sermon.
222. Strange, that he who lives by Shifts, can seldom shift himself.
223. Many estates are spent in the getting, Since women for tea forsook spinning & knitting.
224. The cunning man steals a horse, the wise man lets him alone.
225. Be always asham’d to catch thy self idle.
226. No Resolution of Repenting hereafter, can be sincere.
227. An undutiful Daughter, will prove an unmanageable Wife.
228. After feasts made, the maker scratches his head.
229. Craft must be at charge for clothes, but Truth can go naked.
230. Nick’s Passions grow fat and hearty; his Understanding looks consumptive!
231. He that speaks ill of the Mare, will buy her.
232. Here comes the Orator! with his Flood of Words, and his Drop of Reason.
233. Observe old Vellum; he praises former Times, as if he’d a mind to sell ‘em.
234. Since I cannot govern my own tongue, tho’ within my own teeth, how can I hope to govern the tongues of others?
235. None know the unfortunate, and the fortunate do not know themselves.
236. Sloth and Silence are a Fool’s Virtues.
237. An ill Wound, but not an ill Name, may be healed.
238. Tis hard (but glorious) to be poor and honest: An empty Sack can hardly stand upright; but if it does, ‘tis a stout one!
239. Keep thy shop, & thy shop will keep thee.
240. Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, half shut afterwards.
241. The King’s cheese is half wasted in parings: But no matter, ‘tis made of the peoples milk.
242. Avoid dishonest Gain: No price; Can recompence the Pangs of Vice.
243. The rotten Apple spoils his Companion.
244. The poor man must walk to get meat for his stomach, the rich man to get a stomach to his meat.
245. Great Pride and Meanness sure are near ally’d;
246. If you have no Honey in your Pot, have some in your Mouth.
247. A true great Man will neither trample on a Worm, nor sneak to an Emperor.
248. Every Man has Assurance enough to boast of his honesty, few of their Understanding.
249. Do not do that which you would not have known.
250. A wise Man will desire no more, than what he may get justly, use soberly, distribute chearfully, and leave contentedly.
251. Would you persuade, speak of Interest, not of Reason.
252. The sleeping Fox catches no poultry. Up! up!
253. He that drinks his Cyder alone, let him catch his Horse alone.
254. Eilen thut selten gut.
255. Half the Truth is often a great Lie.
256. Want of Care does us more Damage than Want of Knowledge.
257. Light Gains heavy Purses.
258. He that steals the old man’s supper, do’s him no wrong.
259. Fear God, and your Enemies will fear you.
260. He that would rise at Court, must begin by Creeping.
261. All Mankind are beholden to him that is kind to the Good.
262. Let thy discontents be thy Secrets; if the world knows them, ‘twill despise thee and increase them.
263. A Penny sav’d is Twopence clear, A Pin a day is a Groat a Year. Save & have. Every little makes a mickle.
264. Maids of America, who gave you bad teeth? Answ. Hot Soupings & frozen Apples.
265. The church the state, and the poor, are 3 daughters which we should maintain, but not portion off.
266. Content makes poor men rich; Discontent makes rich Men poor.
267. Let all Men know thee, but no man know thee thoroughly: Men freely ford that see the shallows.
268. If you’d have a Servant that you like, serve your self.
269. ‘Tis more noble to forgive, and more manly to despise, than to revenge an Injury.
270. There’s small Revenge in Words, but Words may be greatly revenged.
271. If God blesses a Man, his Bitch brings forth Pigs.
272. The greatest monarch on the proudest throne, is oblig’d to sit upon his own arse.
273. Many have been ruin’d by buying good pennyworths.
274. The Devil sweetens Poison with Honey.
275. To be humble to Superiors is Duty, to Equals Courtesy, to Inferiors Nobleness.
276. Talking against Religion is unchaining a Tyger; The Beast let loose may worry his Deliverer.
277. Innocence is its own Defence.
278. Wink at small faults; remember thou hast great ones.
279. A taught horse, and a woman to teach, and teachers practising what they preach.
280. If worldly Goods cannot save me from Death, they ought not to hinder me of eternal Life.
281. The World is full of fools and faint hearts; and yet every one has courage enough to bear the misfortunes, and wisdom enough to manage the Affairs of his neighbour.
282. If Passion drives, let Reason hold the Reins.
283. Fear not Death; for the sooner we die, the longer shall we be immortal.
284. A Cypher and Humility make the other Figures & Virtues of ten-fold Value.
285. Where Sense is wanting, every thing is wanting.
286. A Mob’s a Monster; Heads enough, but no Brains.
287. Read much, but not many Books.
288. Ah simple Man! when a boy two precious jewels were given thee, Time, and good Advice; one thou hast lost, and the other thrown away.
289. None preaches better than the ant, and she says nothing.
290. To lengthen thy Life, lessen thy Meals.
291. When you’re an Anvil, hold you still; When you’re a Hammer, strike your Fill.
292. Joke went out, and brought home his fellow, and they two began a quarrel.
293. Think of three Things, whence you came, where you are going, and to whom you must account.
294. A quarrelsome Man has no good Neighbours.
295. The Borrower is a Slave to the Lender; the Security to both.
296. To serve the Publick faithfully, and at the same time please it entirely, is impracticable.
297. Pain wastes the Body, Pleasures the Understanding.
298. The good or ill hap of a good or ill life, is the good or ill choice of a good or ill wife.
299. Full of courtesie, full of craft.
300. Content is the Philosopher’s Stone, that turns all it touches into Gold.
301. There are lazy Minds as well as lazy Bodies.
302. Beware of little Expences, a small Leak will sink a great Ship.
303. Each year one vicious habit rooted out, In time might make the worst Man good throughout.
304. Necessity never made a good bargain.
305. Nec sibi, sed toto, genitum se credere mundo.
306. Tell me my Faults, and mend your own.
307. He that never eats too much, will never be lazy.
308. Some make Conscience of wearing a Hat in the Church, who make none of robbing the Altar.
309. An hundred Thieves cannot strip one naked Man, especially if his Skin’s off.
310. Women & Wine, Game & Deceit, Make the Wealth small and the Wants great.
311. If you want a neat wife, chuse her on a Saturday.
312. Be civil to all; serviceable to many; familiar with few; Friend to one; Enemy to none.
313. Little Rogues easily become great Ones.
314. Drive thy business; let not that drive thee.
315. Industry need not wish.
316. Drunkenness, that worst of Evils, makes some Men Fools, some Beasts, some Devils.
317. Eyes & PriestsBear no Jests.
318. Wish a miser long life, and you wish him no good.
319. Glass, China, and Reputation, are easily crack’d, and never well mended.
320. All things are easy to Industry, All things difficult to Sloth.
321. There was never a good Knife made of bad Steel.
322. A good Lawyer a bad Neighbour.
323. Paintings and Fightings are best seen at a distance.
324. Teach your child to hold his tongue, he’l learn fast enough to speak.
325. ‘Tis not a Holiday that’s not kept holy.
326. The Poor have little, Beggars none; the Rich too much, enough not one.
327. Anger is never without a Reason, but seldom with a good One.
328. A large train makes a light Purse.
329. Diligence overcomes Difficulties, Sloth makes them.
330. Of learned Fools I have seen ten times ten, Of unlearned wise men I have seen a hundred.
331. Where carcasses are, eagles will gather, And where good laws are, much people flock thither.
332. Take Courage, Mortal; Death can’t banish thee out of the Universe.
333. A Man in a Passion rides a mad Horse.
334. If evils come not, then our fears are vain: And if they do, Fear but augments the pain.
335. The way to be safe, is never to be secure.
336. Who is strong? He that can conquer his bad Habits. Who is rich? He that rejoices in his Portion.
337. If you’d be belov’d, make yourself amiable.
338. Virtue and Happiness are Mother and Daughter.
339. There is no little enemy.
340. The idle Man is the Devil’s Hireling; whose Livery is Rags, whose Diet and Wages are Famine and Diseases.
341. A false Friend and a Shadow, attend only while the Sun shines.
342. Love your Enemies, for they tell you your Faults.
343. Defer not thy well-doing; be not like St. George, who is always a horseback, and never rides on.
344. Some men grow mad by studying much to know, But who grows mad by studying good to grow.
345. Pride dines upon Vanity, sups on Contempt.
346. Without justice, courage is weak.
347. Buy what thou hast no need of; and e’er long thou shalt sell thy necessaries.
348. God works wonders now & then; Behold! a Lawyer, an honest Man!
349. He that scatters Thorns, let him not go barefoot.
350. Blame-all and Praise-all are two blockheads.
351. Eat to live, and not live to eat.
352. I never saw an oft-transplanted tree, Nor yet an oft-removed family, That throve so well as those that settled be.
353. You may give a Man an Office, but you cannot give him Discretion.
354. When Prosperity was well mounted, she let go the Bridle, and soon came tumbling out of the Saddle.
355. Write Injuries in Dust, Benefits in Marble.
356. Pox take you, is no curse to some people.
357. Sloth and Silence are a Fool’s Virtues.
358. At 20 years of age the Will reigns; at 30 the Wit; at 40 the Judgment.
359. No Wood without Bark.
360. Who is wise? He that learns from every One.Who is powerful? He that governs his Passions.Who is rich? He that is content.Who is that? Nobody.
361. The Brave and the Wise can both pity and excuse; when Cowards and Fools shew no Mercy.
362. He that carries a small Crime easily, will carry it on when it comes to be an Ox.
363. A wolf eats sheep but now and then, Ten Thousands are devour’d by Men.
364. The Tongue offends, and the Ears get the Cuffing.
365. Nothing more like a Fool, than a drunken Man.
366. Hide not your Talents, they for Use were made, What’s a Sun-Dial in the Shade!
367. It is Ill-Manners to silence a Fool, and Cruelty to let him go on.
368. Sin is not hurtful because it is forbidden but it is forbidden because it’s hurtful. Nor is a Duty beneficial because it is commanded, but it is commanded, because it’s beneficial.
369. Tim and his Handsaw are good in their Place, Tho’ not fit for preaching or shaving a face.
370. A good Wife lost is God’s gift lost.
371. Most of the Learning in use, is of no great Use.
372. Three things are men most liable to be cheated in, a Horse, a Wig, and a Wife.
373. Ceremony is not Civility; nor Civility Ceremony.
374. In a discreet man’s mouth, a publick thing is private.
375. A Man without ceremony has need of great merit in its place.
376. Beware of meat twice boil’d, & an old foe reconcil’d.
377. Anoint a villain and he’ll stab you, stab him & he’l anoint you.
378. Pretty & Witty, will wound if they hit ye.
379. Time is an herb that cures all Diseases.
380. The Honey is sweet, but the Bee has a Sting.
381. Dyrro lynn y ddoeth e fydd ddoethach.
382. Money & Man a mutual Friendship show: Man makes false Money, Money makes Man so.
383. No better relation than a prudent & faithful Friend.
384. Marry your Son when you will, but your Daughter when you can.
385. The Cat in Gloves catches no Mice.
386. A great Talker may be no Fool, but he is one that relies on him.
387. Love, and be lov’d.
388. ‘Tis against some Mens Principle to pay Interest, and seems against others Interest to pay the Principal.
389. Enjoy the present hour, be mindful of the past; And neither fear nor wish the Approaches of the last.
390. Humility makes great men twice honourable.
391. Grace thou thy House, and let not that grace thee.
392. Reniego de grillos, aunque sean d’oro.
393. The Horse thinks one thing, and he that saddles him another.
394. A Man without a Wife, is but half a Man.
395. If your head is wax, don’t walk in the Sun.
396. Laziness travels so slowly, that Poverty soon overtakes him.
397. Who pleasure gives, Shall joy receive.
398. She that paints her Face, thinks of her Tail.
399. He that riseth late, must trot all day, and shall scarce overtake his business at night.
400. He that drinks fast, pays slow.
401. He that would travel much, should eat little.
402. Is there any thing Men take more pains about than to render themselves unhappy?
403. If you’d have it done, Go: If not, send.
404. The Wise and Brave dares own that he was wrong.
405. Shame and the Dry-belly-ach were Diseases of the last Age; this seems to be cured of them.
406. Tart Words make no Friends: a spoonful of honey will catch more flies than Gallon of Vinegar.
407. When Man and Woman die, as Poets sung, His Heart’s the last part moves, her last, the tongue.
408. If you would reap Praise you must sow the Seeds, Gentle Words and useful Deeds.
409. He that spills the Rum, loses that only; He that drinks it, often loses both that and himself.
410. Wealth is not his that has it, but his that enjoys it.
411. Better is a little with content than much with contention.
412. Men take more pains to mask than mend.
413. Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy wealthy and wise.
414. Nor Eye in a letter, nor Hand in a purse, nor Ear in the secret of another.
415. Don’t overload Gratitude; if you do, she’ll kick.
416. Severity is often Clemency; Clemency Severity.
417. He that has a Trade, has an Office of Profit and Honour.
418. What more valuable than Gold? Diamonds. Than Diamonds? Virtue.
419. Avarice and Happiness never saw each other, how then shou’d they become acquainted.
420. On thin Partitions do their Bounds divide.
421. The Creditors are a superstitious sect, great observers of set days and times.
422. Let our Fathers and Grandfathers be valued for their Goodness, ourselves for our own.
423. An old Man in a House is a good Sign.
424. Against Diseases here, the strongest Fence, Is the defensive Virtue, Abstinence.
425. Poverty wants some things, Luxury many things, Avarice all things.
426. In a corrupt Age, the putting the World in order would breed Confusion; then e’en mind your own Business.
427. He that lives carnally, won’t live eternally.
428. After crosses and losses men grow humbler & wiser.
429. As often as we do good, we sacrifice.
430. The discontented Man finds no easy Chair.
431. Tis easy to see, hard to foresee.
432. He that cannot bear with other People’s Passions, cannot govern his own.
433. God gives all Things to Industry.
434. Wish not so much to live long as to live well.
435. To God we owe fear and love; to our neighbours justice and charity; to our selves prudence and sobriety.
436. Pride gets into the Coach, and Shame mounts behind.
437. He who buys had need have 100 Eyes, but one’s enough for him that sells the Stuff.
438. Beware of the young Doctor & the old Barber.
439. Approve not of him who commends all you say.
440. Ne’er take a wife till thou hast a house (& a fire) to put her in.
441. Are you angry that others disappoint you? remember you cannot depend upon yourself.
442. Ambition often spends foolishly what Avarice had wickedly collected.
443. It’s common for Men to give 6 pretended Reasons instead of one real one.
444. Borgen macht sorgen.
445. Cunning proceeds from Want of Capacity.
446. A rich rogue, is like a fat hog, who never does good til as dead as a log.
447. A modern Wit is one of David’s Fools.
448. Lying rides upon Debt’s back.
449. Well done, is twice done.
450. Being ignorant is not so much a Shame, as being unwilling to learn.
451. Visits should be short, like a winters day, Lest you’re too troublesom hasten away.
452. Ni ffyddra llaw dyn, er gwneithr da idd ei hun.
453. Sleep without Supping, and you’ll rise without owing for it.
454. Tugend bestehet wen alles vergehet.
455. O Lazy-Bones! Dost thou think God would have given thee Arms and Legs, if he had not design’d thou should’st use them.
456. Men often mistake themselves, seldom forget themselves.
457. Beware of him that is slow to anger: He is angry for something, and will not be pleased for nothing.
458. There are lazy Minds as well as lazy Bodies.
459. Graft good Fruit all, Or graft not at all.
460. Hast thou virtue? acquire also the graces & beauties of virtue.
461. None but the well-bred man knows how to confess a fault, or acknowledge himself in an error.
462. Great Beauty, great strength, & great Riches, are really & truly of no great Use; a right Heart exceeds all.
463. Cut the Wings of your Hens and Hopes, lest they lead you a weary Dance after them.
464. No wonder Tom grows fat, th’ unwieldy Sinner, Makes his whole Life but one continual Dinner.
465. Be slow in chusing a Friend, slower in changing.
466. Time enough, always proves little enough.
467. It is not Leisure that is not used.
468. If thou injurest Conscience, it will have its Revenge on thee.
469. As we must account for every idle word, so we must for every idle silence.
470. Sorrow is dry.
471. Life with Fools consists in Drinking; With the wise Man Living’s Thinking.
472. Tongue double, brings trouble.
473. When ‘tis fair be sure take your Great coat with you.
474. There’s a time to wink as well as to see.
475. The Prodigal generally does more Injustice than the Covetous.
476. Calamity and Prosperity are the Touchstones of Integrity.
477. In the Affairs of this World Men are saved, not by Faith, but by the Want of it.
478. Tis easier to build two Chimneys, than maintain one in Fuel.
479. ‘Tis less discredit to abridge petty charges, than to stoop to petty Gettings.
480. They who have nothing to be troubled at, will be troubled at nothing.
481. Fond Pride of Dress is sure an empty Curse; E’re Fancy you consult, consult your Purse.
482. If you’d know the Value of Money, go and borrow some.
483. Nice Eaters seldom meet with a good Dinner.
484. Eat to please thyself, but dress to please others.
485. Sal laughs at every thing you say. Why? Because she has fine Teeth.
486. The first Mistake in publick Business, is the going into it.
487. An ounce of wit that is bought, Is worth a pound that is taught.
488. Sloth (like Rust) consumes faster than Labour wears: the used Key is always bright.
489. Industry, Perseverance, & Frugality, make Fortune yield.
490. He that pursues two Hares at once, does not catch one and lets t’other go.
491. You may talk too much on the best of subjects.
492. The Master’s Eye will do more Work than both his Hands.
493. Pray don’t burn my House to roast your Eggs.
494. When a Friend deals with a FriendLet the Bargain be clear and well penn’d, That they may continue Friends to the End.
495. Where there’s no Law, there’s no Bread.
496. Deny Self for Self’s sake.
497. Much Virtue in Herbs, little in Men.
498. Give me yesterday’s Bread, this Day’s Flesh, and last Year’s Cyder.
499. He that buys by the penny, maintains not only himself, but other people.
500. That Ignorance makes devout, if right the Notion, ‘Troth, Rufus, thou’rt a Man of great Devotion
501. It is wise not to seek a Secret, and Honest not to reveal it.
502. Eyes and PriestsBear no Jests.
503. As sore places meet most rubs, proud folks meet most affronts.
504. He makes a Foe who makes a jest.
505. Many Foxes grow grey, but few grow good.
506. You cannot pluck roses without fear of thorns, Nor enjoy a fair wife without danger of horns.
507. Dine with little, sup with less: Do better still; sleep supperless.
508. To lead a virtuous Life, my Friends, and get to Heaven in Season, You’ve just so much more Need of Faith, as you have less of Reason.
509. He that won’t be counsell’d, can’t be help’d.
510. Take counsel in wine, but resolve afterwards in water.
511. Work as if you were to live 100 Years, Pray as if you were to die To-morrow.
512. What signifies knowing the Names, if you know not the Natures of Things.
513. Most Fools think they are only ignorant.
514. Never intreat a servant to dwell with thee.
515. Since thou art not sure of a minute, throw not away an hour.
516. To bear other Peoples Afflictions, every one has Courage enough, and to spare.
517. Principiis obsta.
518. Pride breakfasted with Plenty, dined with Poverty, supped with Infamy.
519. Presumption first blinds a Man, then sets him a running.
520. Old Boys have their Playthings as well as young Ones; the Difference is only in the Price.
521. Delicate Dick! whisper’d the Proclamation.
522. He’s the best physician that knows the worthlessness of the most medicines.
523. If you ride a Horse, sit close and tight, If you ride a Man, sit easy and light.
524. Great-Alms-giving, lessens no Man’s Living.
525. Reading makes a full Man, Meditation a profound Man, discourse a clear Man.
526. Drink Water, Put the Money in your Pocket, and leave the Dry-bellyach in the Punchbowl.
527. ‘Tis a well spent penny that saves a groat.
528. He that would catch Fish, must venture his Bait.
529. Na funno i hun.Na wnaid i un.
530. The Sting of a Reproach, is the Truth of it.
531. The Doors of Wisdom are never shut.
532. How few there are who have courage enough to own their Faults, or resolution enough to mend them!
533. The Proud hate Pride in others.
534. The excellency of hogs is fatness, of men virtue.
535. He that hath no ill Fortune will be troubled with good.
536. If wind blows on you thro’ a hole, Make your will and take care of your soul.
537. Great Talkers, little Doers.
538. Mankind are very odd Creatures: One Half censure what they practise, the other half practise what they censure; the rest always say and do as they ought.
539. Necessity has no Law; I know some Attorneys of the name.
540. Relation without friendship, friendship without power, power without will, will witho. effect, effect without profit, & profit without vertue, are not worth a farto.
541. Write with the learned, pronounce with the vulgar.
542. The fool hath made a vow, I guess, Never to let the Fire have peace.
543. The Way to see by Faith, is to shut the Eye of Reason: The Morning Daylight appears plainer when you put out your Candle.
544. The second Vice is Lying; the first is Running in Debt.
545. Get what you can, and what you get, hold; ‘Tis the Stone that will turn all your Lead into Gold.
546. An empty Bag cannot stand upright.
547. He that can compose himself, is wiser than he that composes books.
548. Trust thy self, and another shall not betray thee.
549. Christianity commands us to pass by Injuries; Policy, to let them pass by us.
550. Admiration is the Daughter of Ignorance.
551. Don’t throw stones at your neighbours, if your own windows are glass.
552. Idleness is the greatest Prodigality.
553. For want of a Nail the Shoe is lost; for want of a Shoe, the Horse is lost; for want of a Horse the Rider is lost.
554. Nothing so popular as GOODNESS.
555. Light purse, heavy heart.
556. Tis easier to prevent bad habits than to break them.
557. Who knows a fool, must know his brother; For one will recommend another.
558. He is not well-bred, that cannot bear Ill-Breeding in others.
559. If Pride leads the Van, Beggary brings up the Rear.
560. Having been poor is no shame, but being ashamed of it, is.
561. Does Mischief, Misconduct, & Warrings displease ye; Think there’s a Providence, ‘twill make ye easy.
562. He that can travel well afoot, keeps a good horse.
563. Would you live with ease, Do what you ought, and not what you please.
564. To err is human, to repent divine, to persist devilish.
565. Hope of gainLessens pain.
566. Those that have much Business must have much Pardon.
567. Receive before you write, but write before you pay.
568. Bargaining has neither friends nor relations.
569. To-morrow, every Fault is to be amended; but that To-morrow never comes.
570. A Pair of good Ears will drain dry an hundred Tongues.
571. Love, Cough, & a Smoke, can’t well be hid.
572. Love & lordship hate companions.
573. The Sun never repents of the good he does, nor does he ever demand a recompence.
574. Idleness is the Dead Sea, that swallows all Virtues: Be active in Business, that Temptation may miss her Aim: The Bird that sits, is easily shot.
575. If you know how to spend less than you get, you have the Philosophers-Stone.
576. Words may shew a man’s Wit, but Actions his Meaning.
577. Bad Gains are truly Losses.
578. A Plowman on his Legs is higher than a Gentleman on his Knees.
579. If you’d be wealthy, think of saving, more than of getting: The Indies have not made Spain rich, because her Outgoes equal her Incomes.
580. Nothing humbler than Ambition, when it is about to climb.
581. Content and Riches seldom meet together, Riches take thou, contentment I had rather.
582. Tis easy to frame a good bold resolution; but hard is the Task that concerns execution.
583. E’er you remark another’s Sin, Bid your own Conscience look within.
584. He that doth what he should not, shall feel what he would not.
585. Discontented Minds, and Fevers of the Body are not to be cured by changing Beds or Businesses.
586. The wise Man draws more Advantage from his Enemies, than the Fool from his Friends.
587. A learned blockhead is a greater blockhead than an ignorant one.
588. There’s none deceived but he that trusts.
589. They who have nothing to trouble them, will be troubled at nothing.
590. Great Merit is coy, as well as great Pride.
591. Snowy winter, a plentiful harvest.
592. Beatus esse sine Virtute, nemo potest.
593. Wide will wear, but Narrow will tear.
594. There are three Things extreamly hard, Steel, a Diamond and to know one’s self.
595. When the Wine enters, out goes the Truth.
596. Historians relate, not so much what is done, as what they would have believed.
597. The end of Passion is the beginning of Repentance.
598. ‘Tis a Shame that your Family is an Honour to you! You ought to be an Honour to your Family.
599. He that lies down with Dogs, shall rise up with fleas.
600. Pay what you owe, and you’ll know what’s your own.
601. Anger warms the Invention, but overheats the Oven.
602. Many complain of their Memory, few of their Judgment.
603. Prosperity discovers Vice, Adversity Virtue.
604. Who has deceiv’d thee so oft as thy self?
605. He is ill cloth’d, who is bare of Virtue.
606. Have you somewhat to do to-morrow; do it to-day.
607. Better slip with foot than tongue.
608. Many a long dispute among Divines may be thus abridg’d, It is so: It is not so. It is so; It is not so.
609. Clearly spoken, Mr. Fog! You explain English by Greek.
610. If you desire many things, many things will seem but a few.
611. Don’t value a man for the Quality he is of, but for the Qualities he possesses.
612. Keep thou from the Opportunity, and God will keep thee from the Sin.
613. Great famine when wolves eat wolves.
614. Employ thy time well, if thou meanest to gain leisure.
615. Friendship increases by visiting Friends, but by visiting seldom.
616. One Man may be more cunning than another, but not more cunning than every body else.
617. Pardoning the Bad, is injuring the Good.
618. Nothing but Money, Is sweeter than Honey.
619. Who judges best of a Man, his Enemies or himself?
620. A wicked Hero will turn his back to an innocent coward.
621. A full Belly makes a dull Brain: The Muses starve in a Cook’s Shop.
622. Observe all men; thy self most.
623. A Flatterer never seems absurd: The Flatter’d always take his Word.
624. If Jack’s in love, he’s no judge of Jill’s Beauty.
625. Rather go to bed supperless, than run in debt for a Breakfast.
626. Epitaph on a Scolding Wife by her Husband. Here my poor Bridgets’s Corps doth lie, she is at rest, and so am I.
627. Danger is Sauce for Prayers.
628. He that can bear a Reproof, and mend by it, if he is not wise, is in a fair way of being so.
629. Hot things, sharp things, sweet things, cold thingsAll rot the teeth, and make them look like old things.
630. Wealth and Content are not always Bed-fellows.
631. When out of Favour, none know thee; when in, thou dost not know thyself.
632. Liberality is not giving much but giving wisely.
633. Tricks and Treachery are the Practice of Fools, that have not Wit enough to be honest.
634. All things are cheap to the saving, dear to the wasteful.
635. Sampson with his strong Body, had a weak Head, or he would not have laid it in a Harlot’s Lap.
636. Speak little, do much.
637. Act uprightly, and despise Calumny; Dirt may stick to a Mud Wall, but not to polish’d Marble.
638. There are no ugly Loves, nor handsome Prisons.
639. Men & Melons are hard to know.
640. If it were not for the Belly, the Back might wear Gold.
641. The absent are never without fault, nor the present without excuse.
642. A good Wife & Health, is a Man’s best Wealth.
643. Great Good-nature, without Prudence, is a great Misfortune.
644. The most exquisite Folly is made of Wisdom spun too fine.
645. Neglect mending a small Fault, and ‘twill soon be a great One.
646. A Lie stands on 1 leg, Truth on 2 .
647. The ancients tell us what is best; but we must learn of the moderns what is fittest.
648. Many would live by their Wits, but break for want of Stock.
649. The noblest question in the world is What Good may I do in it?
650. The thrifty maxim of the wary Dutch, Is to save all the Money they can touch.
651. If any man flatters me, I’ll flatter him again; tho’ he were my best Friend.
652. God heals, and the Doctor takes the Fees.
653. To avoid Pleurisies, &c. in cool Weather; Fevers, Fluxes, &c. in hot; beware of Over-Eating and Over-Heating.
654. A achwyno heb achos; gwneler achos iddo.
655. Visit your Aunt, but not every Day; and call at your Brother’s, but not every night.
656. Silence is not always a Sign of Wisdom, but Babbling is ever a Mark of Folly.
657. Cold & cunning come from the north: But cunning sans wisdom is nothing worth.
658. Distrust & caution are the parents of security.
659. There is neither honour nor gain, got in dealing with a vil-lain.
660. I have never seen the Philosopher’s Stone that turns lead into Gold, but I have known the pursuit of it turn a Man’s Gold into Lead.
661. Vice knows she’s ugly, so puts on her Mask.
662. To all apparent Beauties blind Each Blemish strikes an envious Mind.
663. A countryman between 2 Lawyers, is like a fish between two cats.
664. Scarlet, Silk and Velvet, have put out the Kitchen Fire.
665. For Age and Want save while you may; No Morning Sun lasts a whole Day.
683. Ill Customs & bad Advice are seldom forgotten.
684. Be not sick too late, nor well too soon.
685. There’s more old Drunkards than old Doctors.
686. Good wives and good plantations are made by good husbands.
687. At the working man’s house hunger looks in but dares not enter.
688. Don’t misinform your Doctor nor your Lawyer.
689. Nothing brings more pain than too much pleasure; nothing more bondage than too much liberty, (or libertinism.)
690. We may give Advice, but we cannot give Conduct.
691. Lawyers, Preachers, and Tomtits Eggs, there are more of them hatch’d than come to perfection.
692. The good Paymaster is Lord of another man’s Purse.
693. Some are justly laught at for keeping their Money foolishly, others for spending it idly: He is the greatest fool that lays it out in a purchase of repentance.
694. Man’s tongue is soft, and bone doth lack; Yet a stroke therewith may break a man’s back.
695. He that is of Opinion Money will do every Thing, may well be suspected of doing every Thing for Money.
696. He that hath a Trade, hath an Estate.
697. Where there’s Marriage without Love, there will be Love without Marriage.
698. He that falls in love with himself, will have no Rivals.
699. By diligence and patience, the mouse bit in two the cable.
700. God, Parents, and Instructors, can never be requited.
701. Many a Man would have been worse, if his Estate had been better.
702. Hold your Council before Dinner; the full Belly hates Thinking as well as Acting.
703. Finikin Dick, curs’d with nice Taste, Ne’er meets with good dinner, half starv’d at a feast.
704. When Knaves fall out, honest Men get their goods: When Priests dispute, we come at the Truth.
705. You may be too cunning for One, but not for All.
706. Beauty & folly are old companions.
707. The Golden Age never was the present Age.
708. What pains our Justice takes his faults to hide, With half that pains sure he might cure ‘em quite.
709. Laws like to Cobwebs catch small Flies, Great ones break thro’ before your eyes.
710. Diligence is the Mother of Good-Luck.
711. To be proud of Knowledge, is to be blind with Light; to be proud of Virtue, is to poison yourself with the Antidote.
712. A Child thinks 20 Shillings and 20 Years can scarce ever be spent.
713. He that sells upon trust, loses many friends, and always wants money.
714. A long Life may not be good enough, but a good Life is long enough.
715. The King’s cheese is half wasted in parings: But no matter, ‘tis made of the peoples milk.
716. Felix quem faciunt aliena pericula cautum.
717. Sudden Power is apt to be insolent, Sudden Liberty saucy; that behaves best which has grown gradually.
718. Make haste slowly.
719. He that is conscious of a Stink in his Breeches, is jealous of every Wrinkle in another’s Nose.
720. When Knaves betray each other, one can scarce be blamed, or the other pitied.
721. He that can have Patience, can have what he will.
722. Many Princes sin with David, but few repent with him.
723. There have been as great Souls unknown to fame as any of the most famous.
724. Happy’s the Woing, that’s not long a doing.
725. What is a butterfly? At bestHe’s but a caterpiller drest.
726. Le sage entend a demi mot.
727. Philosophy as well as Foppery often changes Fashion.
728. Rob not God, nor the Poor, lest thou ruin thyself; the Eagle snatcht a Coal from the Altar, but it fired her Nest.
729. What you would seem to be, be really.
730. Let no Pleasure tempt thee, no Profit allure thee, no Ambition corrupt thee, no Example sway thee, no Persuasion move thee, to do any thing which thou knowest to be Evil; So shalt thou always live jollily: for a good Conscience is a continual Christmass.
731. Mine is better than Ours.
732. He that lives upon Hope, dies farting.
733. The misers cheese is wholesomest.
734. When you taste Honey, remember Gall.
735. He does not possess Wealth, it possesses him.
736. Many have quarrel’d about Religion, that never practis’d it.
737. Empty Free-booters, cover’d with Scorn: They went out for Wealth, & come ragged and torn, As the Ram went for Wool, and was sent back shorn.
738. Learning to the Studious; Riches to the Careful; Power to the Bold; Heaven to the Virtuous.
739. A house without woman & Fire-light, is like a body without soul or sprite.
740. Tell a miser he’s rich, and a woman she’s old, you’ll get no money of one, nor kindness of t’other.
741. The busy Man has few idle Visitors; to the boiling Pot the Flies come not.
742. A little well-gotten will do us more good, Than lordships and scepters by Rapine and Blood.
743. Wife from thy Spouse each blemish hide More than from all the World beside: Let DECENCY be all thy Pride.
744. Sorrow is good for nothing but Sin.
745. A true Friend is the best Possession.
746. Happy Tom Crump, ne’er sees his own Hump.
747. Hope and a Red-Rag, are Baits for Men and Mackrel.
748. When you’re good to others, you are best to yourself.
749. A Temper to bear much, will have much to bear.
750. God helps them that help themselves.
751. Vain-Glory flowereth, but beareth no Fruit.
752. He that sows Thorns, should never go barefoot.
753. Too much plenty makes Mouth dainty.
754. A Traveller should have a hog’s nose, deer’s legs, and an ass’s back.
755. He is a Governor that governs his Passions, and he a Servant that serves them.
756. Death takes no bribes.
757. One Mend-fault is worth two Findfaults, but one Findfault is better than two Makefaults.
758. Proud Modern Learning despises the antient: School-men are now laught at by School-boys.
759. An innocent Plowman is more worthy than a vicious Prince.
760. 9 Men in 10 are suicides.
761. If you’d lose a troublesome Visitor, lend him Money.
762. Fear to do ill, and you need fear nought else.
763. The Family of Fools is ancient.
764. Little Strokes, Fell great Oaks.
765. Three good meals a day is bad living.
766. Love and Tooth-ach have many Cures, but none infallible, except Possession and Dispossession.
767. Weighty Questions ask for deliberate Answers.
768. Mad Kings and mad Bulls, are not to be held by treaties & packthread.
769. Despair ruins some, Presumption many.
770. Vanity backbites more than Malice.
771. Don’t think so much of your own Cunning, as to forget other Mens: A cunning Man is overmatch’d by a cunning Man and a Half.
772. As Pride increases, Fortune declines.
773. Don’t judge of Mens Wealth or Piety, by their Sunday Appearances.
774. Heb Dduw heb ddim, a Duw a digon.
775. None are deceived but they that confide.
776. Poverty, Poetry, and new Titles of Honour, make Men ridiculous.
777. Never spare the Parson’s wine, nor Baker’s Pudding.
778. When Reason preaches, if you won’t hear her she’ll box your Ears.
779. A Slip of the Foot you may soon recover: But a Slip of the Tongue you may never get over.
780. Fools make feasts and wise men eat them.
781. Tho’ Modesty is a Virtue, Bashfulness is a Vice.
782. Suspicion may be no Fault, but shewing it may be a great one.
783. He that pays for Work before it’s done, has but a pennyworth for twopence.
784. Tis a strange Forest that has no rotten Wood in’s.And a strange Kindred that all are good in’t.
785. Ill Company is like a dog who dirts those most, that he loves best.
786. Virtue may not always make a Face handsome, but Vice will certainly make it ugly.
787. When you speak to a man, look on his eyes; when he speaks to thee, look on his mouth.
788. Great souls with gen’rous pity melt; Which coward tyrants never felt.
789. Changing Countries or Beds, cures neither a bad Manager, nor a Fever.
790. Do good to thy Friend to keep him, to thy enemy to gain him.
791. He that speaks much, is much mistaken.
792. Bis dat qui cito dat: He gives twice that gives soon; i. e. he will soon be called upon to give again.
793. He that by the Plow would thrive, himself must either hold or drive.
794. As Charms are nonsence, Nonsence is a Charm.
795. Neither praise nor dispraise, till seven Christmasses be over.
796. Love your Neighbour; yet don’t pull down your Hedge.
797. He that would live in peace & at ease, Must not speak all he knows, nor judge all he sees.
798. Where there is Hunger, Law is not regarded; and where Law is not regarded, there will be Hunger.
799. He that cannot obey, cannot command.
800. A Father’s a Treasure; a Brother’s a Comfort; a Friend is both.
801. Honours change Manners.
802. To be intimate with a foolish Friend, is like going to bed to a Razor.
803. He that can take rest is greater than he that can take cities.
804. Who says Jack is not generous? he is always fond of giving, and cares not for receiving. What? Why; Advice.
805. Tis better leave for an enemy at one’s death, than beg of a friend in one’s life.
806. Haste makes Waste.
807. Do me the Favour to deny me at once.
808. Virtue and a Trade, are a Child’s best Portion.
809. Spare and have is better than spend and crave.
810. Don’t go to the doctor with every distemper, nor to the lawyer with every quarrel, nor to the pot for every thirst.
811. Genius without Education is like Silver in the Mine.
812. Trouble springs from Idleness; Toil from Ease.
813. A good Man is seldom uneasy, an ill one never easie.
814. If thou wouldst live long, live well; for Folly and Wickedness shorten Life.
815. We are not so sensible of the greatest Health as of the least Sickness.
816. Courage would fight, but Discretion won’t let him.
817. Many a Man’s own Tongue gives Evidence against his Understanding.
818. Gifts much expected, are paid, not given.
819. What maintains one Vice would bring up two Children.
820. The magistrate should obey the Laws, the People should obey the magistrate.
821. If you wou’d not be forgottenAs soon as you are dead and rotten, Either write things worth reading, or do things worth the writing.
822. A full Belly is the Mother of all Evil.
823. No longer virtuous no longer free; is a Maxim as true with regard to a private Person as a Common-wealth.
824. Pleasure, and then suffers Pains.
825. There are three faithful friends, an old wife, an old dog, and ready money.
826. A lean Award is better than a fat Judgment.
827. Silks and Sattins put out the Kitchen Fire.
828. He that builds before he counts the Cost, acts foolishly; and he that counts before he builds, finds he did not count wisely.
829. Not to oversee Workmen, is to leave them your Purse open.
830. He that goes far to marry, will either deceive or be deceived.
831. What one relishes, nourishes.
832. Children and Princes will quarrel for Trifles.
833. Keep your mouth wet, feet dry.
834. Three may keep a Secret, if two of them are dead.
835. He that has not got a Wife, is not yet a compleat Man.
836. A Change of Fortune hurts a wise Man no more than a Change of the Moon.
837. Welcome, Mischief, if thou comest alone.
838. Good-Will, like the Wind, floweth where it listeth.
839. Proclaim not all thou knowest, all thou owest, all thou hast, nor all thou canst.
840. Why does the blind man’s wife paint herself.
841. Love well, whip well.
842. Necessity has no Law; Why? Because ‘tis not to be had without Money.
843. Neither trust, nor contend, nor lay wagers, nor lend; And you’ll have peace to your Lives end.
844. Jack Little sow’d little, & little he’ll reap.
845. Patience in Market, is worth Pounds in a Year.
846. The nearest way to come at glory, is to do that for conscience which we do for glory.
847. He that knows nothing of it, may by chance be a Prophet; while the wisest that is may happen to miss.