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SIMPLE SENTENCES

(a draft)

X can(not) be Y ~ without Y

A bad husband cannot be a good man (husband 1)

Any man can be a sailor on a calm sea (sailor 2)

Beggars can't be choosers (beggar 4)

One can be a lover without sighing (lover 10)

Without truth there can be no virtue (truth 80)

Without virtue, happiness cannot be (happiness 51; virtue 40)

Without virtue, happiness cannot be (happiness 51; virtue 40)

'Every X has Y' and its modifications

There is X for ~ to ~ in every Y / no X without Y

There is a medicine for all things except death and taxes (medicine 3)

There is a remedy for all things but death (remedy 5)

There is a remedy for everything, could men find it (remedy 6)

There is a remedy for everything, could we but hit upon it (everything 20; remedy 6)

There is a slippery step at every man's door (step (n.) 12)

There is a time and place for everything (time 43)

There is an exception to every rule (exception)

There's a black sheep in every family (family 5; sheep 12)

There's a Jack for every Jill (Jack 5)

There's a key for every lock (key 6)

There's a lid for every pot (lid)

There's a light in the window for those who look (light (n.) 6)

There's a limit to everything (limit)

There's a salve for every sore (salve)

There's a season for all things (season)

There's a skeleton in every family closet (skeleton 2)

There's a time and place for everything (everything 21)

There's a time for business (time 46)

There's always a bad egg in every crowd (egg 21)

There's everything in a name (everything 22)

There's good and bad in everything (good (adj.) 26)

There's luck in leisure (luck 26)

There's no arrest for the wary (arrest)

There's no help for misfortune but to marry again (help (n.) 9)

There's no hope for the wicked (hope (n.) 39)

(Attr] X has Y ~ All X’s have Y’s ~ Every ~ Each X has ~ may have

his ~ its (own) Y etc.

A bad man may have a good grievance (grievance 1)

A cat has nine lives (cat 2)

A common jester may have wit but not wisdom (jester 1)

A crooked stick will have a crooked shadow (stick (n.) 2)

A cursed cow has short horns (cow 4)

A deformed body may have a beautiful soul (body 1)

A flow will have an ebb (flow)

A good garden always has weeds (garden 1)

A hungry stomach has no ears (hungry (adj.) 5)

A little man may have a large heart (heart 14; little (adj.) 1)

A little man may have a large heart (heart 14; little (adj.) 1)

A long tongue has a short hand (tongue 2)

A man has his hours, a dog his day (hour 1)

A misty morn may have a fine day (morn)

A shroud has no pockets (shroud)

A snappish dog usually has torn ears (dog 34)

A ten-dollar dude may have a twodollar salary (dude)

A thrifty father rarely has a thrifty son (thrifty)

A thrifty father rarely has thrifty sons (father 3)

All things have an end (all 15; end (n.) 1)

All things have an end (all 15; end (n.) 1)

An evil act has a witness in the heart (act (n.) 2)

An informer's money has a Judas ring (informer 1)

Any man with nothing to do has a hard job (job 7)

Banks have no heart (bank)

Believing has a core of unbelieving (believing)

Big houses have small families, and small houses big families (house 14)

Bitter pills may have blessed effects (pill 1)

Conveniences have their inconveniences, and comforts their crosses (conveniences)

Delays have dangerous ends (delay (n.) 7)

Discreet wives have sometimes neither eyes nor ears (wife 15)

Doors have eyes and walls have ears (door 7)

Drunken days have their tomorrow (day 12)

Each age has its own follies, as its majority is made up of foolish young people (age (era) 1)

Envy never has a holiday (envy 12)

Even a fly has its spleen (fly (n.) 7)

Even absurdity has a champion to defend it, for error is always talkative (absurdity)

Even railroads have curves (railroad)

Even the workhouses have their aristocracy (aristocracy)

Every advantage has its disadvantage (advantage 1)

Every alley has its own tin can (alley 1)

Every argument has its answer (argument 1)

Every back has its pack (back (n.) 2)

Every blade of grass has its share of the dews of heaven (grass 3)

Every bullet has its billet (bullet 2)

Every cloud has a silver lining (cloud 3)

Every country has its own customs (country 4)

Every day has its night, every weal its woe (day 14)

Every dog has his day (dog 56)

Every family has a goddess of mercy (family 2)

Every girl has her day (girl 8)

Every heart has its own ache (heart 35)

Every house has its dirty corner (corner 3)

Every lane has a turning (lane 2)

Every large family has at least one black sheep (family 5)

Every man has a fool in his sleeve (fool (n.) 60)

Every man has a fool up his sleeve (man 80)

Every man has a price (man 81)

Every man has a right to be conceited (conceited; man 82)

Every man has assurance enough to boast of his honesty--few of their understanding (honesty 2)

Every man has his besetting sin (sin (n.) 4)

Every man has his faults (fault 10; man 84)

Every man has his faults (fault 10; man 84)

Every man has his hobby (hobby)

Every man has one black patch, and some have two (man 85; patch (n., cloth) 6)

Every man has one black patch, and some have two (man 85; patch (n., cloth) 6)

Every medal has its reverse (medal)

Every monkey has his tale (monkey 3; tale 6)

Every monkey has his tale (monkey 3; tale 6)

Every path has a puddle (path 3)

Every picture has a negative (picture 3)

Every pie has its own piecrust (pie 4)

Every plane has its pilot (plane)

Every pot has its cover (pot 4)

Every road has a turning (road 5)

Every road has hills to be climbed (road 6)

Every sky has its cloud (sky 1)

every sweet has its bitter (bitter (n.) 1)

Every tide has its ebb (tide 1)

Every train has a caboose (train (n.) 2)

Every village has at least one atheist. (atheist 5)

Every wench has her sweetheart, and the dirtiest the most (wench)

Every why has a wherefore (why)

Every wind has its weather (wind 6)

Every word has a meaning (word 25)

Every worm has his turn (worm 2)

Everybody has a little larceny in him (larceny)

Everybody has his troubles (trouble (n.) 4)

Everyone has a complaint of some kind (complaint 2)

Everyone has his lot and a wide world before him (everyone 5; lot (fate))

Everyone has his lot and a wide world before him (everyone 5; lot (fate))

Everyone has his master (master 4)

Everyone has his weak side (side 3; weak (adj.) 2)

Everyone has his weak side (side 3; weak (adj.) 2)

Everyone has twenty-four hours in his day (hour 6)

Everything has a beginning (everything 6)

Everything has an end (end (n.) 1)

Everything has its price (everything 7)

Everything has its time (time 15)

Everything has two sides (everything 8)

Everything worthwhile has a fence around it, but there is always a gate and a key (fence (n.) 3)

Faraway birds have fine feathers (bird 17)

Faraway cows have long horns (cow 10)

Few persons have courage enough to appear as good as they really are (courage 11)

Few there are who have courage enough to own their faults or resolution enough to amend them (courage 12)

Fish have no language (fish (n.) 20)

Folly has a fall before it (folly 3)

Friends have all things in common (friend 77)

Gossips have a keen sense of rumor (gossip (n.) 6)

Great souls have will; feeble ones only have wishes (soul 5)

Great things have a small beginning (thing 14)

Greedy folks have long arms (greedy (adj.))

Happy men shall have many friends (happy 12)

Hasty climbers have sudden falls (climber; hasty 3)

Hasty climbers have sudden falls (climber; hasty 3)

Hedges have eyes, and walls have ears (hedge (n.) 3)

High places have their precipices (place 6)

Humble hearts have humble desires (heart 44)

Husbands are all alike, but they have different faces so you can tell them apart (husband 6)

In calm waters every ship has a good captain (ship 9)

In want of bread, it is well to have seniitas (bread 18)

In wars, laws have no authority (war 6)

It is good to have some friends both in heaven and in hell (friend 116)

It's good to have two strings to one's bow (string (n.) 2)

Justice has a nose of putty--it is easily broken (justice 6)

Kings have long arms (king 11)

Ladies young and fair have the gift to know it (lady 8)

Lambs have the grace to suck kneeling (lamb 1)

Liars have short wings (liar 9)

Little bodies have great souls (body 4)

Little children have big ears (children 18)

Little fleas have lesser fleas (flea 4)

Little men have sharp wits (little (adj.) 6)

Little pitchers have big ears (pitcher 2)

Malice has a sharp sight and a strong memory (malice 2)

Man has his will, but woman has her way (man 126; woman 85)

Many a good cow has a bad calf (cow 17)

Many a good father has a bad son (father 11)

Many have by far too much, but nobody enough (enough 7)

Men's skins have many colors, but human blood is always red (man 176)

Muddy springs will have muddy streams (spring (n., water) 3)

No country or age has a monopoly on human folly (folly 6)

No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar (liar 4; memory 3)

No man has a right to all his rights (man 186)

No matter how black the kettle, there is always a lid to fit it (kettle 6)

No mother has a homely child (mother 5)

No one has everything (everything 18)

Officials have good jobs waiting for them in the next world (official 2)

Old boys have their playthings as well as young ones; the difference is only in the price (boy 25)

Old sins have long shadows (sin (n.) 13)

One cannot have a good penny with bad wares (penny 10)

Other people's eggs have two yolks (egg 19)

Our words have wings but fly not where we would (word 44)

Painted flowers have no scent (flower 13)

Poor folks have poor ways (poor (adj.) 20)

Riches have wings (riches 10)

Shrouds have no pockets (pocket; shroud)

Silver has a silver sound (silver 5)

Some have no heads, but all have hearts (head 32)

Some have the fame, and others live in shame (fame 11)

Some men have a short arm for giving and a long arm for getting (man 209)

Some of us have the hap; some stick in the gap (hap)

Some people don't have the sense of a bedbug (people 33)

Some people have brains, and then there are others (brain 8)

Some people have tact; others tell the truth (tact 3)

The best drivers have wrecks (driver)

The day has but one eye; the night has a thousand (day 36)

The heart has arguments with which the understanding is unacquainted (heart 65)

The heart has eyes that the brain knows nothing of (heart 66)

The heart has its reasons (heart 67)

The heart has no wrinkles (heart 68)

The insolent have no friends (insolent)

The longest day will have an end (day 40)

The loudest bell does not always have the sweetest tone (bell (n.) 7)

The man with the lazy hand has an empty mouth (hand 52)

The night has a thousand eyes (night 6)

The poor have little; beggars none; the rich too much; enough, not one (poor (n.) 6)

The poor is hated even of his own neighbors, but the rich have many friends (poor (n.) 7)

The poor you have with you always (poor (n.) 9)

The proud have all the pain-none of the pleasures of the vain (proud (n.))

The remedy for hard times is to have patience (remedy 4)

The reward of a good deed is to have done it (reward (n.) 4)

The rich get richer, and the poor have children (rich (n.) 2)

The rose has its thorn, the peach its worm (rose 9)

The wall has ears and the plain has eyes (wall 7)

The worst passions have their root in the best (passion 15)

Thought without action will have no result at all (thought (n.) 22)

Time has a wallet (time 67)

Unrighteousness has its punishment here as well as hereafter (unrighteousness)

We all have our blind spots (blind (adj.) 12)

We all have our ups and downs (up 4)

We all have strength enough to bear the misfortunes of others (strength 6)

We have chairs and ears for chums (chair 3)

We have heads on us for the same reason pins do--to keep us from going too far (head 44)

We have heads to get money and hearts to spend it (head 45)

Women will have the last word (woman 104)

Worn-out garments have the newest patches (garment 3)

You cannot use your friends and have them too (friend 189)

You can't have a family fuss without the whole town knowing about it (family 6)

You can't have the car unless you plant the corn (corn 17)

You can't have the ear unless you plant the corn (ear (corn))

You can't have two hills without a valley (hill 6)

You can't have your cake and eat it too (cake 3)

You can't root with the hogs and have a clean nose (hog (n.) 11)

You may have perfect eyesight and be as blind as a bat (eyesight 2)

Your wooden overcoat won't have any pockets (wooden 2)

Youth will have its fling (youth 30)

For every X there is a Y

For every dog there is a leash (dog 60)

For every evil under the sun there is a remedy or there is none (evil (n.) 17)

For every goose there is a gander (goose 10)

For every Jack there is a Jill (Jack 2)

(There is) no X without Y etc. (except...)

A loving disposition is never without a ripple (disposition 3)

Anger is never without reason (anger 15)

High regions are never without storms (region)

It isn't a home without a phone (home 20)

Love is never without jealousy (jealousy 4; love (n.) 52)

Many without punishment, none without sin (punishment 1)

Many without punishment, none without sin (punishment 1)

Never a rip without a tear (rip (n.))

No day passes without some grief (day 23)

No garden without its weeds (garden 1)

No joy without annoy (joy 12)

No life without pain (life 70)

No man is born without faults, but he is best who has the fewest (fault 21)

No pleasure without pain (pleasure 7)

No rose without thorns (rose 7)

No termination without determination (termination)

Nothing conics without pain except dirt and long nails (pain (n.) 9)

Nothing ever comes to pass without a cause (cause 8)

Nothing is gained without work (nothing 19; work (n.) 19)

One hasn't anything without trouble (trouble (n.) 17)

Prosperity is not without its troubles (prosperity 6)

The absent are never without fault nor the present without excuse (absent 4)

There are no gains without pains (gain (n.) 17)

There is an exception to every rule (exception)

There is never a victory without a battle (victory 8)

There is no death without a sin (death 30)

There is no friendship without freedom, no freedom without the friendship of brothers (friendship 27)

There is no hill without a valley (hill 6)

There is no liberty without security, and no security without unity (liberty 12)

There is no rule without an exception (exception)

There is not a moment without some duty (duty 11)

There never was a conflict without a woman (conflict)

There was never a beauty without aid (beauty 41)

There was never a conflict without a woman (woman 73)

There's never a Jack without a Jill (Jack 6)

There's no corn without chaff (corn 14)

There's no rule without an exception (rule (n.) 13)

We have no rose without its thorn, no pleasure without alloy (pleasure 24; rose 7)

Without jealousy, there is no love (jealousy 4)

The only... is... / There is nothing but ~ except....

Nothing is certain except death and taxes (certain 2; death 26)

Nothing is certain in life but death and taxes (death 26; life 72)

X’s have ~ X has many ~... Y’s / have no ~ few ~ seldom Y’s

Rich men have no faults (fault 26; rich (adj.) 24)

Rich men have no faults (fault 26; rich (adj.) 24)

Rich men's tables have few crumbs (table 4)

Rich people have mean ways, and poor people poor ways (rich (adj.) 25)

Truth has no confines (truth 52)

Unkindness has no remedy at law (unkindness)

GOUPS ORIENTED TO "SEMI-FORMAL" VERBS

Causing, conducing, enabling

make

X makes / does not make Y

A gentleman never makes any noise (gentleman 2)

A little makes a lot (little (n.) 4)

All sunshine makes a desert (sunshine 2)

Apparel makes the man (apparel 1)

Brevity makes the master (brevity 2)

Clothes don't make the man (clothes 3)

Competition makes a horse race (competition 4)

Credit makes enemies (credit 4)

Eleven don't make a dozen (eleven)

Every little makes a nickel (little (n.) 8)

Flattery makes friends (flattery 16)

Harmony seldom makes a headline (harmony 2)

Haste makes waste (haste 3)

Hurry makes waste (hurry (n.) 4)

Manners make the man (manners 5)

Might makes right (might 2)

Mistakes don't make haystacks (mistake 9)

Money doesn't make character (money 27)

Money doesn't make the man (money 28)

Mothers make men (man 180)

Opportunity makes a thief (opportunity 18)

Pants don't make the man (pan 2)

Pennies make dollars (penny 12)

Right makes might (right (n.) 8)

The bars do not make the officer (bar 2)

The company makes the feast (company 15)

The fiddle makes the feast (fiddle (n.) 1)

The habit does not make the monk (habit 3)

The office makes the man (office 2)

The sound makes the song (sound (n.))

Wealth makes worship (wealth 21)

X makes ~ never made [Adj] Y

Doctors make the worst patients (doctor 8)

Education makes the man (education 7)

Equals make the best friends (equal (n.))

Hunger makes the best cook (hunger 12)

Nature ever makes false weight (nature 9)

Necessity never made a good bargain (necessity 13)

Nurses make the worst patients (nurse 2)

Poverty makes good fellowship (poverty 21)

The indolent makes little headway (indolent 2)

The runt makes the best sow (runt)

X makes strange bedfellows

Adversity makes strange bedfellows (adversity 14)

Business makes strange bedfellows (business 12)

Misery makes strange bedfellows (misery 4)

Necessity makes strange bedfellows (necessity 12)

Politics makes strange bedfellows (politics 5)

Poverty makes strange bedfellows (poverty 10)

X makes (all) Y [Adj] ~ can make any Y [Adj]

Greed often makes one poor (greed 4)

Love can make any place agreeable (love (n.) 24)

Love makes all burdens light (love (n.) 73)

Love makes obedience light (love (n.) 74)

Obstacles make the goal clearer (obstacle 2)

Oppression will make a wise man mad (oppression)

Poverty makes a hog gentle (poverty 20)

Promises will not make you poor (promise (n.) 17)

Work makes life pleasant (work (n.) 41)

X makes Adj] Y [Adj]

Unanimity makes humble help strong (unanimity)

X makes [Adj]

Practice makes perfect (practice (n.) 1)

[Adj] X makes / does not make Y

A common enemy makes friends (enemy 1)

Fancy words do not make a scholar (word 28)

Hard living makes contrivance (contrivance 2)

The second word makes the quarrel (quarrel (n.) 13; word 54)

[Adj] X makes / does not make [Adj] Y

A bad beginning makes a good ending (beginning 1)

A bad master makes a bad servant (master 1)

A black shoe makes a blithe heart (shoe (n.) 1)

A blithe heart makes a blooming visage (heart 2)

A buzzard never makes a good hawk (buzzard 1)

A cowardly heart makes swiftrunnin' feet (cowardly 1)

A crooked stick makes a straight fire (stick (n.) 1)

A divided man makes an unhappy spirit (divided)

A fancy cover doesn't make a fancy book (book 5)

A fat kitchen makes a lean will (kitchen)

A full belly makes a brave heart (belly 1)

A good beginning makes a good ending (beginning 3)

A good borrower makes a poor lender (borrower 1)

A good companion makes good company (companion 1)

A good fire makes a good cook (fire 6)

A good husband makes a good wife (husband 3)

A good laugher makes a bad neighbor (laugher)

A good maid sometimes makes a bad wife (maid 1)

A good servant makes a good master (servant 1)

A good son makes a good husband (son 3)

A good wife makes a good husband (wife 3)

A hard winter makes a good crop year (winter (n.) 2)

A heavy purse makes a light heart (purse 3)

A hungry nigger makes a clean dish (hungry (adj.) 4; nigger 1)

A kind wife makes a faithful husband (wife 4)

A lewd bachelor makes a jealous husband (bachelor 6)

A light heart makes light work (heart 13)

A light purse makes a heavy heart (purse 5)

A light wife makes a heavy husband (wife 6)

A merry heart makes a cheerful countenance (heart 19)

A merry host makes merry guests (host 1)

A miserly father makes a prodigal son (father 2)

A neat maiden often makes a dirty wife (maiden 2)

A quarrelsome disposition makes few friends (quarrelsome 1)

A reformed rake makes the best husband (rake (scoundrel))

A ruffled mind makes a restless pillow (mind 6)

A sad bride makes a glad wife (bride 2)

A sinful heart makes a feeble hand (heart 21)

A still mouth makes a wise head (mouth 2)

A still tongue makes a wise head (mouth 2; tongue 3)

A willing mind makes a light foot (mind 8)

An intemperate patient makes a cruel doctor (patient (n.) 2)

An old smuggler makes a good custom's officer (smuggler)

An old thief makes a good sheriff (thief 6)

An ugly baby makes a beautiful adult (ugly 1)

Bad boys make bad men (boy 9)

Bad hearing makes bad rehearsing (hearing 1)

Burned biscuits will not make a warm house (biscuit)

Calm seas do not make good sailors (sea 1)

Crab apples make good jelly, too (crab apple)

Crooked logs make straight fires (log 1)

Crooked wood makes an even fire (wood 2)

Dirty hands make clean money (hand 10)

Easy writing makes hard reading (writing 1)

Empty chambers make foolish maids (chambers)

Fair feathers make fair fowl (feather (n.) 3)

Fat hens make rich soup (hen 13)

Fat wives make lean husbands (wife 16)

Fine feathers do not make fine birds (feather (n.) 6)

Floating church members make a sinking church (church 5)

Full stomachs make empty heads (stomach 4)

Good fences make good neighbors (fence (n.) 6)

Good friends make good neighbors (friend 86)

Good pastures make fat sheep (pasture 2)

Good goods make small parcels (good (adj.) 18)

Great ambitions make great men (ambition 18)

Green wood makes a hot fire (wood 5)

Hasty bird makes hasty nest (bird 19)

Light gains make a heavy purse (gain (n.) 12)

Lightest suppers make long lives (supper 4)

Lightsome songs make a merry gait (song 4)

Little brooks make great rivers (brook 2)

Little streams make big rivers (stream 7)

Long faces make short lives (face (n.) 17)

Long sleep makes a bare back (sleep (n.) 2)

Many a shabby colt makes a fine horse (colt 2)

Motherless husband makes happy wife (husband 11)

New lairds make new laws (lord 1)

Present neglect makes future regret (neglect (n.) 3)

Quick returns make rich merchants (return (n.))

Raw dabs make fat lads (dab)

Reckless youth makes rueful age (youth 11)

Shirtsleeves make the best uniform (shirtsleeve 2)

Short accounts make long friends (account 3)

Short reckonings make long friends (reckoning)

Short rents make careless tenants (rent 2)

Short visits make long friends (visit (n.) 3)

Simple diet makes healthy children (diet 2)

Smooth words make smooth ways (word 46)

Soft fire makes sweet malt (fire 38)

Soft jobs make soft people (job 16)

Straight folk never make broken promises (folk 7)

The calmest husbands make the stormiest wives (husband 14)

The great man makes the great thing (great (adj.) 11)

The lazy lad makes a stark old man (lad)

The sweetest wine makes the sharpest vinegar (wine 10)

Undutiful children make wretched parents (children 22)

Unquiet meals make ill digestions (meal (repast) 2)

Wanton kittens may make sober cats (kitten 3)

Willful waste makes woeful want (waste (n.))

Willful ways make woeful want (way 27)

Wrinkled purses make wrinkled faces (purse 14)

X makes / does not make Y [Adj]

Delivery makes the deed valid (delivery)

Grumbling makes the loaf no larger (grumbling)

Labor makes life sweet (labor (n.) 10)

Misfortunes make us wise (misfortune 5)

A rotten apple doesn't make the whole barrel bad (apple 12)

Strife makes friendship stronger (strife)

The truth shall make you free (truth 38)

[Adj] X makes / does not make Y [Adj]

A golden bit does not make the horse any better (bit (horse))

A strong body makes the mind strong (body 2)

A tall tree makes a squirrel saucy (tree 7)

A fair fire makes a room gay (fire 2)

An evil heart can make any doctrine heretical (heart 27)

Apologies don't never make nothin' no better (apology 1)

Empty smokehouse makes de pullet holler (smokehouse)

X [Vb-ed] makes / does not make Y [Adj]

Hope deferred makes the heart sick (hope (n.) 13)

An empty ~ shallow X makes the most ~ a lot of noise

A babbling brook makes much noise (brook 1)

A hollow drum makes the most noise (drum 1)

An empty barrel makes the most noise (barrel 1)

An empty can makes a lot of noise (can (n.))

An empty gourd makes the most noise (gourd)

An empty kettle makes the most noise (kettle 3)

Empty casks make the most noise (cask 2)

Shallow streams make the most noise (stream 9)

The emptiest vessel makes the most noise (vessel (container) 5)

The empty bowl makes the most noise. (bowl (n.))

The empty pail makes the most noise (pail)

The empty wagon makes the most noise (wagon 3)

X ~ [Adj] X makes many friends

Liberal hands make many friends (liberal)

Wealth makes many friends (wealth 19)

[Adv] X makes Y

Many a mickle makes a muckle (mickle)

Many drops of water make an ocean (drop (n.) 5; ocean)

Many small makes a great (small (n.))

[Adv] X makes Y [Adj]

Many cares make the head white (care (n.) 14)

[Adv] X makes [Adj] Y

Many hands make light work (hand 31)

X [Adj] makes Y [Adv]

Feast today makes fast tomorrow (feast (n.) 2)

X makes / does not make Y [Vb]

Beauty doesn't make the pot boil (beauty 4)

Talking will not make the pot boil (talk (n.) 1; talking 5)

Fair words make the pot boil (word 27)

Love makes the world go round (love (n.) 75)

Money makes a man laugh (money 49)

Money makes the ball roll (money 50)

Money makes the mare go (money 51)

Money makes the pot boil (money 52)

Money makes the wheels go round (money 53)

Money makes the world go round (money 54)

Talking will not make the pot boil (talk (n.) 1; talking 5)

Vice makes virtue shine (vice 8; vice 9)

Wealth makes wit waver (wealth 20)

X makes / does not make [Adj] Y [Vb]

Necessity makes a naked woman spin (necessity 11)

Need makes a naked man run (need (n.) 1)

Need makes the old wife trot (need (n.) 2)

X makes Y [Vb] Z

Whiskey make rabbit hug lion (whiskey 3)

[Adj] X makes / does not make Y [Vb]

A full purse makes a mouth speak (purse 2)

A gentle word will make the argument stand (word 2)

Chattering won't make the pot boil (chattering)

Good liquor will make a cat speak (liquor 1)

Nightly prayer makes the day to shine (prayer 3)

The last drop makes the cup turn over (drop (n.) 9)

X makes / does not make Y [Vb] [Adj]

Success makes a fool seem wise (success 33)

X makes Y Z

Illness makes a man a scoundrel (illness 1)

[Adj] X makes Y Z

Mighty hopes make us men (hope (n.) 34)

X makes [Adj] Y Z

Guilt makes the bravest man a coward (guilt 3)

[Adj] X makes Y Z

A cheerful look makes a dish a feast (cheerful; look (n.) 1)

[Num] X make / do not make [Num] Y

A thousand probabilities do not make one truth (probability 1)

One X... – @

One coward makes ten (coward 10)

One drop of liquor makes two drips (drop (n.) 7)

One flower makes no garland (flower 12)

One fool is enough in a house (fool (n.) 138)

One fool makes many (fool (n.) 139)

One actor cannot make a play (actor)

One man does not make a team (man 201)

One man with courage makes a majority (courage 18)

One stone does not make a wall (stone 13)

One swallow does not make a summer (swallow (n.))

One wedding makes another (wedding)

Two X's... – @

Two blacks don't make a white (black (n.) 3)

Two empty packing boxes make the most noise, but the squeaky wheel gets the grease (box 1)

Two hearts never beat the same (heart 81)

Two in distress make sorrow less (distress 2)

Two in distress make trouble less (two 2)

Two under an umbrella makes the third a wet fellow (umbrella 3)

Two wrongs do not make a right (wrong (n.) 12)

Two yeses make a positive (yes)

@ – other structures containing numerals

Grief makes one hour ten (grief 5)

Nine tailors make a man (tailor 2)

Six feet of earth makes all men equal (earth 3)

Six feet under makes all men equal (man 207)

@ – parallelled subjects

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy (work (n.) 3)

Always being up in the air and harping doesn't make one an angel (angel 1)

Care and not the fine stables makes the good horse (care (n.) 5)

Lunatics and fools make bad witnesses (lunatic 1)

Men, not gold, make a nation (man 169)

Not what we give, but what we share makes us great (give 10)

Soap and water will not make a Negro's face white (soap 2)

The guilt and not the gallows makes the shame of evil fellows (guilt 8)

Thirteen staves and never a hoop will not make a barrel (barrel 4; stave)

Trials break little men but make great ones (trial 4)

@ – parallelled predicates

A good cause makes a stout heart and a strong arm (cause 3; heart 7)

Absence kills a little love but makes the big ones grow (absence 5)

Adversity makes a man wise, but not rich (adversity 12)

Age makes a man white but not better (age (lifespan) 9)

Age mellows some people; others it makes rotten (age (lifespan) 10)

Anger makes a rich man hated and a poor man scorned (anger 18)

Anger makes dull men witty but keeps them poor (anger 19)

Business makes a man as well as tries him (business 11)

Compromise makes a good umbrella but a poor roof (compromise 1)

Corn makes mo' at de mill dan it does in de crib (corn 2)

Delays are dangerous, but they make things sure (delay (n.) 5)

Drink does not drown care, but waters it and makes it grow faster (drink (n.) 2)

Gluttony makes the body sting as well as the pocket (gluttony 2)

Heavy burdens kill little people, but they make great ones (burden (n.) 7)

Law often codifies disorder and makes madness legal (law 10)

Learning makes a good man better and a bad man worse (learning 6)

Old age makes us wiser and more foolish (old (adj.) 11)

One does not make friends; one recognizes them (friend 142)

Praise makes a good man better and a bad man worse (praise (n.) 8)

Nature makes women to be won and men to win (nature 13)

Reputation is hard to make and easy to lose (reputation 9)

Success makes fools admired, makes villains honest (success 34)

The future joy makes the past and the present bearable (joy 17)

You can... but you cannot... – @

You can lead a boy to college, but you can't make him think (boy 35)

You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink (horse 73)

You can lead a pig to water, but you can't make him drink (pig 22)

You can lead a student to college, but you cannot make him think (student 2)

You can make the forenoon, but God almighty makes the afternoon (forenoon)

You can send a man to school, but you can't make him learn (school 4)

Recurrent members in both:

Lime and lime without manure makes the farmer rich and the son poor (lime)

@ – full parallelism

A small debt makes a debtor, a heavy one an enemy (debt 3)

A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother (son 6)

Adversity makes men; prosperity, monsters (adversity 13)

Sloth makes all things difficult, but industry makes all things easy (industry 1; sloth 5)

Any fool may make money, but it takes a wise man to keep it (fool (n.) 48)

Any jackass can make money; it takes a wise man to keep it (jackass 2)

Content makes poor men rich; discontent makes rich men poor (content (n.) 4)

Fools make feasts and wise men eat them (fool (n.) 77)

Fortune makes friends; misfortune tries them (fortune 26)

Good harvests make men prodigal, bad ones provident (harvest 1)

Happiness makes health; health makes more happiness (happiness 29)

Haste makes waste, and waste makes want (haste 4)

Learned men make the calendar, but God makes the weather (calendar 1)

Love makes time pass; time makes love pass (love (n.) 76)

Money mars and money makes (money 55)

Nothing is evil but thinking makes it so (evil (adj.) 2)

One foolish act may undo a man, and a timely one make his fortune (act (n.) 4)

One tree can make a million matches, and one match can destroy a million trees (tree 32)

Only a fool makes the same mistake twice (fool (n.) 143)

Prosperity makes friends; adversity tries them (prosperity 8)

Reading makes a full man, conference a ready man, writing an exact man (reading 3)

Riches make friends, and adversity proves them (riches 12)

Sloth makes all things difficult, but industry makes all things easy (industry 1; sloth 5)

Some books leave us free and some books make us free (book 29)

Some days you can't make a cent and the next day you spend it (cent 2)

Stone walls do not a prison make, nor iron bars a cage (wall 5)

Success makes success as money makes money (success 35)

The almanac writer makes the almanac, but God makes the weather (almanac 1)

The Lord makes a man, but the wife makes a husband (Lord 6)

The man with the worst cause makes the most noise (cause 10)

The statesman makes the occasion, but the occasion makes the politician (statesman)

There are nine ways to make a law, ten ways to break a law, and eleven ways to live within the law (law 24)

There is always room for a man of force, and he makes room for many (force (n.) 4)

Trifles make perfection, but perfection is no trifle (trifle 3)

Trivials make perfection, but perfection isn't trivial (trivial)

Weak men wait for opportunities; strong men make them (weak (adj.) 5)

Worth makes the man and want of it the fellow (worth (n.) 10)

@ – other more complex or exceptional structures

X of Y... – @

Change of pasture makes fat calves (change (n.) 3; pasture 1)

Change of scenery makes for health (change (n.) 4)

Love of wit makes no man rich (wit 9)

The eye of the housewife makes the cat fat (housewife 1)

The fear of God makes the heart shine (fear (n.) 19)

The pleasures of youth make the pains of old age (pleasure 21)

The daughter of a spry old woman makes a poor housekeeper (daughter 8; housekeeper 2)

@

A long face makes a long road seem twice as long (face (n.) 6)

A man makes of himself what he will (man 32)

A man's gift makes room for him (gift 5)

Six green apples a day make the doctor stay (apple 2)

Application in youth makes old age comfortable (youth 3)

Brushin' aginst dirt don't make you any cleaner (dirt 2)

Bullets through the heart make a dead echo (bullet 1)

Careless shepherds make many a feast for the wolf (careless 4)

Cleaning a blot with dirty fingers only makes a greater smear (blot)

Clipping a tiger's claws never makes him lose his taste for blood (tiger 1)

Company in misery makes it light (company 5)

Comparisons make enemies of our friends (comparison 2)

Conscience makes cowards of us all (conscience 16)

Crowning a clown won't make him a king (clown 3; crowning)

Diligent study makes for a full cup of life's pleasures (study (n.))

Each man makes his own shipwreck (shipwreck 1)

Fine clothes do not make the gentleman, except when he travels abroad (clothes 7)

God makes a nest for the blind bird (God 2; nest 2)

Good bakers always make plenty of dough (baker)

Idleness in youth makes way for a painful and miserable old age (idleness 5)

It will never, never go to make two breads from one dough (bread 22)

Lawsuits were invented to make lawyers rich (lawsuit 3)

Learning makes a man fit company for himself (learning 7)

Little wit in the head makes much work for the feet (wit 8)

Love cures the very wound it makes (love (n.) 33)

Man's inhumanity to man makes countless thousands mourn (inhumanity)

'Most kill bird don't make stew (almost 5; bird 26)

Most people make many remarks without saying anything remarkable (remark 2)

Noble ancestry makes a poor dish at the table (ancestry)

Order makes for peace (order (tidiness) 4)

Oversleeping will never make your dreams come true (oversleeping)

Puttin' a handle on the gourd don't make it no dipper (handle (n.) 2)

Puttin' feathers on a buzzard don't make it no eagle (feather (n.) 7)

Puttin' feathers on a buzzard won't make it no eagle (buzzard 4)

Quacks use their skill to make sound men sick and ill men dead (quack)

Real talent never makes a fool of itself (talent 2)

Resembling the great in some ways does not make us equally great (great (n.) 2)

Rooster makes more racket dan de hen w'at lay de aig (rooster 3)

The whole ocean is made up of little drops (drop (n.) 5; ocean)

The worst wheel of the cart makes the most noise (wheel 11)

Time makes turncoats of us all (time 87)

Vice makes virtue look well to its anchors (vice 8)

Want makes strife between man and wife (want (n.) 6)

Wide experience makes for deep tolerance (experience 25)

Wine makes all sorts of creatures at the table (wine 19)

Wise use of time will make for wiser living (time 105)

@ – Endrhyme

A drop of ink may make a million think (ink 1)

A fence between makes friends more keen (fence (n.) 1)

A laugh a day makes the world seem gay (laugh (n.) 1)

A little bit of powder and a little bit of paint makes a woman look like what she ain't (powder 1)

An early start and a steady pace make the slowest win the race (start (n.) 2)

Cider makes the belly wider (cider 1)

Company in distress makes trouble less (company 4)

Conditions make; conditions break (condition 3)

Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise (bed 3)

Going fishing without beer makes the day last a year (fishing 1)

Mutual assistance in despair will make the ugly world more fair (assistance 2)

Rain in May makes the hay (rain (n.) 13)

Round Robin Hood's barn makes a tedious yarn (barn 7)

Said first and thought after makes many a disaster (say 11)

A steady drop makes a hole in a rock (drop (n.) 8)

Work well done makes pleasure more fun (work (n.) 45)

@ – It takes X ~ ... to make Y (take + make!)

It takes a year to make a friend (friend 117)

It takes all kinds of people to make a world (kind (n.) 2)

It takes all kinds of people to make the world (people 10)

It takes all kinds of trees to make a forest (tree 26)

It takes all sorts of folks to make up the world (folk 3)

It takes all sorts to make up the world (all 17)

It takes children to make a happy home (children 16)

It takes more than a robin to make spring (robin)

It takes more than crossing an ocean to make a missionary (missionary)

It takes three generations to make a gentleman (generation 2)

48)

It takes two to make a fight (fight (n.) 1)

It takes two to make a fuss (fuss 2)

It takes two to make a quarrel (quarrel (n.) 9)

It takes two to start an argument (argument 6)

It takes two old women to make a cheese: one to hold and the other to squeeze (cheese 6; woman

It takes years to make a friend, but minutes to lose one (friend 119)

make + take – @

Storms make oaks take deeper root (storm 5)

can(not) make X out of Y

A good companion makes heaven out of hell (companion 2)

String cannot be made from stone (string (n.) 3)

You cain't make a runnin' hoss outer a jackass (horse 71)

You can't make a cigar out of a pig's tail (cigar)

You can't make a crooked stick lay straight (stick (n.) 9)

You can't make a good cloak out of bad cloth (cloak 3)

You can't make a good coat out of bad wool (coat 9)

You can't make a racehorse out of a mule (racehorse 2)

You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear (purse 15)

You can't make a whistle out of a pig's tail (whistle (n.) 2)

can(not) – @

Some days you can't make a dollar (day 32)

Sour grapes can never make sweet wine (grape 1)

You cannot make a cheap palace (palace)

You can't make a hog without a pig to start with (hog (n.) 10)

You can't make bricks without straw (brick)

You can't make hay where the grass won't grow (hay 3)

You can't stick a feather in a frog's tail and make a peacock out of it (feather (n.) 12)

You may lead a mule to water, but you can't make him drink (mule 8)

A hen is the only animal that can lay around and make money (hen 5)

Too much ~ many X makes... – @

Too many books make us ignorant (book 35)

Too many hands in the pot make poor soup (hand 55)

Too much bed makes a dull head (bed 8)

Too much plenty makes mouth dainty (plenty 2)

Too much prosperity makes most men fools (fool (n.) 164; prosperity 9)

make + hard

It's hard to make a friend but easy to make an enemy (friend 120)

make + except

Nothing can sit still and make a profit except a hen (hen 18; profit (n.) 5)

Nothing can sit still and make a profit except a hen (hen 18; profit (n.) 5)

make / symmetric implicative

The day that makes us happy makes us wise (day 38)

The world is what people make it (world 22)

There is a destiny that makes us brothers (destiny 4)

breed

X breeds (no) Y

Age breeds aches (age (lifespan) 3)

Delay breeds loss (delay (n.) 2)

Candor breeds hatred (candor 1)

Equality breeds no war (equality 2)

Failure breeds failure (failure 3)

Familiarity breeds contempt (familiarity)

Greed breeds contempt (greed 1)

Idleness breeds trouble (idleness 3)

Ignorance breeds impudence (ignorance 6)

Inactivity breeds ignorance (inactivity)

Indolence breeds misery (indolence)

Innocence breeds confidence (innocence)

Intimacy breeds contempt (intimacy 1)

Invention breeds invention (invention 1)

Leisure breeds lust (leisure 2)

Sloth breeds poverty (sloth 1)

Suspicion breeds phantoms (suspicion 2)

The like breeds the like (like (n.) 4)

Tyranny breeds deceit (tyranny)

@ – various additions

A busy mind breeds no evil (mind 1)

A little neglect may breed great mischief (neglect (n.) 1)

A shady lane breeds mud (lane 1)

Little wrongs breed great evils (wrong (n.) 4)

Old sins breed new shame (sin (n.) 12)

One error breeds more (error 9)

One evil breeds another (evil (n.) 31)

Too much force breeds suspicion (force (n.) 5)

Women's jars breed men's wars (jar)

Parallelistic forms – @

A jest is received in good spirit; a jeer breeds ill will (jest (n.) 2)

Birth is much, but breeding is more (birth 2)

Peace feeds, war wastes; peace breeds, war consumes (peace 12)

Violence breeds hatred, and hatred dissension (violence 2)

beget

X begets (no) Y

Confidence begets confidence (confidence 1)

Contradiction begets heat (contradiction 1)

Danger begets caution (danger 5)

Kindness always begets kindness (kindness 8)

Like begets like (like (n.) 3)

Money begets money (money 19)

@ – various additions

Living in luxury begets lustful desires (living 3; luxury 3)

New dishes beget new appetites (appetite 8)

One piece of knave begets another (knave 8)

War begets no good offspring (war 13)

Parallelistic a.o. more complex forms – @

A lie begets a lie until they become a generation (lie (n.) 2)

Cash begets cash as credit begets creditors (cash 3)

Flattery begets friends, but the truth begets enmity (flattery 4)

Insult begets insult as bugs beget bugs (insult 3)

Punctuality begets confidence and is the sure path to honor and respect (punctuality 1)

Satiety causes disgust; abundance begets indifference (satiety 1)

bring

X (never) brings Y

Caution never brings regrets (caution 4)

Diligence brings delight (dignity diligence1)

Kindness brings happiness (kindness 10)

Talk brings on talk (talk (n.) 8)

Obscurity often brings safety (obscurity)

Wisdom brings knowledge (wisdom 14)

[Adj] X brings [Adj] Y

A small injury often brings great woe (injury 1)

A warm March will bring a cold April (March 1)

April showers bring May flowers (April 3; shower 4)

False fancy brings real misery (fancy (n.) 2)

Good counsel brings good fruit (counsel (n.) 7)

Short pleasure often brings long repentance (pleasure 16)

Sudden trust brings sudden repentance (trust (n.) 2)

([Adj]) X brings Y to ~ on ~ ... Z ~ [Adv: loc]

A proud woman brings distress on her family (proud (adj.) 2)

Misunderstanding brings lies to town (lie (n.) 23; misunderstanding)

Night brings out the stars (night 2)

Night brings the cows home (cow 18; night 3)

Slow wind also brings the ship to harbor (wind 14)

The evening brings all home (evening 3)

The she-goat brings no sheep into the world (sheep 10)

Time brings everything to light (time 54)

@

A humble position often brings safety (position 1)

Faithfulness to duty brings rewards (faithfulness 2)

Ingratitude sometimes brings its own punishment (ingratitude 2)

Life on the dole brings sadness to the soul (dole)

One hard word brings another (hard 4; word 43)

The hasty bitch brings forth blind puppies (bitch)

The tear of sympathy brings its own relief (tear (n.) 15)

To open a book brings profit (book 34)

Tongue double brings trouble (tongue 44)

Truth always brings division between right and wrong (truth 43)

Parallelistic a.o. more complex forms (+ sometimes rhyme)

A misty winter brings a pleasant spring; a pleasant winter, a misty spring (winter (n.) 3)

April wet or April dry always brings a head of rye (April 4)

Evening red and morning gray will send the sailor on his way, but evening gray and morning red will bring rain down upon his head (evening 2)

Every pint of March dust brings a peck of September corn and a pound of 'tober cotton (dust 2)

Labor brings pleasure, idleness, and pain (labor (n.) 5)

Unsullied poverty is always happy, while impure wealth brings with it many sorrows (poverty 30)

Wet April brings milk to the cows and sheep (April 10)

Wine on beer brings good cheer; beer on wine is not so fine (beer 1; wine 20)

Woman brings to man the greatest blessing and the greatest plague (woman 82)

give

A fool may give a wise man counsel (fool (n.) 18)

A lie will give blossom but no fruit (lie (n.) 10)

A smile costs nothing but gives much (smile (n.) 1)

A stingy man gives an egg to get a chicken (egg 3; stingy 1)

An adviser may give you a helping hand to the poorhouse (adviser 3)

An enemy may chance to give good counsel (enemy 7)

Bold flattery gives an impression of insincerity (flattery 2)

Dreams give wings to fools (dream (n.) 4)

Elbow grease gives the best polish (elbow grease)

Everyone gives a push to a tumbling wall (wall 3)

Great events give scope for great virtues (event 2)

Poverty gives a man strange bedfellows (poverty 10)

Silence gives consent (silence 3)

Sincerity gives wings to power (sincerity 1)

The candle does not give light to itself (candle 6)

The consciousness of duty performed gives us music at midnight (consciousness)

The fat ox in the stall gives no thought to the hungry as they pass by (ox 7)

Truth gives a short answer, but lies go round about (truth 51)

We give and grow (give 12)

Parallelistic a.o. more complex forms

Business whets the appetite and gives a relish to pleasure (business 14)

Charity gives itself rich; covetousness hoards itself poor (charity 3)

Courage conquers all things; it even gives strength to the body (courage 5)

Fate gives us parents; choice gives us friends (fate 3)

Fools give parties; sensible people go to them (fool (n.) 74)

God gives us relatives; thank God we can choose our friends (relative 2)

Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others (action 19)

Man gets and forgets; woman gives and forgives (man 125)

Relatives take the greatest liberties and give the least assistance (relative 6)

The cow gives a good pail of milk and then kicks it over (cow 20)

We may give advice, but we cannot give conduct (advice 39)

cause (verb)

A common danger causes common action (danger 1)

A forgotten switch may cause a wreck (switch)

A man may cause even his own dog to bite him (dog 30)

A rose leaf on the "beaker's brim" causes the overflow of the cup (cup 2)

A rose leaf on the beaker's brim causes the overflow of the cup (leaf 1)

A small stone in shoe causes large pain in foot (stone 4)

Careless hurry may cause endless regret (careless 2; hurry (n.) 2)

Great pains cause us to forget the small ones (pain (n.) 4)

Misfortunes cause queer bedfellows (misfortune 4)

One wrong thought may cause a lifelong regret (thought (n.) 13)

Silence and reflection cause dejection (silence 2)

Sluggards cause their own misfortune (sluggard 2)

The only thing a heated argument ever produced is coolness (argument 13)

Too many commanders cause confusion in the ranks (commander)

Parallelistic a.o. more complex forms

Disputing and borrowing cause grief and sorrowing (disputing 2)

Satiety causes disgust; abundance begets indifference (satiety 1)

produce

A bramble does not produce grapes (bramble 1)

A closed book does not produce a learned man (book 4)

A harvest of peace is produced from a seed of contentment (peace 3)

A mischievous plot may produce a good end (plot 1)

A tragic plot may produce a comic conclusion (plot 2)

Arms without laws produce slavery (arms 1)

Assiduity produces glory and fame (assiduity)

Ill manners produce good laws (manners 3)

Little drops produce a shower (drop (n.) 4)

Wealth may not produce civilization, but civilization produces money (wealth 22)

provoke

One sin another does provoke (sin (n.) 14)

invite (to)

A bad padlock invites a picklock (padlock)

A careless watch invites the vigilant foe (careless 1; watch (n., guard))

A sealed door invites a thief (door 3)

A wicked companion invites us all to hell (companion 4)

Impunity always invites to greater crime (impunity)

Patience under old injuries invites new ones (patience 23)

The hole invites the thief (hole 8)

lead (to)

(All / No) X leads to Y

All roads lead to Rome (road 2)

Idleness leads to failure (idleness 14)

Hitches lead to stitches (hitch (n.))

(@) X leads to (@) Y

Bad actions lead to worse reactions (action 15)

A joyous evening often leads to a sorrowful morning (evening 1)

Earnest effort leads to success (effort 1)

False confidence often leads to disaster (confidence 4)

Puppy love leads to a dog's life (love (n.) 93)

Self-conceit may lead to self-destruction (conceit 9)

Self-conceit often leads to self-destruction (self-conceit 2)

The paths of glory lead to the grave (glory (n.) 11)

Trifles lead to serious matters (trifle 2)

One X leads to another

One drink leads to another (drink (n.) 6)

One falsehood leads to another (falsehood 5)

One lie leads to another (lie (n.) 27)

Varia

Easy street never leads anywhere (street 2)

Every path leads two ways (path 4)

No flowery road leads to glory (flower 18; glory (n.) 6; road 15)

The road of by-and-by leads to the town of never (road 25)

There is no pathway of flowers leading to glory (flower 18; glory (n.) 6)

Parallelistic a.o. more complex forms

Destiny leads the willing but drags the unwilling (destiny 2)

Foolish curiosity and vanity often lead to misfortune (curiosity 3)

Ignorance leads men into a party, and shame keeps them from getting out again (ignorance 18)

Jealousy leads to folly and injustice (jealousy 3)

Pomp ruins families and leads to the corruption of manners (pomp)

Endrhyme

Greed to need does surely lead (greed 5)

send (to)

Evening red and morning gray will send the sailor on his way, but evening gray and morning red will bring rain down upon his head (evening 2)

For a web begun, God sends thread (web 1)

God never sends mouths but he sends meat (God 13)

God sends every bird its food, but he does not throw it into the nest (God 17)

God sends meat, and the devil sends cooks (God 18)

Heaven sends us good meat, but the devil sends cooks (heaven 10)

The bell sends others to church but itself never minds the sermon (bell (n.) 5)

The Lord sends sun at one time, rain at another (Lord 10)

You may choose your friends; your family is thrust upon you (friend 191)

spring (from)

A good deed may spring from a bad source (deed 5)

Fear always springs from ignorance (fear (n.) 3)

Good laws spring from bad morals (law 3)

Hope springs eternal in the human breast (hope (n.) 31)

Hope springs eternal in the human heart (heart 43)

Lilies don't spring from thistles (lily 2)

Real glory springs from the silent conquest of ourselves (glory (n.) 8)

Trouble springs from idleness (idleness 3; trouble (n.) 32)

follow(ed by) jts.

A day off is usually followed by an off day (day 3)

Sunshine always follows rain (rain (n.) 4)

Fame always follows virtuous and glorious actions (fame 3)

One extreme follows another (extreme 2)

Reflection insures safety, but rashness is followed by regrets (reflection)

Shame generally follows vice (shame (n.) 3)

Smoke follows beauty (beauty 39; smoke (n.) 3)

Smoke follows beauty (beauty 39; smoke (n.) 3)

Sun follows the rain (sun 12)

Sunshine follows rain (sunshine 5)

Assuming, needing

it takes

It takes X to... – @ (simplex forms)

Forever and ever it takes a pound to fight a pound (pound)

It is a cunning part to play the fool well (fool (n.) 116)

It takes a bore to know a bore (bore (n.) 2)

It takes a crank to start the wheel (crank)

It takes a crook to catch a crook (crook 4)

It takes a fool to know a fool (fool (n.) 123)

It takes a full bag to stand alone (bag 2)

It takes a heap of living to make a home (living 2)

It takes a lean dog for a long race (dog 75)

It takes a lean horse to win a long race (horse 11)

It takes a level head to win (head 24)

It takes a liar to call someone a liar (liar 7)

It takes a lot of loving to make a home (loving (n.) 2)

It takes a rat to catch a rat (rat 3)

It takes a rogue to catch a rogue (rogue 4)

It takes a smart woman to be a fool (fool (n.) 116; fool (n.) 124; woman 46)

It takes a snake to catch a snake (snake 3)

It takes a thief to catch a thief (thief 9)

It takes a wise man to be a fool (wise (adj.) 32)

It takes a wise man to find a wise man (wise (adj.) 33)

It takes a wise woman to be an old maid (woman 47)

It takes a year to make a friend (friend 117)

It takes a young horse to do what an old horse can't (horse 48)

It takes all kinds of people to make a world (kind (n.) 2)

It takes all kinds of people to make the world (people 10)

It takes all kinds of trees to make a forest (tree 26)

It takes all sorts of folks to make up the world (folk 3)

It takes all sorts to make up the world (all 17)

It takes children to make a happy home (children 16)

It takes dough to have crust (crust 1; dough)

It takes dough to have crust (crust 1; dough)

It takes little effort to watch a man carry a load (effort 2)

It takes more than a robin to make spring (robin)

It takes more than crossing an ocean to make a missionary (missionary)

It takes only a little trouble to get in a lot of it (trouble (n.) 9)

It takes the foolish to confound the wise (foolish (n.) 2)

It takes three generations to make a gentleman (generation 2)

It takes two to make a fight (fight (n.) 1)

It takes two to make a fuss (fuss 2)

It takes two to make a quarrel (quarrel (n.) 9)

It takes two to start an argument (argument 6)

It takes years to make a friend, but minutes to lose one (friend 119)

It takes X to... – @ (complex forms)

A child learns to talk in about two years, but it takes about sixty years for him to learn to keep his mouth shut (child 4)

A dead fish can float downstream, but it takes a live one to swim upstream (fish (n.) 1)

Any old horse can fart in the morning, but it takes a good horse to fart at night after a good day's work (horse 19)

Anyone can go downstream, but it takes a real man to go upstream (downstream)

Dirt is cheap; it takes money to buy wool (dirt 4)

Face powder may win a man, but it takes baking powder to hold him (powder 2)

It takes a lifetime to build up a character, but you can lose it in a very short time (character 14)

It takes a lot of bolts to hold a car together, but only one nut to scatter it all over the highway (bolt)

It takes half of our lives to learn who our friends are and the other half to keep them (friend 118)

It takes two old women to make a cheese: one to hold and the other to squeeze (cheese 6; woman 48)

It takes two to speak truth: one to speak and another to hear (truth 17)

need (affirmative and negative forms separated)

Affirmations – @

A bald head needs a new wig (head 2)

Great ships need deep waters (ship 2)

A liar needs a good memory (liar 4)

A scary horse needs a stout bridle (horse 14)

An old cow needs her tail more than once (cow 6)

Every ship needs a captain (ship 7)

Good workmen need good tools (workman 7)

It needs great wisdom to play the fool (wisdom 7)

Much rust needs a rough file (rust (n.) 1)

Quick believers need broad shoulders (believer 2)

Sin concealed needs two forgivings (sin (n.) 16)

Negations – @

A blind man needs no looking glass (blind (adj.) 5)

A clean hand needs no washing (hand 2)

A good face needs no paint (face (n.) 4)

A good paymaster needs no security (paymaster 2)

A good shop needs no sign (shop 1)

A guilty conscience needs no accuser (conscience 8)

A kind face needs no bond (face (n.) 5)

An empty corncrib needs no roof (corncrib)

An empty house needs no roof (house 11; roof 1)

Weeds need no sowing (weed 4)

A lost temper needs no advertising (temper (n.) 1)

A skillful cheater needs no assistance (cheater 1)

A true word needs no oath (word 10)

An old fox needs not to be taught tricks (fox 4)

Good wine needs no bush (wine 4)

Gossip needs no carriage (gossip (n.) 4)

Lucky men need no counsel (lucky 5)

No one needs a calendar to die (calendar 2)

Nothing can ever need a lie (nothing 10)

Success never needs an excuse (success 36)

The artist needs no religion beyond his work (artist 8)

The blind man's wife needs no painting (blind (adj.) 10)

The gallant man needs no drums to rouse him (gallant)

The good-looking woman needs no paint (woman 62)

Truth fears no colors (truth 48)

Weeds need no sowing (weed 4)

You need not grease a fat sow (sow (n.) 5)

Parallelistic a.o. more complex forms

A blonde needs just enough perfume for you to know that she's around (blonde 1)

Age needs a critic, youth a model (age (lifespan) 11)

An innocent man needs no loudspeaker: his life speaks for itself (innocent 1)

Good actions speak for themselves; they need no tin horn (action 20)

In argument men need light, not heat (argument 2)

Industry need not wish (industry 8)

Many receive advice, but only the wise profit from it (advice 30)

The buyer needs a thousand eyes; the seller wants but one (buyer 2)

want

A good pie wants no bread (pie 1)

A good head does not want for hats (head 4)

A tyrant never wants a plea (tyrant 2)

Appetite furnishes the best sauce (appetite 4)

Brave actions never want a trumpet (action 16)

Busybodies never want a bad day (busybodies)

Command wants no equal (command (n.) 2)

Every age wants its playthings (age (era) 2)

Everybody wants a little cheap attention once in a while (attention 2)

Malice seldom wants a mark to shoot at (malice 3)

Old foxes want no tutors (fox 11)

People in hell want ice water, too (hell 13)

People in hell want ice water (people 18)

Poverty wants many things, but covetousness all (covetousness 2; poverty 27)

Poverty wants some things, luxury many things, avarice all things (poverty 27)

The buyer needs a thousand eyes; the seller wants but one (buyer 2)

Weeds need no sowing (weed 4)

Knowing, identifying, believing etc.

X knows / does not ~ can(not) know (X of ~ ...) ...

(@) X knows his ~ its (own) Y

A dog knows his own master (dog 14; dog 37)

A wise dog knows its master (dog 37)

The heart knows its own bitterness (heart 70)

(@) X knows Y of Z

A foolish woman knows a foolish man's heart (foolish (adj.) 2)

An old broom knows the corners of a house (broom 4)

(@) X knows no(t) ~ does not know Y (of Z)

A beggar ennobled does not know his own kinsman (beggar 2)

A dog with a bone knows no friend (dog 22)

A rich man knows not his friends (rich (adj.) 8)

A stiff prick knows no conscience (prick 1)

Ambition knows no obstacles (ambition 11)

Hunger knows no friend (hunger 9)

Love knows no boundaries (love (n.) 65)

Love knows no jealousy (love (n.) 66)

Love knows no season (love (n.) 68)

Necessity knows no law (necessity 10)

X knows best

Father knows best (father 6)

Mother knows best (mother 4)

X knows itts way...

An old horse always knows its way home (horse 16)

The horse knows the way to his own stable (horse 60)

@

Every cook knows to lick her own fingers (cook (n.) 3)

No one knows the weight of another's burden (weight 1)

One rogue knows another (rogue 10)

Rats know the way of rats (rat 5)

The best judge knows the least (judge (n.) 4)

Through yourself you know others (yourself 8)

You never know the luck of a lousy calf (calf 7)

Parallelistic a.o. more complex forms

A good girl always gets caught; a bad girl knows how to avoid it (girl 3)

A man knows his companions in a long journey and a small inn (companion 3)

A new broom sweeps clean (broom 2)

A thief knows a thief as a wolf knows a wolf (thief 2)

A tyrant never knows true friendship nor perfect liberty (tyrant 1)

A wise man knows his own ignorance; a fool thinks he knows (wise (adj.) 11)

Any fool knows his mother, but 'tis a wise man that can tell who his father is (fool (n.) 46)

Fortune knows neither reason nor law (fortune 25)

Love knows no obstacles and grows with them (love (n.) 67)

Most of us know how to say nothing; few of us know when (know 20)

Necessity knows no law, but it is intimately acquainted with many lawyers (law 16; necessity 10)

None know the unfortunate, and the fortunate do not know themselves (unfortunate 3)

Patriotism knows neither latitude nor longitude; it is not climatic (patriotism 2)

The ox knows his owner, and the ass his master's crib (ox 8)

The young folks think the old folks are fools, but the old folks know the young folks are fools (young (adj.) 12)

The young know everything, the middleaged suspect everything, and the old believe everything (young (n.) 3)

We know the effects of many things but the causes of few (effect)

The aged knows; the young supposes (aged)

Endrhyme

Man's ambition knows no bars: with vision he carves his way through hardships to the stars (ambition 21)

You can(not) know X by Y ~ X is ~ can(not) be known by ... ~ in ~ until

A fool is known by his conversation (fool (n.) 13)

A fool's voice is known by a multitude of words (voice 1)

A lady is known by the product she endorses (lady 2)

A man is known by his friends (friend 29)

A man is known by the company he keeps (man 23)

A man is known by the company that he organized (company 2)

A man is known by the paper he pays for (man 24; paper 1)

A tree is known by its fruit (tree 9)

A workman is known by his chips (workman 3)

A workman may be known by his tools (workman 4)

By their fruits you shall know them (fruit 2)

Even a child makes himself known by his doings (child 12)

Every bird is known by its feathers (bird 14)

Every pumpkin is known by its stem (pumpkin 1)

One is known by the company he keeps (company 13)

The good seaman is known in bad weather (seaman)

The worth of a thing is best known by its want (worth (n.) 6)

Wealth is best known by want (wealth 15)

You are known by the books you read (book 37)

You may know by the handful the whole sack (handful)

Parallelistic a.o. more complex forms

A bird is known by his note and a man by his talk (bird 3)

A cracked vessel is known by its sound, a cracked mind by the tongue's speech (vessel (container) 2)

A friend cannot be known in prosperity; an enemy cannot be hidden in adversity (friend 6)

A woman is known by her walking and drinking (woman 14)

You can(not) tell X by Y

You can tell a bad penny by its ring (penny 21)

You can tell a dog by his collar (dog 124)

You can tell a gambler by his chips (gambler 4)

You can tell a lot about a person by the way he walks (person 7; walk 6)

You can tell a lot about a person by the way he walks (person 7; walk 6)

You can tell a lot about the size of a boy by what he loses his head over (boy 37)

You can tell a man who boozes by the company he chooses (booze; company 13)

You can tell a woodsman by his chips (woodsman)

You can tell a zebra by its stripes (zebra)

You can tell by his words what a fool has in his head (word 73)

You can tell the character of a woman by the house she keeps (character 23)

You can tell the day by the morning (day 48)

You can't tell a frog by the size of his jump (frog 13)

You can't tell a leopard by its spots (leopard 3)

You can't tell how far a rabbit can jump by the length of its cars (rabbit 6)

You can't tell how far a toad will jump by the length of its tail (toad 3)

You can't tell how much meat there is in the smokehouse by feeling the roof (meat 5)

You can't tell the depth of the well by the length of the handle on the pump (depth 2)

think

A crazy man thinks everyone crazy but himself (crazy)

A crook thinks every man is a crook (crook 1)

A lazy sheep thinks its wool heavy (sheep 1)

A scalded dog thinks cold water hot (dog 32)

All men think their enemies ill men (enemy 4)

An ass thinks himself a scholar because he is loaded with books (ass (animal) 5)

Each old crow thinks her young are the blackest (crow (n.) 9)

Each one thinks his sheep is the blackest (sheep 2)

Every ass thinks himself worthy to stand with the king's horses (ass (animal) 11)

Every doctor thinks his pills the best (doctor 9)

Every dog thinks her puppies are the cutest (dog 58)

Every duck thinks it is a swan (duck 3)

Every horse thinks his pack heaviest (horse 32)

Every man thinks his own burden the heaviest (burden (n.) 5)

Every man thinks his own geese swans (goose 8)

Everyone thinks his sack heaviest (sack 4)

Lovers think others blind (lover 7)

Men never think their fortune too great nor their wit too little (fortune 30)

None think the great unhappy (great (n.) 1)

The hermit thinks the sun shines nowhere but in his own cell (hermit 2)

The owl thinks all her young ones beauties (owl 2)

The thief thinks that everyone else is a thief (thief 16)

The young folks think the old folks are fools, but the old folks know the young folks are fools (young (adj.) 12)

We think very few people sensible, except those who are of our opinion (opinion 6)

mean

A good start means a good end (start (n.) 1)

Democracy means not lack of control but self-control (democracy 2)

Friday flitting means short sitting (flitting)

A big head means a big headache (big 1)

A cold hand means a warm heart (hand 3)

A dirty floor means a busy stove (floor)

A late fall means a hard winter (fall (n.) 1)

A steady head means a good job (head 7)

A thing done right today means less trouble tomorrow (thing 3)

A wet apron means a drunken husband (apron)

America means opportunity, freedom, and power (America 2)

Anytime means no time (anytime 2)

Big eyes mean small stomachs (eye 6)

Good listening does not mean sitting dumb (listening)

Good posture means better health (posture)

Higher duties mean greater responsibilities (duty 8)

I can't means I won't (can (v.) 12)

Isolation means abolishment (isolation)

Philosophy means being able to explain why you are happy when you are poor (philosophy)

Promising means nothing; giving is the real thing (promise (v.) 6)

Pulling down another means getting below him (pulling)

Thunder in February means frost in April (thunder (n.) 3)

To delay may mean to forget (delay (n.) 9)

Wealth means power; it means leisure; it means ability (wealth 23)

Getting, reaching, receiving

seek

A bird may be ever so small, yet it always seeks a nest of its own (bird 4)

In victory the hero seeks the glory, not the prey (victory 3)

Intelligence seeks its own level (intelligence 6)

Mean men admire wealth, great men seek true glory (glory (n.) 5)

The wise seek wisdom; the fool has found it (wise (n.) 4)

Truth seeks no corners (truth 75)

get

A close gathering gets a wide scattering (gathering 1)

A flirt gets paid in her own coin (flirt)

A lie has no legs to stand on, but it gets places (lie (n.) 5)

A setting goose gets no feathers (goose 1)

A setting goose never gets fat (goose 2)

A setting hen never gets fat (hen 10)

A small gift usually gets small thanks (gift 6)

A train gets to its destination on time by staying on the track (train (n.) 1)

An ugly man never gets a pretty wife (ugly 2)

Babes get minks the same way minks get babes (babe 4)

By work you get money, by talk you get knowledge (work (n.) 5)

Conscience gets a lot of credit that belongs to cold feet (conscience 12)

Consideration gets as many victories as rashness (consideration 1)

Constant complaints never get pity (complaint 1)

Dumb folks get no lands (dumb 1)

First gets the worst (first (n.) 3)

Flattery will get you nowhere (flattery 17)

God restores health, and the physician gets the thanks (God 16)

Last gets the hash (last (n., final) 1)

Man changes often but gets better seldom (man 124)

Opportunity knocks for every man, but a woman gets a ring (opportunity 17)

The angry beggar gets a stone instead of a handout (beggar 11)

The bottom rail gets on top every fifty years (rail 2)

The coat and pants do all the work, and the vest gets all the gravy (coat 6)

The crying cat always gets the scratch (cat 28)

The innocent bystander often gets beaten up (bystander 1)

The longest pole gets the persimmon (pole)

The silent sow gets all the swill (sow (n.) 4)

The still pig gets all the slop (pig 18)

The stillest hog gets the most swill (hog (n.) 8)

The wheel that does the squeaking is the one that gets the grease (wheel 8)

The willing horse gets the whip (horse 65)

To the victor belong the spoils (victor 2)

gather

A setting hen gathers no feathers (hen 9)

A rolling stone gathers no moss (stone 2)

A standing pool soon stagnates (pool)

A standing post gathers no sense (post 1)

Impatience gathers unripe fruit (impatience 3)

Uprightness ever gathers the fruits of its own rearing (uprightness)

receive

The grave will receive us all (grave 4)

catch

A closed mouth catches no flies (mouth 1)

A drowning man will catch at a straw (drowning)

A fox does not smell his own stench (fox 1)

A lazy dog finds no bone (dog 27)

A little bait catches a large fish (bait (n.) 1)

Cows can't catch no rabbits (cow 7)

It doesn't depend upon size, or a cow would catch a rabbit (size 2)

Eagles don't catch flies (eagle 2)

Laws catch flies and let hornets go free (law 14)

Little dogs start the hare, but great ones catch it (dog 80)

Sleeping cats catch no mice (cat 22)

Some clothes catch everything except men and money (clothes 15)

Tall trees catch much wind (tree 35)

the cat in gloves catches no mice (cat 23; tool 2)

The foremost dog catches the hare (dog 103)

The hasty hand catches frogs for fish (hand 51; hasty 4)

The hasty hand catches frogs for fish (hand 51; hasty 4)

The hook without bait catches no fish (hook 3)

The sleeping fox catches no poultry (fox 16)

Vinegar catches no flies (vinegar 2)

Without bait you can't catch fish (bait (n.) 5)

You can't catch trout with dry trousers (trout 2)

find

A fool always finds a bigger fool to praise him (fool (n.) 1)

A fool always finds a greater fool to admire (fool (n.) 2)

A good cause finds weapons to defend it (cause 2)

A lazy dog finds no bone (dog 27)

A lazy man always finds excuses (lazy 1)

A man in suffering finds relief in rehearsing his ills (suffering)

Corruption will find a dozen alibis for its evil deeds (corruption)

Even the weakest may find means to avenge a wrong (weak (n.) 1)

Good things soon find a purchaser (good (adj.) 19)

Knowledge finds its price (knowledge 19)

Love will find a way (love (n.) 83)

Loving hearts find peace in love; clever heads find profit in it (heart 57)

No crook finds a jail nice enough to suit him (crook 5)

The gift bringer always finds an open door (gift 12)

The most faulty always find fault (fault 29)

You'll find a bad apple in every pile (apple 23)

Water finds its own level (water 21)

You will never find a cat on a cold hearth (cat 38)

your sins will find you out (sin (n.) 25)

Fearing,avoiding, preventing / retaining

fears

A beaten soldier fears a reed (reed 1; soldier 1)

A beaten soldier fears a reed (reed 1; soldier 1)

A clear conscience fears no accuser (conscience 5)

A good anvil does not fear the hammer (anvil 1)

Newborn calves don't fear tigers (calf 5)

Scalded cats fear even cold water (cat 21)

The anvil fears no blows (anvil 4)

Truth fears no colors (truth 48)

Truth fears nothing but concealment (truth 49)

We seldom fear what we can laugh at (fear (v.) 3)

dread

A bitten child dreads a dog (child 1)

A burnt child dreads the fire (child 2)

A singed cat dreads the fire (cat 8)

An ugly woman dreads the mirror (ugly 3)

afraid

A beaten dog is afraid of the stick's shadow (dog 4)

A wicked man is afraid of his own memory (wicked (adj.) 1)

Work is afraid of a resolute man (work (n.) 34)

The one and only serious mistake is to be afraid of making mistakes (mistake 12)

avoid

A burnt child avoids the fire (child 2)

keep (away ~ from) / course ~ doing

A dirty bread tray keeps beaus away (beau 1)

A dollar a day keeps the beggar away (dollar 2)

A good life keeps away wrinkles (life 1)

A hedge between keeps fellowship green (hedge (n.) 1)

A little sand keeps you from slipping (sand 1)

A lock on a door keeps honest men honest (lock (n.) 1)

Ability will enable a man to get to the top, but character will keep him from falling (ability 4)

An apple a day keeps the doctor away (apple 2)

Death keeps no calendar (death 16)

Death keeps no company (death 17)

Every beast but man keeps to a single dish (beast 2)

Every woman keeps a corner in her heart where she is always twenty-one (woman 39)

Great trees keep down little ones (tree 21)

Hope keeps a man from hanging and drowning himself (hope (n.) 26)

Hope keeps the heart from breaking (hope (n.) 27)

Industry keeps the body healthy, the mind clear, the heart whole, and the purse full (industry 7)

It is one thing to keep your morals on a high plane; it's another to keep up with them (morals 2)

Locks keep out only honest people (lock (n.) 2)

One sword keeps another in its scabbard (sword 4)

Praying keeps us from sinning; sinning keeps us from praying (praying 2)

Pride will keep you warm (pride 27)

The malicious person keeps a viper in his breast (malicious)

The strong and the weak cannot keep company (strong (n.))

The wise man keeps his own counsel (counsel (n.) 13)

Truth keeps to the bottom of her well (truth 69)

Work keeps you out of mischief (work (n.) 40)

You can't keep a good dog down (dog 125)

You can't keep a good man down (down 8)

You can't keep the birds from flying over your head, but you can keep them from building a nest in your hair (bird 35)

You can't keep thoughts from entering your head, but you can keep from hoarding them there (thought (n.) 26)

You can't keep trouble from coming in, but you needn't give it a chair to sit in (trouble (n.) 38)

You can't keep up with the world by letting it roll by (world 31)

Deserving, being worth of...

deserve

One good deed deserves another (deed 21)

One good turn deserves another (turn (n.) 5)

One kindness deserves another (kindness 27)

A good reaper deserves a good sickle (reaper 2)

A bad cat deserves a bad rat (cat 1)

worth-structures

A bargain is usually worth no more than you pay for it (bargain 4)

A camera in the hand is worth two in the alley (camera)

A cent of mirth is worth a dollar of grief (mirth 1)

A dollar in the bank is worth two in the hand (dollar 3; dollar 8)

A fall of snow in May is worth a ton of hay (snow (n.) 1)

A friend is worth all the hazards we can run (friend 17)

A good horse is worth its fodder (horse 5)

A good person doesn't need watching and a bad one isn't worth watching (watching)

A good word for a bad one is worth much and costs little (word 4)

A grain of prudence is worth a pound of craft (prudence 1)

A hair on the head is worth two in the brush (hair 1)

A handful of common sense is worth a bushel of learning (learning 14; sense 1)

A handful of common sense is worth a bushelful of learning (common sense 1)

A handkerchief dropped is worth two in the hand (handkerchief 1)

A hound is worth whistling for (hound 1)

A job well done is worth two half done (job 4)

A laugh is worth a thousand groans in any market (laugh (n.) 2)

A little help is worth a lot of pity (help (n.) 1)

A machine running is worth two standing still (machine)

A Negro that can't sing ain't worth nothing (Negro)

A peek in the hand is worth three finesses (peck)

A penny in the hand is worth two in the pot (penny 3)

A penny soul never 'came twopence (soul 1)

A penny today is worth two tomorrow (penny 5)

A penny's worth of milk brings a dollar's worth of health (milk 1)

A ripple of laughter is worth a flood of tears (laughter 1)

A single fact is worth a shipload of argument (fact 1)

A single look is worth ten thousand words (look (n.) 2)

A single penny fairly got is worth a thousand that are not (penny 6)

A smile is worth a million dollars (smile (n.) 4)

A smile is worth its face value (smile (n.) 5)

A spur in the head is worth two in the feet (spur (n.) 1)

A spur in the head is worth two in the heels (head 6)

A thimbleful of experience is worth a tubful of knowledge (experience 1)

A thorn of experience is worth a wilderness of advice (experience 2)

A tooth in the mouth is worth two in the plate (tooth 1)

A verbal contract isn't worth the paper it's written on (contract (n.) 2)

A volunteer is worth ten pressed men (volunteer)

A wise man's day is worth a fool's life (day 5)

A word before is worth two behind (word 11)

A workman is worthy of his hire (workman 5)

An acre of performance is worth the whole world of promise (performance)

An armful of weeds is worth an ear of corn (armful; weed 1)

An armful of weeds is worth an ear of corn (armful; weed 1)

An honest man is worth his weight in gold (honest 3)

An honest official has no fat subordinates (official 1)

An honest penny is worth a stolen dollar (penny 7)

An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening (hour 3)

An ounce of care is worth a pound of cure (care (n.) 2)

An ounce of charm is worth a pound of lure (charm 1)

An ounce of discretion is worth a pound of wit (discretion 1)

An ounce of grit is worth a pound of flesh (grit)

An ounce of help is worth a pound of pity (help (n.) 2)

An ounce of wisdom is worth a pound of wit (wisdom 3)

An ounce of wit is worth a pound of sorrow (wit 2)

An ounce of wit that is bought is worth a pound that is taught (wit 3)

Cold and cunning come from the north, but cunning sans wisdom is nothing worth (cold (n.) 1)

Courteous speech is worth much and costs little (speech 1)

Everything that is worth having must be paid for (everything 15)

Free advice is worth just what you paid for it (advice 16)

In a thousand pounds of law there is not one ounce of love (law 6)

It is only at low tide we find things worth picking up (tide 3)

It is worth a financial loss to find out what some people are (are 2)

It is worth a loss to find out what some people are (loss 2)

It's loving and giving that make life worth living (loving (n.) 3)

Late repentance is seldom worth much (repentance 1)

Man's true worth is the good he does in the world (worth (n.) 5)

Money isn't worth a thing except to use in buying something (money 45)

One dollar in your hand beats the promise of two in somebody else's (dollar 8)

One good idea put to use is worth a hundred buzzing around in the back of your head (idea 9)

One hour's sleep before midnight is worth three after (sleep (n.) 3)

One keep clean is worth ten make cleans (clean (adj.) 2)

One man in the apartment is worth two on the street (man 202)

One picture is worth ten thousand words (picture 4)

One pound of learning requires ten pounds of common sense to use it (learning 14)

One smack is worth a dozen scats (smack)

One smile is worth a thousand tears (smile (n.) 12)

One today is worth two tomorrows (one 2; today 6)

One today is worth two tomorrows (one 2; today 6)

One true philosopher is worth a thousand linguists (philosopher 2)

Only mothers' tears are worth their salt (tear (n.) 5)

Out of reach is not worth having (reach (n.) 4)

Patience in market is worth pounds in a year (patience 12)

Some days it's not even worth getting up (day 31)

The conversation of a woman is worth all the libraries in the world (conversation 3)

The public is the only critic whose opinion is worth anything at all (critic 4; public (n.) 3)

The public is the only critic whose opinion is worth anything at all (critic 4; public (n.) 3)

The smoke of glory is not worth the smoke of a pipe (glory (n.) 12)

The laborer is worthy of his hire (laborer 2)

Easy / difficult ~ light / hard

light

A light cinch is best (cinch 1)

A light heart lives long (heart 12)

The burden is light on the shoulders of another (burden (n.) 11)

Your neighbor's burden is always light (burden (n.) 14)

easy to

A short horse is easy to curry (horse 15)

A thing easy to get is easy to lose (easy (adj.) 1)

Sloth makes all things difficult, but industry makes all things easy (industry 1; sloth 5)

An easy street is hard to find (street 1)

An unhappy man's cart is easy to overthrow (cart 2)

At home everything is easy (home 4)

Hard work is not easy, and dry bread is not greasy (work (n.) 10)

It is as easy to love a rich girl as a poor one (girl 11)

It is easy as pie to get into an argument and hard as hell to get out (argument 4)

It is easy for a man in health to preach patience to the sick (health 17)

It is easy to be brave from a safe distance (brave (adj.) 3)

It Is easy to believe what you want to (believe 9)

It is easy to defend the innocent (innocent 2)

It is easy to despise what you cannot get (despise 1)

It is easy to fool the young wolf (wolf 7)

It is easy to open a shop but hard to keep it open (shop 2)

It is easy to pass a poor man's door (poor (adj.) 13)

It is easy to poke another man's fire (fire 30)

It is easy to repeat, but hard to originate (repeat 1)

It is easy to take a man's part, but the matter is to maintain it (part (n.) 1)

It's easy to die right, but it's hard to live right (die (v.) 9; right (adv.) 6)

It's easy going with the stream (stream 6)

It's easy to sigh, but it's better to pray (sigh)

It's easy to steal from a cut loaf (steal 2)

Nothing is easy to the negligent (negligent)

Nothing is easy to the unwilling (easy (adj.) 4)

Old shoes are easy, old friends are best (shoe (n.) 15)

Reputation is hard to make and easy to lose (reputation 9)

Sloth makes all things difficult, but industry makes all things easy (industry 1; sloth 5)

Talk is easy, but work is hard (talk (n.) 11)

The descent to hell is easy (descent 2)

The downward road is easy (road 19)

The world is an easy target till you come to shoot at it (world 15)

There is no easy way (way 24)

To act is easy, but to understand is hard (act (v.) 8)

To be blessed is not easy (blessed 5)

To become a father is easy, but to be a father is difficult (father 15)

To forgive is easy; to forget is impossible (forgive 9)

To go downhill is easy; the uphill climb is the test (test (n.) 3)

It's the easiest thing in the world for a man to deceive himself (deceive 1; man 118)

Self-deceit is the easiest of any (self-deceit)

The easiest way to get a divorce is to be married (divorce)

The easiest way to lose ground in an argument is to throw mud (argument 10)

We see the faults of others but not our own (fault 35)

Easy chair: the hardest one to find empty (chair 1)

hard

It's hard to keep out the devil, but it is worse to drive him out (devil 11)

It's hard to take breeches off of bare hips (breeches)

It is hard to be biddy and lady too (biddy)

It is hard to be high and humble (high (adj.) 1)

It is hard to keep from hearing what you don't want to (hearing 3)

It is hard to kick against the pricks (hard 2; prick 2)

It is hard to live in Rome and strive against the Pope (Pope)

It is hard to pay for bread that has been eaten (bread 20)

It is hard to talk sense, but harder to find listeners if you do (sense 9)

Reputation is hard to make and easy to lose (reputation 9)

Sloth makes all things difficult, but industry makes all things easy (industry 1; sloth 5)

Talk is easy, but work is hard (talk (n.) 11)

To act is easy, but to understand is hard (act (v.) 8)

A lazy man works the hardest (lazy 4)

Easy chair: the hardest one to find empty (chair 1)

Fools fall the hardest (fool (n.) 71)

Guilt proves the hardest nearest home (guilt 4)

Sweetest nuts have the hardest shells (nut)

The beginning is the hardest (beginning 8)

The first hundred years are the hardest (first (adj.) 3; year 10)

The first hundred years are the hardest (first (adj.) 3; year 10)

The first mile is always the hardest (mile)

The first step is the hardest (step (n.) 10)

The hardest job a child faces is that of learning manners without seeing any (child 22; job 19)

The hardest job a child faces is that of learning manners without seeing any (child 22; job 19)

The hardest tumble a man can take is the fall off his own bluff (tumble (n.))

The last chicken is the hardest to catch (chicken 8)

The last lap is the hardest (lap)

The misfortunes hardest to bear are those which never come (misfortune 9)

difficult

To become a father is easy, but to be a father is difficult (father 15)

impossible

To forgive is easy; to forget is impossible (forgive 9)

Few things are impossible to diligence and skill (dignity 5)

It is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in an argument (argument 5)

It is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument (ignorant 5)

Nothing is impossible to a willing hand (hand 36)

Nothing is impossible to a willing heart (impossible 5; nothing 20)

Nothing is impossible to a willing mind (impossible 5; nothing 21)

Nothing is impossible to industry (industry 11)

nothing is impossible (dream (n.) 7)

To a brave heart, nothing is impossible (heart 77)

To love and be wise is impossible (love (v.) 18)

Rpetitions in the predicate:

A good wife is a perfect lady in the living room, a good cook in the kitchen, and a harlot in the bedroom

EQUALITIES AND COMPARISONS

Equalities of the type A is B

X is Y

(a lot of examples; a samall choice see in my handout, p. 7)

Equalities and comparisons with various additional components (attributes, adverbials etc.) in the subject and/or predicative part of the sentence:

A dog is man's best friend

A dollar saved is a dollar earned

A face without a smile is like a lantern without a ligh

A fair exterior is a silent recommendation

A fair woman without virtue is like stale wine

A favor ill placed is great waste

A fool's mouth is his destruction

A friend in need is a friend indeed

A friend in power is a friend lost

A friend married is a friend lost

A gentle disposition is like an unruffled stream

A gift today is a treasure tomorrow

A good eater is a happy man

A good example is the best sermon

A good friend is a great treasure

A good friend is my nearest relation

A good Jap is a dead Jap

A good leader is also a good follower

A good listener is a silent flatterer

A good neighbor is a precious thing

A good offense is the best defense

A good remedy for anger is delay

A great fortune is slavery

A great reputation is a great charge

A home without books is like a house without windows

A heart without love is a violin without strings

A house without books is like a room without windows

A hungry man is an angry man

A kiss without a squeeze is like a piece of pie without a piece of cheese

A knave discovered is the greatest fool

A hard-earned penny is a well-earned penny

A learned assembly is a living library

A light purse is a heavy curse

A little education is a dangerous thing

A little too late is much too late

A loving man is always a jealous man

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing

A little learning is a bad thing

A man of pleasure is a man of pains

A mahogany patriot is a false patriot

A man possessing initiative is a creator

A man without a country is like a man without a soul

A man without a horse is a man without legs

A man without a religion is a horse without a bridle

A man without a woman is like a ship without a sail

A man without ambition is like a woman without beauty

A man without ambition is like a woman without looks

A man without books is like a king without money

A man without money is like a ship without a sail

A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds

A man without purpose is like a ship without a rudder

A man without reason is a beast in season

A man without religion is a horse without a bridle

A bought lesson is a good lesson

A child without parents is like a ship without a rudder

The longest way around is the shortest way home

The shortest answer is doing

The slave's love is the master's lifeguard

Various is half of.., double etc. exaggerated equations:

A disease known is half cured

A fault confessed is half redressed

A gift with a kind word is a double gift

A good beginning is half the task

A good start is half the race

A joy that's shared is a joy made double

A job started right is a job half done

A man is only half a man without a wife

A little is a big percent on nothing

A man surprised is half beaten

A bold attack is half the battle

A bold attempt is half success

A case well stated is half tried

A danger foreseen is half avoided

Good arms are half the battle

A is like ~ as good ~ as needful ~ ... / bad ~ ... as B:

A hint is as good as a kick

A hit is as good as a run

A house without woman and firelight is like a body without soul or spirit

A knock is as good as a boost

A dose of adversity is often as needful as a dose of medicine

A dead enemy is as good as a cold friend

Three moves are as bad as a fire

Equalities of the type A is C of ~ in ~ for ~ to B ~ A is B's C (called XYZ-strucures by Mark Turners ) and their inverse forms:

“Definitions” in the form A is a B follwed by various subordinate clauses

A diplomat is a person who can tell you to go to the devil so pleasantly that you are raring to go

A friend is a present you give yourself

A generalizer is a man who learns less and less about more and more until he knows nothing about everything

A good investment is the time spent in the Lord's house

A good neighbor is a fellow who smiles at you over the back fence but doesn't climb it

A grouch is a man who thinks the world is against him--and it is

A grudge is the heaviest load one can carry

A hypocrite is one who feeds a starving man words

A lady is a woman who makes it easy for a man to be a gentleman

A mahogany patriot is a critter that rides like a beggar a-horseback

A broker is a man who runs your fortune into a shoestring

A budget is a method of worrying before you spend as well as afterward

A diplomacy is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never her age

A bachelor is a souvenir of some woman who has found a better deal at the last minute

A is (like) B –initiated sentences with their common feature (and difference) made explicit:

A lie is like a snowball: the farther you roll it, the bigger it becomes

A boy is like a fountain--useful as long as there's something in him

A broken heart is like broken china: we can mend it, but we can never erase the scars

A character, like a kettle, once mended, always needs mending

Love is a deep well: a man may drink from it often, but he falls into it only once

A and B- or A, B and C -initiated equalities or comparisons with their common feature (and difference) made explicit:

A dog, a woman, and a walnut tree: the more they're beat, the better they be

A dog's nose and a maid's knee are always cold

A drunk man and a sleepwalker never get hurt when they fall

A dry fisherman and a wet hunter are a sorry sight

A fool and his words are soon parted

A fool and his money are soon parted

A good wife and health are a man's best wealth

A kiss and a drink of water is but a tasteless breakfast

A lazy wife and a large barn bring luck to any man

A man, a horse, and a dog never weary of each other's company

A boaster and a liar are much about the same thing

A child and a fool imagine twenty shillings and twenty years can never be spent

A deaf husband and a blind wife are always a happy couple

A deaf husband and a blind wife are always a happy couple

Good health and good sense are two of life's greatest blessings

Good morals and good manners are sworn friends

Mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the noontime sun

Time and patience change the mulberry leaf to satin

“Drei Dinge” -forms:

A great war leaves the country with three armies: an army of cripples, an army of mourners, and an army of thieves

A field has three needs: good weather, good seed, and a good husbandman

Three things drive a man out of his home: smoke, rain, and a scolding wife

Three types of people in the world: those who have wishbones, those who have funny bones, and those who have backbones

Parallelistic and other more complex forms

A father's a treasure; a brother's a comfort; a friend is both

A foolish son is the calamity of his father, and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping

A little thing is a little thing, but faithfulness in a little thing is a big thing

A man without aim is like a clock without hands, as useless if it turns as if it stands

A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit dries up the bones

A patch is the sign of thrift, a hole the sign of negligence

A bag full of flour and a purse full of money are the best relatives in the world

A closed fist is the lock of heaven, and the open hand is the key of mercy

Man is a hunter; woman is his game

Idleness is the refuge of weak minds and the holiday of fools

A is not B-, A is B, not C- and other forms denying equality of likeness:

Exchange is no robbery

A flow of words is no proof of wisdom

A good lawyer, a bad neighbor

A gift long waited for is sold, not given

A friend to all is a friend to none

A foe to God was never a true friend to man

A jest is no argument, and loud laughter no demonstration

A libertine's life is not a life of liberty

A man without money is no man at all

A crowd is not company

A crown is no cure for a headache

A slip of the tongue is not fault of the mind

COMPARATIVE INEQUALITIES (INCLUDING PREFERENCES)

Better... than... –preferences

A bad bush is better than the open field (bush 1)

A bad peace is better than a good quarrel (peace 1)

A bad promise is better broken than kept (promise (n.) 1)

A bad shift is better than none (shift)

A bad style is better than a lewd story (style 1)

A bed of stones with friends is better than a bed of down with those we do not love (bed 1)

A big heart is better than a big house (heart 1)

A bird in the hand is better than two in the bush (bird 1)

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush (bird 2)

A bit in the morning is better than nothing all day (bit (amount) 1)

A boy is better unborn than untaught (boy 3; unborn)

A caress is better than a career (caress)

A civil denial is better than a rude grant (civil 1)

A clean cesspool is better than a typhus serum (cesspool)

A clean conscience is better than a clean face (conscience 3)

A clock that stands still is better than one that goes wrong (clock 1)

A close neighbor is better than a faraway relative (neighbor 1)

A courageous foe is better than a cowardly friend (courageous 1; foe 1)

A faithful friend is better than gold (friend 2)

A favor to come is better than a hundred received (favor (n.) 2)

A feather in the hand is better than a bird in the air (bird 6; feather (n.) 1)

A friend at hand is better than a relative at a distance (friend 4)

A friend in the market is better than money in the purse (friend 9)

A friend's frown is better than a foe's smile (friend 23)

A gift is better than a promise (gift 1)

A good friend is better than a hundred relatives (friend 25)

A good hope is better than a bad possession (hope (n.) 2)

A good run is better than a bad stand (run (n.))

A lean award is better than a fat judgment (award)

A little along is better than a long none (little (n.) 1)

A little integrity is better than any career (integrity 1)

A live coward is better than a dead hero (coward 2)

A live soldier is better than a dead hero (soldier 4)

A live trout is better than a dead whale (trout 1)

A loving heart is better and stronger than wisdom (heart 15)

A man with wisdom is better off than a stupid man with any amount of charm and superstition (wisdom 2)

A patch is better than a hole (patch (n., cloth) 1)

A patch on your coat and money in your pocket is better and more creditable than a writ on your back and no money to take it off (patch (n., cloth) 3)

A pocketful of luck is better than a sackful of wisdom (luck 1)

A poor excuse is better than none (excuse (n.) 1)

A poor freedom is better than rich slavery (freedom 1)

A poor laborer is better than a rich loafer (laborer 1)

A poor man is better than a liar (poor (adj.) 3)

A preacher loves chicken better than he loves his second cousin (preacher 1)

A quick nickel is better than a slow dollar (nickel 1)

A second-rate something is better than a first-rate nothing (something 1)

A small home is better than a large mortgage (home 3)

A smart reproof is better than smooth deceit (reproof)

A toad in a puddle is better than a puddle in a toad (toad 1)

A try is better than nothing (try (n.))

A warm smoke is better than a cold fog (smoke (n.) 1)

A wise enemy is better than a foolish friend (enemy 3)

Absence of body is better than presence of mind in time of danger (absence 7)

Actions measured by time seldom prove better by repentance (action 13)

An egg today is worth a hen tomorrow (egg 4)

An old broom is better than a new one (broom 3)

An unlawful oath is better broken than kept (oath 1)

Anything is better than nothing (anything 3)

Bad customs are better broke than kept up (custom 2)

Better a bad buy than a good loan (buy (n.) 2)

Better a bad excuse than none at all (excuse (n.) 1)

Better a bare foot than none at all (foot 3)

Better a barn filled than a bed (barn 4)

Better a big fish in a little pond than a little fish in a big pond (fish (n.) 6)

Better a big fish in a little puddle than a little fish in a big puddle (fish (n.) 6)

Better a certain enemy than a doubtful friend (enemy 9)

Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble (diamond 3)

Better a dinner of herbs where love is than a stalled ox and hatred therewith (dinner 3)

Better a donkey that carries me than a horse that throws me (donkey 5)

Better a dry morsel with quietness than a house full of sacrifice with strife (quietness 1)

Better a foot slip than a friend (foot 4)

Better a fortune in a wife than with a wife (fortune 4)

Better a good dinner than a fine coat (dinner 4)

Better a kindly fool than a proud wise man (fool (n.) 51)

Better a little fire to warm us than a big one to burn us (fire 12)

Better a loaded gun than a missed shot (gun 1)

Better a man be feared than despised (feared)

Better a mistake avoided than two corrected (mistake 1)

Better a mouse in the pot than no flesh at all (mouse 1)

Better a neighbor near than a brother far (neighbor 8)

Better a shrew than a sheep (shrew 1)

Better a slip with the foot than with the tongue (slip (n.) 4)

Better a small fish than an empty dish (fish (n.) 7)

Better a square-shooting atheist than a false Christian (atheist 4)

Better a tooth out than always aching (tooth 5)

Better a witty fool than a foolish wit (fool (n.) 52)

Better aim at the moon than shoot into the well (aim (v.) 5)

Better alone than in bad company (alone 1)

Better an egg in peace than an ox in war (egg 5)

Better an egg today than a hen tomorrow (egg 4)

Better an empty house than a bad tenant (house 13)

Better an empty purse than an empty head (purse 10)

Better an old man's darling than a young man's slave (darling)

Better an open enemy than a false friend (enemy 10)

Better ask twice than lose yourself once (ask 6)

Better be a big toad in a small puddle than a small toad in a big puddle (toad 2)

Better be a coward than foolhardy (coward 4)

Better be a fool and know it than be a damn fool and not know it (fool (n.) 53)

Better be an hour early and stand and wait than a minute behind time (hour 9)

Better be called a coward than a corpse (coward 5)

Better be dead than out of fashion (dead (adj.) 3; fashion 1)

Better be envied than pitied (envied)

Better be half hanged than ill wed (hang (execute) 2)

Better be happy than wise (happy 18)

Better be idle than badly employed (idle 2)

Better be master of one than Jack of all trades (Jack 3)

Better be neat and tidy than tight and needy (neat)

Better be poor and live than rich and perish (poor (adj.) 5)

Better be poor than wicked (poor (adj.) 6)

Better be the head of an ass than the tail of a horse (head 9)

Better be two hours too soon than two minutes too late (hour 9)

Better be unborn than unbred (unborn)

Better be unborn than untaught, for ignorance is the root of misfortune (ignorance 1; unborn)

Better begin as you can hold out (begin 3)

Better bend the neck than bruise the forehead (bend 3; neck 1)

Better bent than broken (bend 4)

Better blind than burned (blind (adj.) 6)

Better born lucky than rich (lucky 1)

Better bow than break (bow (v.))

Better buy than borrow (buy (v.) 1)

Better come late to church than never (late 2)

Better cut the shoe than pinch the foot (shoe (n.) 2)

Better de gravy dan no grease 'tall (gravy)

Better death than dishonor (death 2)

Better die than turn your back on reason (die (v.) 4; reason 2)

Better do a little good than a great deal of bad (good (n.) 6)

Better do little good than a great deal bad (good (n.) 6)

Better early than late, but better never late (early (adv.) 3)

Better face danger than be always in fear (danger 4)

Better fame than face (fame 1)

Better fish in the sea than ever was caught (fish (n.) 38)

Better free in a foreign land than a serf at home (free 1)

Better go about than fall into the ditch (ditch 1)

Better go around than fall into the ditch (ditch 1)

Better go to bed supperless than rise in debt (supperless)

Better happy than wise (happy 18)

Better have a friend on the road than gold or silver in your purse (friend 57)

Better have a patch on your back than a rip on your back (patch (n., cloth) 4)

Better idle than workin' for nothin' (idle 2)

Better ill fed than ill bred (ill (adj.) 1)

Better is a slice of bread and garlic eaten at one's own table than a thousand dishes eaten under another's roof (bread 7)

Better keep peace than make peace (peace 4)

Better know nothing than half-know many things (know 2)

Better known than trusted (known 1)

Better late than before anyone has invited you (late 3)

Better late than never (late 4)

Better late than never, but better never late (late 4)

Better late than never, but better still, never late (late 4)

Better late than never, but better yet, never late (late 4)

Better late than not at all (late 4)

Better late than sorry (late 5)

Better late thrive than never do well (thrive 1)

Better leave than take (leave 1)

Better little with content than much with contention (content (n.) 1)

Better live dog than dead lion (dog 44)

Better lose a jest than a friend (jest (n.) 4)

Better lose a supper than have a hundred physicians (supper 1)

Better master of one than Jack of all trades (Jack 3)

Better never begin than never make an end (begin 4)

Better no law than laws not enforced (law 2)

Better no rule than a cruel rule (rule (n.) 3)

Better on time than late (late 6; time 9)

Better once in heaven than ten times at the gate (heaven 1)

Better one bird in the bush than two in the tree (bird 11)

Better one safe way than a hundred on which you cannot reckon (way 2)

Better poisoned in one's blood than to be poisoned in one's principles (principle 1)

Better poor with honor than rich with shame (poor (adj.) 7)

Better ride a poor horse than go afoot (horse 20)

Better ride an ass that carries me than a horse that throws me (ass (animal) 7)

Better safe than sorry (safe 1)

Better say no before marriage than Reno after (no (n.) 1)

Better seen than heard (see 1)

Better sense in the head than cents in the pocket (sense 2)

Better short of pence than short of sense (pence 1)

Better shun the bait than struggle on the hook (bait (n.) 2)

Better slip with the foot than with the tongue (slip (n.) 4)

Better some of the pudding than none of the pie (pudding 1)

Better some than none (some)

Better something than nothing (something 2)

Better spare at the brim than at the bottom (brim; spare (v.) 1)

Better spared than ill spent (spare (v.) 2)

Better spent than spared (money 37)

Better stand alone in conscious pride than err with millions on your side (pride 3)

Better starve free than be a fat slave (slave 2)

Better starve free than be a slave (slave 2)

Better suffer for truth than prosper by falsehood (truth 5)

Better sure than sorry (sure 1)

Better ten guilty than one innocent suffer (guilty (n.) 1)

Better the devil's than a woman's slave (slave 3)

Better the foot slip than the tongue (foot 27)

Better the fruit lost than the tree (fruit 1)

Better the last smile than the first laughter (smile (n.) 10)

Better three hours too soon than a minute too late (hour 9; soon 1)

Better three hours too soon than one minute too late (hour 9)

Better to be a big frog in a little pool than a little frog in a big pool (frog 1)

Better to be a fool with a crowd than a wise man by oneself (fool (n.) 54)

Better to be a good loser than a poor winner (loser 2)

Better to be a live coward than a dead hero (coward 2)

Better to be faithful than successful (faithful 1)

Better to be late than never, but better never late (late 4)

Better to be seen than heard (see 1)

Better to be small and shine than to be great and cast a shadow (small (adj.) 1)

Better to bear the ills we have than fly to others we know not of (ill (n.) 1)

Better to beg than to steal, but better to work than to beg (beg 1)

Better to burp and bear the shame than swallow the burp and bear the pain (burp)

Better to come late to church than never (church 3)

Better to dwell on the housetop than with a contentious woman (housetop)

Better to fail in a high aim than to succeed in a low one ( 2)

Better to fall down on the job than to lie down (job 8)

Better to give me nothing than stolen aims (alms 4)

Better to give than lend (give 1)

Better to give than to take (give 7)

Better to have a husband without love than with jealousy (husband 4)

Better to have it too long than too short (long (adj.) 1)

Better to have than to hold (have 1)

Better to have than to wish (have 2)

Better to limp on the right road than to speed on the wrong one (limp)

Better to live well than long (live (v.) 4)

Better to lose with good men than to find gain with bad (lose 4)

Better to pay the butcher than the doctor (butcher 1)

Better to sit idle than to work idle (idle 3)

Better to wear out than to rust out (wear (v.))

Better to whistle than whine (whistle (v.) 2)

Better twice measured than once wrong (measure (v.) 1)

Better untaught than badly taught (untaught)

Better untaught than ill taught (untaught)

Better wear out shoes than sheets (shoe (n.) 3)

Better whole than patched with gold (gold 5; whole (adj.))

Better you laugh than I weep (laugh (v.) 1)

Better your own mule than someone else's mule (mule 1)

Certainty is better than hope (certainty 1)

Chance contrives better than we ourselves (chance 2)

Cold in the head is better than nothing (cold (n.) 2)

Content in the humblest dwelling is better than care in the most splendid palace (content (n.) 2)

Contentment is better than riches (contentment 1)

Credit is better than ready money (credit 2)

Democracy is better than tyranny (democracy 1)

Doing is better than saying (doing 2)

Dry bread at home is better than roast meat abroad (bread 7)

Durability is better than show (durability)

Example is better than following it (example 2)

Example is better than precept (example 3)

Experience without learning is better than learning without experience (experience 21)

Facts are better than theories (fact 3)

Fame is better than fortune (fame 5)

Fat sorrow is better than lean sorrow (sorrow 2)

Find health better than gold (health 3)

Fish on the hook is better than ten in the brook (fish (n.) 21)

Foresight is better than hindsight (foresight 1)

Forethought is better than afterthought (forethought)

Forgiveness is better than revenge (forgiveness 1)

Four eyes see more than two (eye 12)

gnorance is better than error, but the active fool is a holy terror (ignorance 9)

Good deeds are better than creeds (deed 15)

Good instruction is better than riches (instruction 1)

Good management is better than good income (management)

Green apples are better than none (apple 6)

Half a glass is better than none (glass 4; half 3)

Half a loaf is better than none (half 4; loaf (n.) 2)

Half is sometimes better than the whole (whole (n.))

He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty (anger 31)

He that rules his spirit is better than he that takes a city (spirit 4)

Hindsight is better than foresight (hindsight)

Humble wedlock is better than proud virginity (wedlock 1)

Ignorance and bungling with love are better than wisdom and skill without (ignorance 4)

It is better for a town to be governed by a good man than by good laws (man 113)

It is better not to know than to be wrong (know 13)

It is better poor and free than to be rich and a slave (poor (adj.) 12)

It is better to ask twice than to go wrong once (ask 6)

It is better to be a beggar than a fool (beggar 7)

It is better to be a has-been than a never-was (has-been)

It is better to be a live chicken than a dead one (chicken 5)

It is better to be a live rabbit than a dead tiger (rabbit 4)

It is better to be an honest man than a rich one (honest 6)

It is better to be beaten by your own man than kissed by a stranger (stranger 2)

It is better to be brief than tedious (brief)

It is better to be careful than sorry (careful 2)

It is better to be cheated than not to trust (cheated 2)

It is better to be impudent than a bootlicker (impudent)

It is better to be in hell than in the newspapers (hell 11)

It is better to be lame than always seated (lame (adj.) 2)

It is better to be lied about than to lie (lie (v., deceive) 4)

It is better to be nobly remembered than to be nobly born (nobly 1)

It is better to be right than in the majority (right (adj.) 2)

It is better to be safe than sorry (safe 1)

It is better to be thought a fool than to open your mouth and let the world know it (fool (n.) 120)

It is better to be thoughtful than thoughtless (thoughtful)

It is better to bear a single injury in silence than to provoke a thousand by flying into a rage (injury 7)

It is better to believe that a man possesses good qualities than to assert that he does not (believe 7; quality 2)

It is better to believe that a man possesses good qualities than to assert that he does not (believe 7; quality 2)

It is better to bend than break (bend 4)

It is better to choose great riches than a good name, as name can't buy anything (riches 3)

It is better to die kicking than to be kicked dying (die (v.) 7)

It is better to die than to live a failure (failure 12)

It is better to die young at home than to die old in a hospital (die (v.) 8)

It is better to dwell in the comer of a housetop than with a brawling woman in a wide house (dwell )

It is better to dwell in the corner of a housetop than with a brawling woman in a wide house (woman 45)

It is better to forget than to remember and regret (forget)

It is better to get something in your eye and then wink than to wink and then get something in your eye (eye 17)

It is better to give than to receive (give 7)

It is better to have a friend in the market than money in one's coffer (friend 113)

It is better to have an aim and miss it than to hit and not have an aim (aim (n.) 3)

It is better to have beans and bacon in peace than cakes and ale in fear (bean 3)

It is better to have bread left over than run short of wine (bread 19)

It is better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it (have 3)

It is better to have no ideas than false ones (idea 6)

It is better to have one friend of great value than to have many friends of little value (friend 114)

It is better to have tried and died than never to have lived (try (v.) 3)

It is better to have what you cannot love than love what you cannot have (have 4)

It is better to hear the lark sing than the mouse cheep (lark 1)

It is better to keep a wolf out of the fold than to trust drawing his teeth and talons after he shall have entered (wolf 5)

It is better to laugh than to cry (laugh (v.) 5)

It is better to lie a little than to be unhappy much (lie (v., deceive) 5)

It is better to live like a lion for a day than to live like a lamb for a hundred years (lion 2)

It is better to lose health like a spendthrift than to hoard it like a miser (health 16)

It is better to love someone you cannot have than have someone you cannot love (love (v.) 6)

It is better to marry a quiet fool than to marry a merry scold (fool (n.) 121)

It is better to pay and have a little left than to have much and be always in debt (pay (v.) 4)

It is better to remain silent and be thought of as a fool than to speak and prove the same (fool (n.) 120; silent 5)

It is better to risk than to delay overmuch (risk (v.))

It is better to rule by love than by fear (rule (v.) 2)

It is better to say a good word about a bad fellow than a bad word about a good fellow (word 34)

It is better to sit still than to rise to fall (sit 2)

It is better to sit with a wise man in prison than with a fool in paradise (wise (adj.) 31)

It is better to smoke in this world than in the next (smoke (v.))

It is better to split hairs than split heads (hair 10)

It is better to suffer an injury than to inflict one (injury 8)

It is better to suffer injustice than to do it (injustice)

It is better to suffer wrong than to do wrong (wrong (n.) 3)

It is better to tell your money where to go than to ask it where it went (money 12)

It is better to trust the eye than the ear (eye 18)

It is better to turn back than to go astray (back (adv.) 2; turn (v.))

It is better to turn back than to turn astray (turn (v.))

It is better to wear out than to rust out (wear (v.))

It is useless to run; better to start on time (run (v.) 2)

It's a whole lot better to be a little wheel that is turning than a big wheel standing still (wheel 4)

It's always better to light a candle than to curse the darkness (candle 5)

It's better a belly burst than good food waste (belly 2)

It's better not to make a New Year's resolution than to make one and break it (resolution)

It's better to be a big duck in a little puddle than to be a little duck in a big puddle (duck 5)

It's better to be a good runner than a bad stander (runner 2)

It's better to be an hour too early than a minute too late (hour 9)

It's better to be an old man's sweetheart than a young man's slave (man 117; sweetheart 2)

It's better to be an old man's sweetheart than a young man's slave (man 117; sweetheart 2)

It's better to be happy than wise (happy 18)

It's better to be kicked around than kicked about (kicked)

It's better to be looked over than overlooked (look (v.) 4)

It's better to be ready and not to go than not to be ready and go (ready 2)

It's better to be the beak of a hen than the tail of an ox (beak; hen 17)

It's better to die with honor than to live in infamy (honor (n.) 16)

It's better to have a little than nothing (little (n.) 9)

It's better to have bad breath than no breath at all (breath 1)

It's better to have the goodwill of a dog than not (goodwill 3)

It's better to know nothing than to know that it ain't so (know 16)

It's better to live rich than die rich (rich (adj.) 21)

Jack of all trades and master of none (Jack 3)

Keeping from falling is better than helping up (failing (n.) 4)

Knowledge is better than riches (knowledge 21)

Knowledge is better than wealth (knowledge 22)

Lean liberty is better than fat slavery (liberty 4)

Longing is better than loathing (loathing; longing)

Longing is better than loathing (loathing; longing)

Love is better than fame--and money is best of all (love (n.) 50)

Love sought is good, but given unsought is better (love (n.) 80)

Luck is better than science (luck 18)

Monday religion is better than Sunday procession (Monday 2)

Monday religion is better than Sunday profession (religion 8)

Mother wit is better than book education (wit 10)

None preaches better than the ant, and she says nothing (ant 8)

Obedience is better than sacrifice (obedience 1)

Old brag is a good dog, but hold fast is a better one (brag (n.) 2; dog 86)

Old trials are better borne than new ones (trial 2)

One eyewitness is better than ten hearsays (eyewitness)

One foot is better than two crutches (foot 19)

One good head is better than a thousand strong hands (head 29)

One hand is better than no hand at all (hand 37)

One old friend is better than two new ones (friend 143)

One pair of good soles is better than two tops (sole)

One penny is better than none (penny 11)

Open rebuke is better than secret love (rebuke (n.) 1)

Patience is the better part of valor (patience 18)

persuasion is better than force (persuasion)

Pickin' up is better than totin', but puttin' down beats the world (picking 2)

Pluck is better than luck (pluck (n.))

Poverty with security is better than plenty in the midst of fear and uncertainty (poverty 28)

Prevention is better than cure (prevention)

Pure water is better than bad wine (water 9)

Quality is better than quantity (quality 4)

Running is better than standing (running (n.) 2)

Say well is good, but do well is better (say 13)

Skill is better than strength (skill 3)

Sma' fish are better than nae fish (fish (n.) 31)

Something tastes better than nothing (something 5)

Sorrow is better than laughter (sorrow 9)

Spare and have is better than spend and crave (spare (v.) 4)

Speak gently: it is better to rule by love than by fear (speak 13)

Thanksgiving is good; thanks-living is better (Thanksgiving 1)

The bad which is well known is better than the good unknown (bad (n.) 3)

The chase is better than the kill (chase (n.) 1)

The devil I know is better than the devil I don't know (devil 20)

The doctor we hear about is always better than the one we know about (doctor 15)

The good that is, is better than the good that was (good (n.) 25)

The half is better than the whole (half 8)

The law of love is better than the love of law (law 20)

The palest ink is better than the finest memory (ink 2)

The tar of my country is better than the honey of others (tar 1)

The truth is better than a lie (truth 34)

There is nothing better than a good woman and nothing worse than a bad one (woman 72)

There's more joy in anticipation than in realization (anticipation 2; joy 18)

Though feet should slip, never let the tongue (foot 27)

'Tis better not to know than in knowing err (know 28)

'Tis better to ask some of the questions than to know all the answers (question (n.) 7)

'Tis better to lose with a wise man than to win with a fool (lose 4; wise (adj.) 45)

'Tis better to lose with a wise man than to win with a fool (lose 4; wise (adj.) 45)

'Tis easy to sigh but 'tis better to pray (pray 5)

'Tis more to be good than great; to be happy is better than wise (good (adj.) 23; happy 18)

To be unknown is better than to be ill known (unknown 2)

To save one life is better than to build a seven-story pagoda (life 82)

To seek is better than to gain: the fond hope dies as we attain (hope (n.) 40)

To stumble once is better than to be always tottering (stumble (v.) 1)

To trust oneself is good--not to trust oneself is better (trust (v.) 6)

Two hands are better than one (hand 57)

Two heads are better than one (head 40)

Two heads are better than one if one is deceitful (head 42)

Two heads are better than one, even though one may be a sheep's head (head 41)

Two minds are better than one (mind 20)

Wisdom is better than rubies (wisdom 18)

Worse-comparatives

A dog's bark is worse than his bite (bark (n.))

It is worse to be blind than bald (blind (adj.) 8)

The cure may be worse than the disease (cure (n.) 7)

A bad daughter-in-law is worse than a thousand devils (daughter-in-law 1)

A friend's envy is worse than an enemy's hatred (envy 1)

Error is worse than ignorance (error 4)

Apprehension of evil is often worse than the evil itself (evil (n.) 1)

An old fool is worse than a young fool (fool (n.) 163)

A rash friend is worse than a foe (friend 34)

False friends are worse than open enemies (enemy 10; friend 71)

Gentility without ability is worse than beggary (gentility)

Too much of a good thing is worse than none at all (good (adj.) 27)

A little hole in your pocket is worse than a big one at the knee (hole 2)

Too much learning is worse than no learning at all (learning 15)

A liar is worse than a thief (liar 3)

Lilies that fester smell far worse than weeds (lily 3)

Overdone is worse than underdone (overdone)

Regret causes an aching which is worse than pain (regret (n.) 1)

the remedy is worse than the disease (remedy 3)

The abuse of riches is worse than the want of them (riches 14)

A stab in the back is worse than a kick in the face (stab)

A tattler is worse than a thief (tattler)

A thief is worse than a liar (thief 1)

Half a truth is worse than a whole lie (truth 10)

Want of rest is worse than want of wealth (want (n.) 7)

The fear of war is worse than war itself (war 8)

To tell your wrong is worse than keeping your mouth shut (wrong (n.) 11)

Rather-preferences

Rather go to bed supperless than run in debt for a breakfast (bed 7; supperless)

I had rather be a beggar and spend my last dollar like a king, than be a king and spend my money like a beggar (beggar 6)

I'd rather be your Bible than your horse (Bible 3)

I'd rather be scared a minute than be a corpse the rest of my life (corpse 3; scared 1)

We would rather die on our feet than live on our knees (foot 30)

I'd rather be king among dogs than be a dog among kings (king 5)

Most men would rather say a smart thing than do a good one (man 179)

I'd rather be on the outside looking in than on the inside a-looking out (outside 1)

Rather be beaten in right than succeed in wrong (right (n.) 6)

Some people would rather be right than pleasant (right (adj.) 5)

I'd rather be scared a minute than be a corpse the rest of my life (corpse 3; scared 1)

Most men would rather say a smart thing than do one (smart)

Speak not rather than speak ill (ill (n.) 11; speak 17)

I'd rather have a comfortable vice than a virtue that bores (vice 5)

Rather keep bachelor's hall in hell than go to board in heaven (bachelor 14)

Sooner-comparatives

Beauty provokes thieves sooner than gold (beauty 29)

Contempt will sooner kill an injury than revenge (contempt 3)

One may sooner fall than rise (fall (v.) 5)

An injury is sooner forgotten than an insult (injury 2)

A liar is sooner caught than a cripple (liar 2)

A good name is sooner lost than won (name 2)

Neglect will kill an injury sooner than revenge (neglect (n.) 2)

Easier- ~ more easily -comparatives

It is easier to give advice than to take it (advice 27)

Advising is easier than helping (advising)

It is easier to believe than to doubt (believe 8)

It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than it is for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven (camel 2; rich (adj.) 2)

Character is much easier kept than recovered (character 6)

It is easier to build two chimneys than to keep one in boil (chimney 3)

Coming down is easier than going up (coming)

It is easier to act courageous than to be courageous (courageous 2)

It is easier to descend than ascend (descend)

It is easier to suppress the just desire than to satisfy all that follows it (desire (n.) 4)

It is easier to pull down than to build up (down 4; pull)

It is easier to forgive an enemy than a friend (enemy 20)

It's easier to lose faith than to find it again (faith 15)

Falling is easier than rising (failing (n.) 3)

It is easier to forgive than forget (forgive 7)

A friend is easier lost than found (friend 12)

It is easier to visit friends than to live with them (friend 115)

It is easier to be generous than grateful (generous (adj.) 2)

It is a thousand times easier to contract a new habit than to get rid of an old one (habit 2)

It is easier to feed two hungry people than one with a coming appetite (hungry (adj.) 8)

It is easier to make an impression on an easy chair than to make an impression on the world (impression 5)

It is easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them (principle 3)

It is easier to pull down than to build up (down 4; pull)

Things are easier said than done (say 4)

Sin is easier to stand than shame (sin (n.) 18)

One stick is easier broken than a bunch (stick (n.) 6)

It is easier to make a suggestion than to carry it out (suggestion)

A young tree is easier twisted than an old tree (tree 12)

It's easier to stay out of trouble than to get out of trouble (trouble (n.) 10)

Workmen are easier found than masters (workman 10)

A young twig is easier twisted than an old tree (twig 1)

It's easier to dump the cart than to load it (cart 5)

It's much easier to be critical than correct (critical)

It is far easier to know men than to know man (man 114)

It easier to praise poverty than to bear it (poverty 2)

Knots are more easily tied than untied (knot 4)

People are more easily led than driven (lead 1; people 14)

Harder- ~ more difficult –comparatives

A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city (brother 2)

It is harder to climb the mountain than to climb down (climb (v.) 4; mountain 2)

Covetousness is harder to cure than cancer (covetousness 1)

A dying horse can kick harder than a normal horse (horse 2)

Illness which we imagine is often harder to bear than illness which we experience (illness 2)

It is harder to be poor without murmuring than to be rich without arrogance (poor (adj.) 14)

Self-conceit is harder to cure than cancer (self-conceit 1)

Selfishness is harder to kill than a cat (selfishness)

It is more difficult to look upon victory than upon battle (victory 4)

Greater-, bigger- and larger-comparatives

He who gives advice is a bigger fool than he who takes it (advice 23)

Affectation is a greater enemy to the face than small pox (affectation 2)

A learned blockhead is a greater blockhead than an ignorant one (blockhead 1)

Deeds are greater than words (deed 12)

The eyes are bigger than the stomach (eye 32)

The fear's greater than the reason for it (fear (n.) 20)

Every fish that escapes seems greater than it is (fish (n.) 16)

Kindness is greater than law (kindness 14)

Man is greater than the tools he invents (man 132)

Necessity has a greater power than duty (necessity 5)

He that can take rest is greater than he that can take cities (rest (n., leisure) 1)

The tongue destroys a greater horde than does the sword (tongue 32)

To be trusted is a greater compliment than to be loved (trusted)

Truth is greater than fiction (truth 61)

The blue of heaven is larger than the clouds (blue (n.) 1; heaven 16)

Longer-comparatives

The anvil lasts longer than the hammer (anvil 5)

A cracked plate always lasts longer than a new one (cracked; plate)

A day to come seems longer than a year that is gone (day 4)

Longer than deeds lives the word (deed 20)

Fame is longer than life (fame 6)

Some people stay longer in an hour than others in a week (hour 15)

The name lasts longer than the dame (name 10)

A cracked plate always lasts longer than a new one (cracked; plate)

Regrets last longer than repentance (regret (n.) 3)

Some people stay longer in an hour than others stay in a week (stay)

Further- and farther-comparatives

An ounce of favor goes further than a pound of justice (favor (n.) 3)

The whisper of a pretty girl can be heard further than the roar of a lion (girl 19)

It often happens that a bad pun goes further than a better one (pun)

A spoonful of oil on the troubled waters goes farther than a quart of vinegar (oil (n.) 1)

Stronger- and mightier-comparatives

Breed is stronger than pasture (breed (n.))

Chains of gold are stronger than chains of iron (chain 2)

Customs are stronger than laws (custom 14)

One fact is stronger than a dozen texts or pretexts (fact 10)

Fear is stronger than love (fear (n.) 9)

Kindness is stronger than force (kindness 19)

Good nature is stronger than tomahawks (nature 2)

Nature is stronger than education (nature 11)

Truth is stronger than fiction (truth 61)

Your wishbone is stronger than your backbone (wishbone)

The pen is mightier than the sword (pen (writing) 2)

The plow is mightier than the sword (plow (n.) 11)

Truth is mightier than the sword (truth 58)

Louder-comparatives

Actions speak louder than words (action 14)

An empty cart rattles louder than a full one (cart 1)

Deeds speak louder than words (deed 12)

Presents speak louder than words (loud (adv.); present (n., gift))

Presents speak louder than words (loud (adv.); present (n., gift))

Cheaper-comparatives

What is bought is cheaper than a gift (bought (v.))

Two can live cheaper than one (cheap 7; two 1)

It is cheaper to find a wife than to feed a wife (wife 28)

Sharper-comparatives

Love is sharper than stones and sticks (love (n.) 55)

How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child (serpent)

Slander is sharper than the sword (slander 3)

The tongue is sharper than the sword (tongue 36)

Safer-comparatives

Blame is safer than praise (blame (n.) 1)

It's safer to be a hound than a rabbit (hound 6)

It's safer to commend the dead than the living (dead (n.) 2)

Worth more than -comparatives

Brain is worth more than brawn (brain 3)

Common sense is always worth more than cunning (common sense 2; sense 4)

Your credit is worth more than your capital (credit 13)

A small gain is worth more than a large promise (gain (n.) 1)

A little thing in hand is worth more than a great thing in prospect (hand 4; little (adj.) 3; thing 1)

A spoonful of honey is worth more than a gallon of vinegar (honey 4)

Health is worth more than learning (health 14)

Intelligence is worth more than richness (intelligence 5)

An innocent plowman is of more worth than a vicious prince (plowman)

A good scare is worth more to a man than good advice (scare)

Common sense is always worth more than cunning (common sense 2; sense 4)

A little thing in hand is worth more than a great thing in prospect (hand 4; little (adj.) 3; thing 1)

A soft word is often worth more than a house and a lot (word 8)

@ various other more-comparatives

Anger is often more hurtful than the injury that caused it (anger 16)

Merit in appearance is more often rewarded than merit itself (appearance 7)

Mankind bestows more applause on her destroyer than on her benefactor (applause 2)

The friction of argument produces more heat than light (argument 11)

An ass covered with gold is more respected than an ass covered with a pack saddle (ass (animal) 2)

A bachelor oftentimes has more children than the father of many (bachelor 5)

Beauty draws more than oxen (beauty 5)

A knowledge of the Bible without a college course is more valuable than a college course without the Bible (Bible 1)

A few books well chosen are of more use than a great library (book 6)

Bounty is more commended than imitated (bounty)

We need brain more than belly food (brain 13)

The brave man holds honor far more precious than life (brave (adj.) 5)

'Tis more brave to live than to die (brave (adj.) 7)

Want of care does more harm than want of knowledge (care (n.) 17)

It is far more Christian to praise a thornbush for its roses than to damn a rosebush for its thorns (Christian 5)

Compassion will cure more than condemnation (compassion)

Complacency is more persuasive than anger (complacency)

Content is more than a kingdom (content (n.) 3)

Corkscrews have sunk more people than corkjackets will ever save (corkscrew 2)

More cotton will grow in a crooked row than in a straight acre (cotton 2)

It requires more courage not to fight than to fight (courage 16)

A coward is much more exposed to quarrels than a man of spirit (coward 1)

The cradle empty blesses us more than the cradle full (cradle 2)

Cunning is more than strength (cunning (n.) 1)

Customs are more honored in the breach than the observance (custom 13)

There are more days than sausage (day 43)

Delays are often more injurious than direct injustice (delay (n.) 6)

A determined fellow can do more with a rusty monkey wrench than a lot of people can with a machine shop (determined)

We leave more to do when we die than we have done (die (v.) 17)

Diet cures more than the doctor (diet 1)

Disappointment hurts more than pain (disappointment)

A dogfight at home is more interesting than a civil war in Asia (dogfight 1)

A donkey that carries the load is more decent than a lap dog that lives in idle luxury (donkey 4)

There are more old drinkers than old doctors (drinker)

A drunkard puts ten times more in his jug than he gets out of it (drunkard 1)

The globe-trotting dunce is more stupid than the dunce who stays at home (dunce 2)

The execution of the laws is more important than the making of them (execution)

One eye has more faith than two ears (eye 25)

The eye of the master does more than his hand (eye 30; hand 45)

It matters more what's in a woman's face than what's on it (face (n.) 16)

Our faults are more pardonable than the methods we use to hide them (fault 23)

We are more agreeable through our faults than through our qualities (fault 33)

Fear brings more pain than does the pain (fear (n.) 4)

Fear kills more than illness (fear (n.) 13)

The fear of death is more to be dreaded than death itself (fear (n.) 18)

The female of the species is more deadly than the male (female 2)

Five fingers hold more than two forks (finger 4)

The finger hurts more than the nail (finger 7)

The fingers of the housewife do more than a yoke of oxen (finger 8; housewife 2)

Honey gathers more flies than vinegar (fly (n.) 9; honey 4)

A fool can ask more questions in a minute than a wise man can answer in an hour (fool (n.) 7)

More die of food than famine (food 6)

Any fool knows more than his father (fool (n.) 47)

The fools do more hurt in this world than the rascals (fool (n.) 159)

A change in fortune hurts a wise man no more than a change of the moon (fortune 1)

Friends are more valuable than relatives (friend 76)

In the garden more grows than the garden shows (garden 4)

Generosity is more charitable than wealth (generosity 3)

The generous man receives more than he gives (generous (adj.) 3)

Gluttony kills more than the sword (gluttony 1)

The grateful man gets more than he asks (grateful 2)

One hair of a woman draws more than a team of horses (hair 13; woman 55)

Four hands can do more than two (hand 18)

The eye of the master does more than his hand (eye 30; hand 45)

Happiness is more than riches (happiness 20)

There is more happiness in pursuit than possession (happiness 45)

A person can do himself more harm than others (harm 1)

Kind hearts are more than coronets (heart 49)

Honesty is more praised than practiced (honesty 4)

There is more to honesty than meets the eye (honesty 12)

The fingers of the housewife do more than a yoke of oxen (finger 8; housewife 2)

It costs more to do ill than well (ill (n.) 8)

An hour's industry will do more to produce cheerfulness than a month's moaning (industry 2)

It costs more to revenge than to bear with injuries (injury 6)

There's more joy in anticipation than in realization (anticipation 2; joy 18)

Kindness does more than violence (kindness 11)

Kindness effects more than severity (kindness 12)

Kindness is more binding than a loan (kindness 17)

He who reigns within himself is more than a king (hillbilly 4; king 4; reign)

A love letter sometimes costs more than a three-cent stamp (letter 1; love letter)

Lookers-on see more than players (looker)

There are more lords in the world than brilliant wits (lord 2)

There is more pleasure in loving than in being in love (loving (n.) 4; pleasure 22)

Modesty has more charm than beauty (modesty 1)

Modesty is a quality in a lover more praised by the woman than liked (modesty 2)

Molasses attracts more flies than vinegar (molasses)

It takes more muscle to frown than to laugh (muscle)

There are more out than in (out)

There's more room outside than inside (outside 2; room 4)

More die of overfeeding than underfeeding (overfeeding)

People are more easily led than driven (lead 1; people 14)

There are more people married now than are doing well (people 35)

Performers are needed much more than reformers (performer)

Persistence will accomplish more than force (persistence)

Physicians kill more than they cure (physician 7)

The platter kills more than the sword (platter)

There is more pleasure in loving than in being in love (loving (n.) 4; pleasure 22)

Power can achieve more by gentle means than by violence (power 7)

More things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of (prayer 2)

The public has more interest in the punishment of an injury than he who receives it (public (n.) 2)

A goose quill is more dangerous than a lion's claw (quill)

A good reputation is more valuable than money (reputation 2)

Right is more precious than peace (right (n.) 7)

There's more room outside than inside (outside 2; room 4)

Rust wastes more than use (rust (n.) 2)

More people rust out than wear out (rust (v.))

A green salesman will sell more than a blue one (salesman)

There's more in saving than there is in earning (saving 4)

More belongs to skating than a pair of skates (skating 2)

More have repented speech than silence (speech 3)

The stable wears out a horse more than the road (stable 2)

Use sugar more than vinegar (sugar 4)

Suppers kill more than the greatest doctors can cure (supper 5)

The table robs more than the thief (table 5)

For success in life, tact is more important than talent (tact 1)

The tongue wounds more than the arrow (tongue 42)

An older tree knows more than a growing one (tree 14)

Large trees give more shade than fruit (tree 27)

Vanity backbites more than malice (vanity 3)

More wasps are caught by honey than by vinegar (honey 4; wasp)

The wife can throw more out the back window in a spoon than a man can bring in the front door with a shovel (wife 39)

Wine has drowned more men than the sea (wine 16)

A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds (wise (adj.) 16)

The wit of conversation consists more in finding it in others than showing a great deal yourself (wit 11)

A woman can throw out the window more than a man can bring in at the door (woman 8)

A sloppy, wasteful woman will waste and carry out more in her apron than an ambitious man can haul in a wagon (woman 8)

A woman knows a bit more than Satan (woman 18)

One hair of a woman draws more than a team of horses (hair 13; woman 55)

A word hurts more than a wound (word 13)

Your work expresses you more correctly than your tongue (work (n.) 46)

Worry kills more men than work (worry (n.) 7)

It costs more to revenge wrongs than to bear them (wrong (n.) 2)

Years know more than books (year 13)

Various less-comparatives

It takes less time to avoid an accident than it does to report it (accident 5)

It costs less to retain the business of an old customer than it does to get two new ones (business 24)

A man's house is only less dear to him than his honor (house 10)

Liberality consists less in giving much than in giving at the right time (liberality)

It is less painful in youth than in age to be ignorant (youth 10)

Varia

A bad year is kinder than the poor man's neighbor (year 1)

A friend by your side can keep you warmer than the richest furs (friend 5)

A rich miser is poorer than a poor man (miser 4)

A virtuous woman is rarer than a precious jewel (virtuous 2)

An old horse slips quicker than a young one (horse 18)

Blood is thicker than water (blood 6)

Dull knife cuts cheese thinner than a sharp one (knife 1)

Every baby born into the world is a finer one than the last (baby 3)

Fact is stranger than fiction (fact 2)

Just pushing ahead will open the door to success much quicker than pulling (door 11; pushing; success 11)

Some days are darker than others (day 30)

The nigger is luckier than the white man at night (lucky 7)

The shirt is nearer than the coat (shirt 2)

The stream is always purer at its source (stream 11)

Truth is stranger than fiction (truth 61)

Using our brains is often wiser than depending on our strength (brain 12)

We milk trouble drier than we do enjoyment (trouble (n.) 34)

A farmer on his knees is higher than a gentleman on his legs (farmer 2)

A farmer on his knees is higher than a gentleman on his legs (farmer 2)

Comparatives with various explaining, recurrent parallelistic etc. additions

Beauty is worse than wine: it intoxicates both the holder and the beholder (beauty 24)

Women are wacky, women are vain: they'd rather be pretty than have a good brain (woman 98)

Some things seem easy at first, but they are easier said than done (easy (adj.) 5)

Our eyes are placed in front because it is more important to look ahead than behind (eye 27)

Money, like promises, is easier made than kept (money 46)

There is more delight in hope than in enjoyment; anticipation is greater than realization (hope (n.) 38)

A woman never forgets her sex. She would rather talk with a man than an angel any day (woman 20)

Tart words make no friends: a spoonful of honey will catch more flies than a gallon of vinegar (honey 4; word 52)

Afflictions are the good man's treasure-but he'd rather buy it than bear it (affliction 3)

Rather eat blackberries than rabbits: they are less fatiguing to overtake (blackberry)

Sloth, like rust, consumes faster than labor wears, while the used key is always bright (key 5; sloth 4)

Manners are more than meat, and morals more than manners (manners 4)

Bacchus has drowned more than Neptune and has killed more than Mars (Bacchus)

Pride costs more than hunger, thirst, or cold (pride 13)

A thin pan gwine get hot quicker than a thick one, an' cold the same way (pan 1)

Deeds are mightier than words are, actions mightier than boasting (deed 12)

Imagination dives deeper and soars higher than nature goes (imagination 2)

Superlatives

The best way (to) .... is... (to)...

The best way out is always through

The best way out of a difficulty is through it

The best way to double your money is to fold it and put it back in your pocket

The best way to get out of trouble is not to get in it

The best way to get rid of work is to do it

The best way to keep a friend is not to give him away

The best way to keep acts in memory is to refresh them with new ones

The best way to kill time is to work it to death

The best way to resist temptation is to give in to it

The best way to rest is to get away from the rest

The best way to save face is to keep it covered

The best way to see divine light is to put out your own candle

The best way to visit the poor is to help the poor

The best way to win an argument is to avoid it

INDICATIVE SENTENCES WITH AN OVERTLY IMPLICATIVE SYMMETRIC BASIC STRUCTURE

The ...-er..., the ...-er ... ~ more ~ less ~ ...

The bigger a man's head gets, the easier it is to fill his shoes (head 35)

The bigger the battle, the bigger the booty (battle 2)

The bigger the better (bigger 1)

The bigger the lie, the more it is believed (lie (n.) 32)

The bigger the man, the better the mark (bigger 2; man 212)

The bigger the man, the smaller he becomes (bigger 3)

The bigger the man's head gets, the easier it is to fill his shoes (bigger 4)

The bigger the rock, the bigger the splash (bigger 5; rock (n.) 2)

The bigger the tree, the harder she falls (bigger 6; tree 36)

The bigger they come, the harder they fall (bigger 7)

The blacker the berry, the sweeter the juice (berry 3)

The darker the berry, the sweeter the juice (berry 3)

The darker the night, the brighter the candle (candle 7; night 4)

The deeper the foundation the stronger the house (foundation 3)

The deeper the well, the colder the water (well (n.) 7)

The emptier the pot, the quicker it boils (pot 12)

The fairer the hostess, the fouler the reckoning (hostess)

The faster they are, the farther they go (fast (adj.))

The fatter the flea, the leaner the dog (flea 6)

The fewer the women, the less the trouble (woman 61)

The fewer the years, the fewer the tears (year 9)

The fewer to stare, the better the fare (stare)

The fouler his language, the fouler the man (language 8)

The greater a man's reputation, the greater the criticism (reputation 11)

The greater hurry, the worse the speed (hurry (n.) 6)

The greater the burdens, the brighter the crown (burden (n.) 12)

The greater the man, the greater the crime (crime 14)

The greater the number of laws, the more thieves there will be (law 18)

The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it (obstacle 3)

The greater the obstacle, the stronger the desire (obstacle 3)

The greater the sinner, the greater the saint (sinner 2)

The greater the truths, the greater the libel (truth 28)

The greater your troubles, the greater is your opportunity to show yourself a man (trouble (n.) 22)

The harder the battle, the sweeter the victory (battle 3)

The harder the nut, the sweeter the kernel (kernel 3)

The harder the storm, the sooner it's over (storm 6)

The harder the wind, the deeper the oak becomes rooted (wind 17)

The harder they buck, the easier they gentle (buck (v.))

The harder you fall, the higher you bounce (fall (v.) 6)

The harder you work, the more luck you have (work (v.) 5)

The higher the aim the higher the fall (aim (n.) 5)

The higher the ape goes the more he shows his tail (ape (n.) 4)

The higher the climb, the broader the view (climb (n.))

The higher the clouds, the fairer the weather (cloud 8)

The higher the monkey goes the more he shows his tail (ape (n.) 4)

The higher the mountain, the cooler the breeze; the younger the couple, the tighter they squeeze (couple 4)

The higher the place, the harder the fall (place 9)

The higher the plum tree, the riper the plums (plum)

The higher they fly, the harder they fall (fly (v., soar) 2)

The higher they go, the lower they fall (high (adv.) 1)

The higher up in the world a man is, the less good harness he puts on (harness 2)

The higher we rise, the broader the view (view)

The higher you climb the cherry tree, the sweeter you find the cherries (cherry 3)

The higher you climb, the harder you fall (climb (v.) 1)

The higher you rise, the higher is your horizon (horizon)

The larger the body, the bigger the heart (body 6)

The larger the income, the harder it is to live within it (income 3)

The larger the island of knowledge the longer the shoreline of wonder (knowledge 33)

The less government we have, the better (government 11)

The less people speak of their greatness, the more we think of it (greatness 8)

The less porridge, the more spoons (porridge 2)

The less said, the easiest mended (say 8)

The less the brains, the bigger the hat (brain 9)

The less the temptation, the greater the sin (temptation 11)

The less there is in a jug, the more noise it makes coming out (jug 2)

The less we know, the more we suspect (know 24; less (n.) 1)

The less you say, the less you have to take back (less (n.) 2)

The loftier your aspirations, the greater the possible disaster (aspiration)

The longer the board, the better the teeter (board 2)

The longer the foot, the higher the man (foot 25)

The longer the lawsuit, the larger the lawyer's fee (lawsuit 4)

The longer the path, the sweeter the way home (path 7)

The louder the laugh, the more empty the head (laugh (n.) 3)

The louder you are at night, the quieter you'll be in morning (loud (adj.))

The more a girl runs, the harder a boy chases (boy 20; girl 18)

The more a man dreams, the less he believes (dream (v.) 2)

The more acquaintances, the more danger (acquaintance 6)

The more arguments you win, the less friends you will have (argument 12)

The more cows, the less milk (cow 26)

The more danger, the more honor (danger 11)

The more doctors, the more diseases (doctor 16)

The more haste, the worse speed (haste 11)

The more hurry, the less speed (hurry (n.) 6)

The more it changes, the more it remains the same (change (v.) 5)

The more laws, the more offenders (law 23)

The more noble, the more humble (noble)

The more one has, the more one wants (more 1)

The more one knows, the more one simplifies (know 25)

The more responsibilities a man assumes, the more likely he is to rise up to meet them (responsibility 2)

The more that a man knows, the more worth he is (know 26)

The more the help, the lighter the work (help (n.) 8)

The more the merrier (more 3)

The more we have, the more we want; the more we want, the less we have (have 12)

The more we study, the more we discover our ignorance (ignorance 23; study (v.) 4)

The more you do, the less thanks you get (thanks 3)

The more you drink, the more you want (drink (v.) 7)

The more you eat, the more you want (eat 15)

The more you get, the more you want (more 1)

The more you have, the more you want (have 12; more 1)

The more you lean on somebody else, the leaner are your chances of success (chance 13)

The more you lean on somebody else, the leaner your chances of success (lean (v.); success 43)

The more you linger in the mire, the more you foul yourself (mire 3)

The more you promise, the less you will have to deliver (promise (v.) 7)

The more you put into a thing, the more you get out (more 2)

The more you say, the less you shine (say 15)

The more you stir a rotten egg, the more it stinks (egg 20)

The more you stir a stink, the louder it smells (stink 2)

The more you stir dirt, the worse it smells (filth 2)

The more you stir dirt, the worse it stinks (filth 2; stink 2)

The more you stir filth, the worse it smells (filth 2)

The more you stir it, the worse it stinks (stink 2)

The more you study, the more you forget (study (v.) 5)

The more you take care of corn and politics, the better they grow up (corn 13)

The narrower the edge, the deeper the cut (economy 3)

The nearer the bone, the sweeter the flesh (bone 3)

The nearer the bone, the sweeter the meat (bone 3)

The nearer the church, the farther from God (church 10)

The nearer the fire, the hotter it is (fire 42)

The nearer the ground the sweeter the grass (grass 11)

The nearer the ground, the sweeter the grass (ground 2)

The older a lamb becomes, the more sheepish he grows (lamb 5)

The older a lamb grows, the more sheepish he becomes (lamb 5)

The older the buck, the stiffer the horn (buck (n.))

The older the crab, the tougher his claws (crab 2)

The older the fiddle, the better the tune (fiddle (n.) 2)

The older the fool, the harder he falls (fool (n.) 160)

The older the fool, the worse he is (fool (n.) 163)

The redder the fruit, the higher it hangs (fruit 11)

The richer the cobbler, the blacker his thumb (cobbler 4)

The smaller the company, the greater the feast (company 16)

The smaller the drink, the clearer the head, the cooler the blood (drink (n.) 10)

The smaller the gathering, the greater the joy (gathering 2)

The smaller the wrong, the greater the guilt (wrong (n.) 7)

The sooner the better (soon 2)

The sooner the departure, the quicker the return (departure)

The sooner the war, the quicker peace (war 11)

The taller the tree, the harder the bark; the taller the girl, the harder the spark (tree 37)

The thinner the ice is, the more anxious is everyone to see whether it will bear (ice 2)

The tighter the burden strap, 'tis most likely to break (strap)

The tighter the string, the sooner it will break (string (n.) 4)

The tougher the fight, the sweeter the triumph (fight (n.) 2)

The uglier the man, the better the husband (husband 17)

The weaker the argument, the stronger the words (argument 14)

The weaker the body, the stronger the mind (body 7)

The whiter the bread, the sooner you're dead (bread 26)

The wilder the colt, the better the horse (colt 4)

The worse the man the better the soldier (man 226)

As...so... , Like...., like... ~ ... structures

As (is) X, so (is) Y

As is the gander, so is the goose (gander; goose 19)

As is the garden, such is the gardener (garden 2)

As is the lover, so is the beloved (lover 3)

As is the mother, so is the daughter (mother 2)

As is the workman, so is the work (workman 6)

As the bell is, so is the clapper (bell (n.) 3)

As the master is, so is his dog (master 2)

X is as X does

Beauty is as beauty does (beauty 10)

Easy is as easy does (easy (adj.) 3)

Foolish is as foolish does (foolish (n.) 1)

Friendly is as friendly does (friendly (n.))

Handsome is as handsome does (handsome 2)

Johnny is as Johnny does (Johnny 1)

Pretty is as pretty does (pretty (n.))

Like X, like Y ~ As X, so Y

Like author, like book (author 2)

Like carpenter, like chips (carpenter 1)

Like father, like son (father 10)

Like liberty, gold never stays where it is undervalued (gold 25; liberty 8)

Like master, like man (master 5)

Like priest, like people (priest 1)

As the organ, so the tone (organ)

Varia:

A fool is like other men as long as he is silent (fool (n.) 14)

A man's pride in what he knows decreases as his knowledge grows (pride 1)

As a bird wanders from its nest, so a man wanders from his home (bird 8)

As a man is, so he sees (man 66)

As a man thinks in his heart, so is he (heart 29; think 1)

As a man thinks, so he is (man 68; think 1)

As a man thinks, so he is (man 68; think 1)

As a spoon can't taste the flavor of the soup, a fool in the company of the wise learns nothing (spoon 1)

As charms are nonsense, nonsense is a charm (charm 2)

As cold water to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country (soul 3)

As costly your apparel as your purse can bear (apparel 2)

As good have no time as make no good use of it (time 7)

As great a pity to see a woman weep as to see a goose go barefoot (woman 37)

As James treats God, so God treats James (James)

As many men, so many opinions (man 69)

As often as we do good, we sacrifice (good (n.) 4)

As people think, so they are (people 2; think 1)

As soon as man is born, he begins to die (born 2)

As soon as there are some to be governed, there are also some to govern (govern 1)

As sore places meet most rubs, proud folks meet most affronts (proud (adj.) 3)

As the crackling of thorns under a pot, so the laughter of a fool (crackling)

As the day lengthens, the cold strengthens (day 7)

As the dogs bark, the young ones learn (dog 42)

As the old bird sings, so the young ones twitter (bird 9)

As the old cock crows, the young cock learns (cock 2)

As the old goose yells, so yells the young goose (goose 5)

As the purse is emptied, the heart is filled (purse 8)

As the sail is set, so goes the ship (sail (n.) 1)

As the slave departs, the man returns (slave 1)

As the sun rises, man's hope revives (sun 2)

As the tree is bent, so the tree is inclined (tree 16)

As the wind blows, so bends the twig (wind 4)

As times are, so are the customs (custom 1)

Compound forms

As a man lives, so shall he die; as a tree falls, so shall it lie (live (v.) 3; man 67)

As young folks see, the young folks do; as they hear, they say (young (adj.) 6)

(He) who ~ that ~ Those ~ They who... etc. ~ That ~ It ... is ... which ~ that ...

Who-sentences (human being as an agent or object)

(He ~They ~ One) who ~ Whoever ~that....

All who travel in the rain get wet (rain (n.) 5)

He is not deceived who is knowingly deceived (deceive 2)

He that accuses all convicts only one (accuse 1)

He that always complains is never pitied (complaint 1)

He that banquets every day never makes a good meal (banquet)

He that blows dust fills his own eyes (dust 3)

He that boasts of his own knowledge proclaims his ignorance (knowledge 4)

He that can catch and hold, he is the man of gold (gold 21)

He that can have patience can have what he will (patience 5)

He that can make a fire well can end a quarrel (fire 25; quarrel (n.) 5)

He that can read and meditate will not find his evenings long or life tedious (read 1)

He that can travel well afoot keeps a good horse (horse 35)

He that can't bear with other people's passions cannot govern his own (passion 4)

He that carries a bone will fetch one (bone 2)

He that climbs the tall tree has a right to the fruit (climb (v.) 3; fruit 6; tree 22)

He that climbs the tall tree has a right to the fruit (climb (v.) 3; fruit 6; tree 22)

He that complies against his will is of his own opinion still (comply)

He that conquers himself conquers an enemy (conquer 3; enemy 18; hillbilly 2)

He that conquers himself conquers an enemy (conquer 3; enemy 18; hillbilly 2)

He that converses not knows nothing (converse 2)

He that corrects not youth controls not age (youth 5)

He that counts all costs will never put a plow in the earth (cost (n.) 1)

He that departs with his own honesty for vulgar praise does too dearly buy (honesty 3)

He that dies pays all debts (die (v.) 6)

He that does ill hates the light (ill (n.) 5)

He that doesn't tie a knot may lose his first stitch (knot 1; knot 1)

He that endures is not overcome (endure 2)

He that falls in love with himself will have no rivals (love (n.) 10)

He that feeds upon charity has a cold dinner and no supper (charity 9)

He that gains time gains all things (time 16)

He that gathers in the summer is a wise son (son 7)

He that gets money before he gets wit will be a short while master of it (money 9)

He that gives the laws of love is usually a bachelor (love (n.) 11)

He that goes a-borrowing goes a-sorrowing (borrowing 4)

He that goes to bed thirsty, rises healthy (bed 4)

He that has a choice has trouble (choice 1)

He that has a great nose thinks everybody is speaking of it (nose 5)

He that has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare (friend 95)

He that has a trade has a share everywhere (trade (n.) 3)

He that has knowledge spares his words (knowledge 5)

He that has no charity deserves no mercy (charity 10)

He that has no children brings them up well (children 15)

He that has not got a wife is not yet a complete man (wife 21)

He that has not religion for his pillow is without a resting place (religion 4)

He that has the spice may season as he pleases (spice )

He that is angry is seldom at ease (angry 3)

He that is conscious of a stink in his breeches is jealous of every wrinkle in another's nose (stink 1)

He that is down need fear no fall (down 3)

He that is full of himself is empty (full (adj.) 1)

He that is long absent is soon forgotten (absent 1)

He that is one man's slave is free from none (slave 7)

He that is patient finds his foe at his feet (patient (adj.))

He that is surety for another is never sure himself (surety)

He that is too secure is not safe (secure)

He that is warm thinks all are so (warm 1)

He that knows himself knows others (know 5)

He that knows least presumes most (know 6)

He that lives carnally won't live eternally (carnally; live (v.) 8)

He that lives on hope has a slender diet (hope (n.) 7)

He that lives upon hope will die fasting (hope (n.) 8)

He that loves danger shall perish therein (danger 9)

He that makes himself a sheep shall be eaten by the wolves (sheep 4)

He that makes one basket can make one hundred (basket 2)

He that marries a widow and four children marries four thieves (widow 2)

He that marries for money earns it (money 11)

He that mischief hatches, mischief catches (mischief 3)

He that overcomes his passions overcomes his greatest enemies (passion 5)

He that pays aforehand has never his work well done (pay (v.) 3)

He that peeps through a hole may see what will vex him (hole 5)

He that plants trees loves others besides himself (tree 23)

He that preaches patience never knew pain (patience 6)

He that pries into the clouds may be struck with a thunderbolt (cloud 5)

He that proves too much proves nothing (prove 1)

He that puts trust in his own heart is a fool (heart 38)

He that resolves to mend hereafter resolves to mend not (resolve 1)

He that rewards flattery begs it (flattery 18)

He that rides the mule shoes her (mule 2)

He that seeks trouble always finds it (trouble (n.) 5)

He that sips many arts drinks none (art 13)

He that sows iniquity shall reap vanity (iniquity 1)

He that speaks ill of the mare will buy her (ill (n.) 6; mare 1)

He that speaks much is much mistaken (mistake 5; speak 3)

He that speaks without care shall remember with sorrow (care (n.) 11)

He that stays in the valley shall never get over the hill (valley 2)

He that steals an egg will steal a chicken (egg 13)

He that steals the old man's supper does him no wrong (supper 3)

He that swells in prosperity will be sure to shrink in adversity (prosperity 2)

He that swims in sin will sink in sorrow (sin (n.) 6)

He that takes a wife takes care (wife 22)

He that talks to himself talks to a fool (fool (n.) 100; talk (v.) 2)

He that talks to himself talks to a fool (fool (n.) 100; talk (v.) 2)

He that teaches a scorner does an injury to himself (scorner 1; teach 1)

He that teaches himself has a fool for a teacher (fool (n.) 101; teach 2)

He that teaches himself has a fool for a teacher (fool (n.) 101; teach 2)

He that tells his wife news is but newly married (news 4; wife 23)

He that travels far knows much (travel (v.) 1)

He that understands amiss, concludes worse (understand 3)

He that ventures too far loses all (venture 3)

He that waits for a dead man's shoes may long go barefooted (barefooted 1)

He that will not be counseled cannot be helped (counsel (v.))

He that will not stoop for a pin will never be worth a pound (pin 3)

He that will slight my horse will buy my horse (horse 36)

He that will steal a pin will steal a better thing (pin 4)

He that will steal an arrow will steal a horse (arrow 2)

He that will steal an ounce will steal a pound (ounce)

He that winks with the eye causes sorrow (eye 13)

He that would make a fool of himself will find many to help him (fool (n.) 102)

He who acts through another acts through himself (act (v.) 7)

He who anticipates his inheritance will be the inheritor of beggary (inheritance)

He who associates with dogs learns to pant (dog 65)

He who begs timidly, courts refusal (beg 2)

He who believes easily is easily deceived (believe 4)

He who believes has power to do (believe 5)

He who blesses most is blessed (bless 2)

He who blows in the fire will get sparks in his eyes (fire 27)

He who buys what he does not need steals from himself (buy (v.) 3)

He who can take advice is sometimes superior to those who give it (advice 21)

He who cannot hold his tongue is unworthy of having one (tongue 12)

He who chases two hares catches neither (hare 4)

He who cheats another cheats himself most (cheat)

He who cheats his appetite avoids debt (appetite 6)

He who climbs too high is near a fall (climb (v.) 1)

He who closes his door to the poor will find the gates of heaven closed (door 10)

He who comes first grinds first (first (adv.) 2)

He who comes through the fire will not fade in the sun (fire 28)

He who commences many things finishes but few (commence)

He who conquers himself conquers the world (conquer 5)

He who considers too much will perform little (consider)

He who cries in bed will soon be dead (cry (v.) 4)

He who cuts his own firewood has it warm him twice (firewood)

He who dances pays the fiddler (dance (v.) 3)

He who demands does not command (demand (v.))

He who denies all confesses all (deny 2)

He who denies his guilt doubles his guilt (guilt 6)

He who depends on charity soon learns to fast (charity 11)

He who despises a humble friend may be doing an ill turn to himself (friend 98)

He who digs a grave for another falls in himself (grave 1)

He who does evil comes to an evil end (evil (n.) 18)

He who does evil suspects evil on the part of his fellow man (evil (n.) 19)

He who does his best, angels can do no more (angel 4)

He who does not advance recedes (advance)

He who does not believe finds others will not believe him (believe 6)

He who does not look ahead remains behind (look (v.) 2)

He who does not speak well is not heard (speak 4)

He who does not tire, tires adversity (tire (v.))

He who does the best he can does well (best (n.) 2)

He who doubts nothing knows nothing (doubt (v.) 2)

He who drinks and walks away lives to drink another day (drink (v.) 3)

He who drinks fast pays slow (drink (v.) 4)

He who drinks on credit gets double drunk (credit 7)

He who eats the fastest eats the mostest (eat 13)

He who eats the fastest often feeds his vest (vest)

He who exalts himself shall be humbled (exalt)

He who expects to run must crawl first (run (v.) 1)

He who fiddles doesn't dance (fiddle (v.))

He who flees proves himself guilty (flee)

He who follows another is always behind (follow 1)

He who follows truth too closely will have dirt kicked in his face (truth 11)

He who forgives ends the quarrel (forgive 5; quarrel (n.) 6)

He who forgives ends the quarrel (forgive 5; quarrel (n.) 6)

He who gets a name for early rising may sleep all day (name 5; rising 1)

He who gets a name for early rising may sleep all day (name 5; rising 1)

He who gets up early has gold in his mouth (early (adv.) 4)

He who gives is twice blessed (give 5)

He who gives to the poor lends to the Lord (poor (n.) 2)

He who gives twice gives without hesitation (give 6)

He who goes to sleep in filth gets up dirty (filth 1)

He who goes with crabs learns to walk backwards (crab 1)

He who grabs at the shadow may lose the substance (shadow 1)

He who greases his wheels helps his oxen (wheel 3)

He who greases well drives well (grease (v.))

He who has a bad name is half hanged (name 6)

He who has a beard buys himself a comb (beard 1)

He who has a fair wife needs more than two eyes (wife 24)

He who has a mind to beat a dog will easily find a stick (dog 66)

He who has an art has a place anywhere (art 14)

He who has crossed the ford knows how deep it is (ford)

He who has fat cattle shall himself be fat (cattle 2)

he who has hope has everything (health 8; hope (n.) 9)

He who has knowledge has force (knowledge 6)

He who has many friends has no friends (friend 99)

He who has no faith in others finds no faith in them (faith 11)

He who has no shame has no honor (shame (n.) 1)

He who has not a good tongue needs to have good hands (tongue 13)

He who has one foot in a brothel has the other in the hospital (foot 11)

He who has sinned has already punished himself (sin (v.) 1)

He who has suffered shipwreck fears to sail upon the seas (shipwreck 2)

He who has suffered you to impose on him knows you (impose)

He who has the longest nets catches the biggest fish (fish (n.) 23)

He who has time does not wait for time (time 17)

He who hasn't anything to do pulls his wife's eyes out (eye 14; wife 25)

He who hasn't anything to do pulls his wife's eyes out (eye 14; wife 25)

He who hates is lost (hate (v.) 1)

He who hesitates is last (hesitate 2)

He who hesitates is sometimes saved (hesitate 4)

He who holds his tongue is strong (tongue 14)

He who hurts gets hurt (hurt (v.) 1)

He who is a law to himself no law does need (law 5)

He who is afraid of doing too much always does too little (afraid 4)

He who is all for himself is often all by himself (hillbilly 3)

He who is always praying has a dangerous life (praying 1)

He who is born a fool is never cured (fool (n.) 103)

He who is born round cannot die square (born 4)

He who is content has enough (content (adj.) 3)

He who is courteous to all is not courteous at all (courteous 2)

He who is good at making excuses is seldom good at anything else (excuse (n.) 4)

He who is ignorant of foreign languages knows not his own (language 3)

He who is in the mud loves to pull another in (mud 2)

He who is independent cannot be greater (independent)

He who is near the church is often far from God (church 10)

He who is no friend to the good cause is no friend of mine (friend 100)

He who is small in faith will never be great but in failure (faith 12)

He who is to break his neck finds the stairs in the dark (neck 3)

He who is true to one friend thus proves himself worthy of many (friend 101)

He who itches for something seldom scratches for it (itch (v.) 1)

He who judges others condemns himself (judge (v.) 6)

He who knows all believes (know 7)

He who knows he is a fool is not a big fool (fool (n.) 104)

He who knows how to keep silent knows a great deal (silent 4)

He who knows little repeats it (know 9)

He who knows little soon tells it (know 10)

He who knows most grieves most for wasted time (time 18)

He who knows no laziness will know prosperity (laziness 1)

He who knows not love has no children (love (n.) 13)

He who knows nothing never doubts (nothing 6)

He who knows only his side of a case knows little of that (case 2)

He who laughs at others' woes finds few friends and many foes (laugh (v.) 2)

He who laughs in his youth cries in his old age (laugh (v.) 3)

He who laughs last just got the joke (joke (n.) 5)

He who laughs last laughs best (laugh (v.) 4)

He who lays a good egg has a right to cackle (egg 15)

He who lays a snare for another, himself falls into it (snare)

He who learns the hard way will never forget (way 8)

He who lies once is never believed again (lie (v., deceive) 2)

He who likes to track likes to cheat (track (v.))

He who lingers is lost (linger)

He who lives by the sword shall perish by the sword (sword 1)

He who lives in either desire or fear can never enjoy his possessions (desire (n.) 3)

He who lives right lives forever (right (adv.) 3)

He who looks behind will never get ahead (ahead)

He who looks for bad will find it (bad (n.) 2)

He who loves correctors loves knowledge (knowledge 7)

He who loves his wife should watch her (wife 26)

He who loves last loves best (love (v.) 1)

He who loves much fears much (love (v.) 2)

He who loves the tree loves the branch (tree 24)

He who loves well chastises well (love (v.) 3)

He who loves well will never forget (love (v.) 4)

He who makes an idol of his interest makes a martyr of his integrity (interest (concern) 2)

He who makes no mistakes is a fool (mistake 3)

He who makes shoes goes barefoot (shoe (n.) 11)

He who makes us do what we can is a friend (can (v.) 11; friend 102)

He who marries a wolf often looks toward the forest (wolf 4)

He who marries for wealth sells his liberty (wealth 5)

He who never fails will never grow rich (fail 2)

He who never goes forward goes backwards (forward)

He who never learns anything never forgets anything (learn 2)

He who never made a mistake never made anything (mistake 4)

He who never tries anything will never win (try (v.) 1)

He who only hopes is hopeless (hope (v.) 2)

He who passes judgment on a fool is himself judged to be a fool (fool (n.) 105)

He who pays his debts enriches himself (debt 7)

He who pays the piper calls the tune (piper 1; tune 4)

He who pitches too high will not get through his song (pitch (v.))

He who plants kindness gathers joy (kindness 7)

He who plays in the mud is bound to get dirty (mud 3)

He who plays with fire could get burned (fire 16)

He who plunges into vice resembles a man who rolls from the tip of a precipice (vice 4)

He who prays for his neighbor will be heard for himself (neighbor 12)

He who preaches up war is a fit chaplain of the devil (war 4)

He who punishes one chastises a hundred (punish)

He who puts up with insult invites injury (insult 2)

He who questions nothing learns nothing (question (v.) 1)

He who readily takes oath seldom swears to the truth (oath 3)

He who returns the first blow is the man who begins the quarrel (blow (n.) 2; quarrel (n.) 7)

He who rides the tiger can never dismount (tiger 2)

He who rises early makes progress in his work (early (adv.) 5)

He who robs a scholar robs the public (scholar 4)

He who saves a penny earns a penny (penny 4)

He who saves another life adds years to his own (life 10)

He who saves in little things can be liberal in great ones (save 1)

He who scrubs the head of an ass wastes his soap (ass (animal) 13)

He who scuttles the ship he arrives in may have to swim when he leaves (ship 8)

He who seeks only for applause from without has all his happiness in another's keeping (happiness 30)

He who sees his own faults is too busy to see the faults of others (fault 17)

He who sells a house gets the price of the nails (house 19)

He who serves a public has but a scurvy master (public (n.) 1)

He who serves is not free (serve 1)

He who shoots may hit at last (shoot (v.) 1)

He who sidesteps duty avoids a gain (duty 7)

He who sings drives away his cares (sing 1)

He who sings in summer will weep in winter (sing 2)

He who sits on a hot stove shall rise again (stove)

He who sits on stone rests twice (stone 8)

He who sits on the tack of ambition will surely rise to success (ambition 19)

He who sleeps late has short days (sleep (v.) 2)

He who sleeps with dogs gets up with fleas (dog 71)

He who slings mud loses ground (mud 4)

He who sows brambles reaps thorns (bramble 2)

He who sows courtesy reaps friendship (courtesy 16)

He who sows his land trusts in God (land 1)

He who sows thorns shall not gather roses (thorn 4)

He who sows thorns will never reap grapes (thorn 5)

He who spares his rod hates his son (rod 2)

He who spares the rod spoils the child (rod 2)

He who speaks evil hears worse (evil (n.) 20)

He who speaks not till the last may profit by the follies of the rash (speak 6)

He who steals will always fail (steal 1)

He who stirs the soup pot eats first (pot 6)

He who sups late sups well (sup 1)

He who swears, swears in vain (swear)

He who talks boldly is quick to run away (boldly 2)

He who talks much errs much (talk (v.) 4)

He who talks much makes many mistakes (mistake 5)

He who talks much says many foolish things (talk (v.) 5)

He who talks the most knows the least (talk (v.) 6)

He who teaches often learns himself (teach 4)

He who tends his own business has a good one (business 21)

He who thinks evil wishes it on himself (evil (n.) 21)

He who thinks he knows the most knows the least (know 12)

He who thinks his place is below him will certainly be below his place (place 5)

He who toots not his own horn, the same does not get tooted (horn 6)

He who touches pitch will get black (pitch (n.) 1)

He who treads softly goes far (softly; tread)

He who treats himself has a fool for a patient (fool (n.) 107)

He who trims himself to suit everyone soon whittles himself away (trim)

He who tumbles isn't much of a traveler (tumble (v.))

He who understands most is the other men's master (understand 4)

He who uses his tongue will reach his destination (destination; tongue 15)

He who uses his tongue will reach his destination (destination; tongue 15)

He who waits for something to turn up is likely to turn up in jail (jail)

He who wants content can't find it in an easy chair (content (n.) 5)

He who wants to travel far saves his horse (horse 37; travel (v.) 3)

He who was born first has the greatest number of old clothes (clothes 10)

He who weeps for everybody soon loses his eyesight (eyesight 1)

He who won't be advised cannot be helped (advice 24)

He who would be too clever makes a fool of himself (clever 2; fool (n.) 108)

He who would be too clever makes a fool of himself (clever 2; fool (n.) 108)

He who would not when he could is not able when he would (able)

Many who go for wool come back shorn (wool 2)

One who blows a horn will never blow a vault (horn 2)

One who borrows brews his own trouble (borrow (v.) 1)

One who cannot respect himself cannot respect another (respect (v.) 1)

One who does everything for gain does nothing for good (gain (n.) 14)

One who has learned unlearns with difficulty (learn 4)

One who keeps on his toes is never down at the heels (toe 3)

One who takes poison swallows its dish as well (poison (n.) 1)

One who talks the loudest says the least (talk (v.) 8)

Only they who have borne burdens understand sympathy (burden (n.) 9)

She who is a beauty is half married (beauty 38)

She who is kissed by more than one is worthy of being kissed by none (kiss (v.) 4)

She who loves the looking glass hates the saucepan (looking glass 1)

The man who boasts boosts himself into the company of liars (boast (v.) 1)

The one who does the grunting seldom does the lifting (grunting)

The one who seeks is the one who finds (seek 1)

They that get the name of rising early may lie in bed all day (early (adv.) 7)

They that have no other meat gladly bread and butter eat (meat 4)

They that have patience may accomplish anything (patience 27)

They that sin are enemies to themselves (sin (v.) 3)

They that smell least smell best (smell (v.))

They that sow in tears shall reap in joy (tear (n.) 17)

They that value not praise will never do anything worthy of it (praise (n.) 15)

They who are content to remain in the valley will get no news from the mountains (valley 3)

They who drink beer think beer (beer 4)

They who enter by the back stairs may expect to be shown out at the window (stair)

They who give willingly love to give quickly (give 11)

They who live in worry invite death in a hurry (worry (n.) 4)

They who make the best use of their time have none to spare (time 49)

Those that are weatherwise are rarely otherwise (weather-wise)

Those that do the most prancing make the least progress (prancing)

Those that eat cherries with great persons shall have their eyes squirted out with stones (cherry 4)

Those who are free with complaints have little else to offer (complaint 3)

Those who can't govern themselves must be governed (govern 6)

Those who can't, criticize (can (v.) 18)

Those who cry the hardest are not always the most hurt (cry (v.) 5)

Those who dare to think by themselves can make others think with them (think 14)

Those who drink but water will have no liquor to buy (water 16)

Those who forgive most will be most forgiven (forgive 8)

Those who have money have trouble about it (money 80)

Those who have not tasted the bitterest of life's bitters can never appreciate the sweetest of life's sweets (bitterest)

Those who know all about heaven seldom get there (heaven 18)

Those who look up see the stars (look (v.) 12; star 6)

Those who make trouble for others often fall into it themselves (trouble (n.) 25)

Those who mess with politics are bound to catch smut (politics 6)

Those who spend money will never build a porcelain palace (money 81)

Those who tell one fib will hardly stop at two (fib)

Those who think they can't are generally right (can (v.) 19)

Those who trust us educate us (trust (v.) 5)

Those who try to deceive may expect to be paid in their own coin (deceive 10)

Those who walk down alone walk the least (walk 3)

Those who waste will want (waste (v.) 1)

Those who will not work shall not cat (work (v.) 6)

Who accepts from another sells his freedom (freedom 6)

Who accepts nothing has nothing to return (accept; nothing 27)

Who accepts nothing has nothing to return (accept; nothing 27)

Who answers suddenly knows little (answer (v.))

Who avoids temptation avoids sin (temptation 13)

Who cannot sing may whistle (sing 3)

Who dainties love, shall beggars prove (dainties)

Who dares nothing need hope for nothing (nothing 28)

Who dares wins (dare (v.) 2)

Who deals in dirt has foul fingers (dirt 10)

Who does nothing can do nothing wrong (nothing 29)

Who excuses himself accuses himself (excuse (v.))

Who falls from all he knows of bliss cares little into what abyss (bliss 4)

Who finds a wife finds a good thing (wife 42)

Who has a good neighbor has a good friend (neighbor 26)

Who has a physician has an executioner (physician 11)

Who has bitter in his mouth spits not at all sweet (bitter (n.) 3)

Who has burnt himself with hot food blows it cold (food 10)

Who has drunk will drink (drink (v.) 9)

Who has land has war (land 5)

Who has no son has no satisfaction (son 11)

Who has not, is not (have 11)

Who honors not age is not worthy of it (age (lifespan) 20)

Who is not ashamed to beg, soon is not ashamed to steal (beg 3)

Who is the wife of one cannot eat the rice of two (wife 43)

Who keeps company with a wolf learns to howl (company 18; wolf 13)

Who keeps company with a wolf learns to howl (company 18; wolf 13)

Who keeps his tongue will keep his soul (tongue 47)

Who laughs at others, woes finds (woe 2)

Who lets another sit on his shoulder will soon have him on his head (shoulder 2)

Who loses his due gets no thanks (due (n.) 2)

Who loses, rues (lose 6)

Who makes no promises has none to perform (promise (n.) 19)

Who may not strive may yet fulfill the harder task of standing still (strive 3)

Who never climbed never fell (climb (v.) 5)

Who never doubted never half believed (doubt (v.) 3)

Who overcomes by force has overcome but half his foe (force (n.) 9)

Who play wid de puppy get bit wid de fleas (puppy (n.) 3)

Who pleasure gives shall joy receive (joy 22; pleasure 26)

Who possesses little has the first right to it (little (n.) 24)

Who puts up the money does the talking (money 87)

Who rewards evil for good, evil shall not depart his house (evil (n.) 39)

Who seeks a faultless friend rests friendless (friend 185)

Who seeks a quarrel finds it near at hand (quarrel (n.) 20)

Who seeks adventure finds blows (adventure)

Who spends before he thinks, will beg before he dies (spend 4)

Who spits against the wind spits in his own face (spit 2; wind 23)

Who teaches me for a day is my father for a lifetime (teach 5)

Who trusts in God builds well (God 27)

Who undertakes too much seldom succeeds (undertake 2)

Who will do, will do (do 38)

Who will not keep a penny shall never have many (penny 20)

Who yaps like a dog will be beaten like a dog (dog 121)

Whoever eats fine at sight eats with greed out of sight (eat 16)

Whoever has a strong sword has peace (sword 6)

Whoever steals the neighbor's shirt usually dies without his own (neighbor 27; shirt 3)

He ~ Those.... who etc. reverted forms

A friar who asks aims for God's sake begs for two (alms 1)

A man is newly married who tells his wife everything (man 25)

All are not asleep who have their eyes shut (asleep)

All things come to him who waits (all 14; thing 5)

Blessed are they that have not seen and yet have believed (blessed 1; see 2)

Blessed are they that have not seen and yet have believed (blessed 1; see 2)

Blessed is he who takes himself seriously (blessed 3; seriously)

Every thing comes to a man who does not need it (man 105)

Everything comes to him who waits (everything 4; wait 1)

Evil on him who evil thinks (evil (n.) 14)

Few have earned large success who didn't save part of their small earnings (success 6)

Fortune comes to him who seeks her (fortune 12)

Happy is he who is content (happy 6)

Happy is he who is simple (happy 7)

Happy is he who limits his wants to his necessities (happy 8)

He acts the third crime that defends the first (crime 6)

He acts well who acts quickly (act (v.) 6)

He alone is rich who makes proper use of his riches (rich (adj.) 14)

He asks advice in vain who will not follow it (advice 20)

He bears misery best who hides it most (misery 2)

He becomes poor that deals with a slack hand (poor (adj.) 9)

He can who thinks he can (can (v.) 9)

He cannot speak well that cannot hold his tongue (speak 2)

He climbs highest who helps another up (climb (v.) 2)

He comes too early who brings bad news (news 2)

He conquers the world who conquers himself (conquer 5; world 4)

He conquers twice who conquers himself (conquer 1)

He conquers who endures (conquer 2)

He deserves not sweet that will not taste of sour (sweet (n.) 2)

He enjoys life who makes others enjoy it best (life 9)

He enjoys much who is thankful for a little (enjoy 2)

He fails not who attempts not (fail 1)

He gives twice who gives promptly (give 4)

He has a better title who was first in point of time (title)

He has hard work indeed who has nothing to do (nothing 5; work (n.) 12)

He has sorry food who feeds on the faults of others (food 5)

He injures the good who spares the bad (good (n.) 15)

He is a fool that makes his doctor his heir (fool (n.) 95)

He is a fool that takes a fool's advice (fool (n.) 96)

He is a fool who cannot conceal his knowledge (fool (n.) 98)

He is forehanded who always has a dish out to catch the rain (forehanded)

He is happy who finds peace in his own home (happy 14)

He is happy who wants what he has (happy 15)

He is lifeless that is faultless (faultless; lifeless)

He is lifeless that is faultless (faultless; lifeless)

He is most powerful who governs himself (govern 3)

He is no friend who plays double (friend 92)

He is not rich who is not satisfied (rich (adj.) 15)

He is not well bred that cannot bear ill breeding in others (bred; well (adv.) 1)

He is not wise who is not wise for himself (wise (adj.) 26)

He is powerful who governs his passions (powerful)

He is prudent who is patient (prudent)

He is rich enough that lacks not bread (bread 12)

He is rich who does not desire more (rich (adj.) 16)

He is rich who owes nothing (rich (adj.) 17)

He is the best gentleman who is the son of his own deserts (gentleman 5)

He is the greatest fool who asks for what he can't have (fool (n.) 99)

He is truly happy who makes others happy (happy 16)

He is unworthy to govern others who cannot govern himself (govern 4)

He is wise enough that can keep himself warm (wise (adj.) 27)

He is wise who speaks little (wise (adj.) 28)

He jests at scars who never felt a wound (scar)

He judges best who thinks least (judge (v.) 5)

He knocks boldly who brings good news (news 3)

He knows most who speaks least (know 4)

He knows not the law who knows not the reason thereof (law 4)

He knows the way best who went there last (way 6)

He labors in vain who tries to please everybody (everybody 3; please 1)

He labors in vain who tries to please everybody (everybody 3; please 1)

He lives longest who lives best (live (v.) 6)

He lives twice who lives well (live (v.) 7)

He makes a foe who makes a jest (foe 3)

He makes no friends who never made a foe (friend 93)

He never was a friend who has ceased to be one (friend 94)

He overcomes a stout enemy who overcomes his own anger (anger 30)

He pays for the glasses who breaks them (glasses 2)

He preaches best who loves the most (preach 1)

He preaches well who lives well (preach 2)

He profits most who serves best (profit (v.) 1)

He sits not sure that sits too high (sit 1)

He threatens who is afraid (threaten)

He travels fastest who travels alone (travel (v.) 2)

He was a bold man who first ate an oyster (bold 2; oyster)

He's my friend who speaks well behind my back (friend 104)

He's not the best carpenter that makes the most chips (carpenter 3)

It is a fool who loves a woman from afar (fool (n.) 117)

It is only the bashful that lose (bashful 2)

It is only the ignorant that despise education (ignorant 6)

It isn't the frog with the longest legs who can jump the farthest (frog 5)

It's a poor bride who cannot help some (bride 5)

It's a poor frog who doesn't play with his own pond (frog 6)

Many can pack cards that cannot play (card 5)

Many have lived on a pedestal who will never have a statue when dead (pedestal)

Many have quarreled about religion that never practiced it (religion 7)

Men who tell you almost nothing but the truth tell you almost nothing (almost 4; truth 21)

No man e'er was glorious who was not laborious (glorious; man 185)

No man is free who cannot command himself (free 2)

None can be free who is a slave to his passions (slave 8)

Only those are fit to live who are not afraid to die (live (v.) 20)

Only those become priests who cannot earn a living (priest 3)

Poor are they who have not patience (patience 26)

Richest is he who wants least (rich (adj.) 26)

She is handsome that handsome does (handsome 2)

She most attracts who longest can refuse (attract)

The great man is he who does not lose his child's heart (child 21)

They also serve who only stand and wait (serve 3)

They are but beggars that can count their worth (beggar 16)

They are never alone who are accompanied by noble thought (thought (n.) 20)

They are rich who have friends (friend 162)

They brag most that can do least (brag (v.))

They complain most who suffer least (complain)

They conquer who believe they can (conquer 7)

They die well that live well (die (v.) 15)

They do not love that do not show their love (love (v.) 15)

They live ill who think of living always (living 7)

They love too much that die for love (love (v.) 16)

They never fail who die in a great cause (cause 11)

They never pardon who have done the wrong (pardon (v.) 3)

They stumble that run fast (run (v.) 5)

They walk with speed who walk alone (speed 3)

Those are never alone who are accompanied by noble thoughts (alone 5)

Those can will who think they call (win 2)

Those have a short Lent who owe money to be paid at Easter (Lent)

Those knocking are always on the outside (knocking)

Those who are right need not talk loudly (right (adj.) 6)

'Tis the good reader that makes the book good (reader 2)

X who... (normal forms)

A child that won't hear will feel (child 7)

A clown who strikes it rich disowns his own parents (clown 1)

A fellow who works by the clock never earns the price of a watch (clock 2)

A fish who keeps his mouth shut will never get caught (fish (n.) 3)

A fool who is silent is counted wise (fool (n.) 20)

A fool who keeps his mouth closed fools the whole world (fool (n.) 31)

A girl who cannot build a fire will have a lazy husband (fire 5)

A king is never powerful that has not power on the sea (king 1)

A maiden that is in love grows bolder without knowing it (maiden 1)

A man who can't get up to loaf is too lazy to enjoy it (loaf (v.) 1)

A man who is his own doctor has a fool for his patient (doctor 4)

A man who is his own lawyer has a fool for a client (lawyer 2)

A man who is not spoken of is not abused (man 40)

A man who really amounts to something tries to amount to more (man 42)

A man who tries to get home on a threebase hit is generally thrown out at the plate (hit (n.) 2)

A man who won't lie to a woman has very little consideration for her feelings (lie (v., deceive) 1)

A person who looks down his nose at people will never see beyond that nose (nose 3)

A person who stoops to get even is rarely able to stand upright again (person 3)

A woman who looks much in the glass spins but little (glass 2; woman 24)

A woman who looks much in the glass spins but little (glass 2; woman 24)

Anybody who has a chip on the shoulder shows that there is wood above it (chip 2)

De one dat drap de crutch de bes gits de mos' biscuits (crutch)

Every man that is capable of doing a secret injury is a coward (coward 8)

Everyone who says goodbye is not gone (goodbye)

Folks who never do any more than they get paid for never get paid for any more than they do (do 17)

Girls who show their knees know all about the birds and bees (knee 1)

He who makes us do what we can is a friend (can (v.) 11; friend 102)

Little boys who play with matches get their fingers burned (boy 24)

Man who wants a good harvest will not sow bad seed (harvest 2)

Many a man who takes a chance would be mighty glad to put it back (chance 8)

Men don't die who were born to be hanged (die (v.) 11; hang (execute) 7)

Men who are grateful are usually good (grateful 1)

Men who fear to live are in love with fear (fear (n.) 17)

Men who love much will work much (love (v.) 14; man 175)

Men who tell you almost nothing but the truth tell you almost nothing (almost 4; truth 21)

People who advertise their troubles never seem to get rid of their stock (people 21)

People who do not keep their promises are sure to suffer for it sooner or later (promise (n.) 11)

People who dream all night don't work all day (dream (v.) 1)

People who get to the top are not afraid of uphill work (people 22)

People who have tools are able to make a great many things (tool 4)

People who know themselves best are ashamed of themselves (know 23)

People who put off little things never put over big things (people 25)

People who talk about others are talked about by others (talk (v.) 9)

People who work on holidays will always be poor (people 26)

People who wouldn't think of talking with their mouths full often speak with their heads empty (people 27; talking 3)

The archer that shoots badly has a lie already (archer)

The baby who always gets carried will never learn to walk (baby 6)

The beggar who becomes rich has the pride of Lucifer (beggar 14)

The boy who does a stroke and stops will never a great man be (boy 31)

The cook that's with you in the morning is against you in the afternoon (cook (n.) 8)

The ewes who bleat lose most of their meat (ewe)

The family who prays together stays together (family 4)

The fellow who blows his horn the loudest is likely in the biggest fog (horn 4)

The fellow who doesn't need a boss is often the one selected to be one (boss (n.) 2)

The fellow who works for a song has trouble meeting his notes (song 7; work (v.) 4)

The king who fights himself, fights himself (king 15)

The man that aims at nothing usually gets it (man 215)

The Man that blushes is not quite a brute (blush (v.))

The man that makes a character makes foes (character 20)

The man who can govern a woman can govern a nation (govern 5)

The man who carries coal to Newcastle will pour water on a drowned mouse (coal 2)

The man who conquers sticks to his guns (conquer 6)

The man who curses prays to the devil (curse (v.) 2)

The man who disagrees with you is a bore (bore (n.) 3)

The man who does not know himself is a poor judge of the other fellow (hillbilly 5; man 218)

The man who doesn't read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them (book 32)

The man who fears no truths has nothing to fear from lies (truth 30)

The man who flings a stone up a mountainside may have it rolled back upon himself (stone 14)

The man who follows the crowd often follows his doom (crowd 2)

The man who gets in a stew is small potatoes (man 219)

The man who gets in wet weather is all washed up (man 220)

The man who has no future loses his grip on the present (future 16)

The man who is overfond of anything will be unwilling to let go his hold upon it (hold (n.))

The man who knows two languages is worth two men (language 9)

The man who loafs most gets the fewest loaves (loaf (v.) 2)

The man who loses his opportunity loses himself (opportunity 23)

The man who loves to argue is left without friends (argue 2)

The man who makes an honest living is at peace with his maker (living 6)

The man who makes no mistakes usually makes nothing (mistake 4)

The man who minds his own business generally has a good one (business 21)

The man who plants pears is a-planting for his heirs (pear 2)

The man who pulls the plow gets the plunder (plow (n.) 9)

The man who says it can't be done is liable to be knocked down by someone doing it (man 222)

The man who turns against his own side soon finds both sides against him (man 223)

The man who walks takes title to the world around him (walk 2)

The man who watches the clock generally remains one of the hands (clock 8)

The man who's anxious to hang himself will always find a rope (hang (execute) 6)

The one who takes a drink now and then is always drunk (drink (n.) 9)

The poor fool who closes his mouth never makes a dollar (fool (n.) 161)

The woman who likes washing can always find water (washing 2)

The woman who obeys her husband rules him (husband 18)

Whoever gossips to you will gossip of you (gossip (v.))

X who... (reverted forms)

A friend is one who can be good company with you for an hour without saying a word (friend 15)

A wise man is one who keeps his peace (wise (adj.) 9)

Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, says nothing (blessed 4)

Fool is he who deals with other fools (fool (n.) 61)

Good is the man who refrains from wine (wine 3)

Happy is the man who has a hobby (happy 11)

He is a good orator who convinces himself (orator 2)

He is a good preacher who follows his own preaching (preacher 3)

He is a slave to the greatest slave who serves none but himself (slave 5)

He is a sorry barber that has but one comb (barber 2)

He is not a good soldier who fights with his tongue (soldier 8)

He is the best teacher who follows his own instructions (teacher 1)

He was a bold man who first ate an oyster (bold 2; oyster)

He's an ill cook that can't lick his own fingers (cook (n.) 5)

He's no man who can't say no (no (n.) 2)

He's the best physician that knows the worthlessness of most medicines (physician 5)

It is a wise boy that knows that he isn't (boy 22)

It is a wise child that knows its own father (child 15)

It is a wise son that knows his own father (son 8)

It is the censors who inhibit the earth (censor)

It is the men that make the city (man 116)

It is the quick thinkers who become leaders (thinker 1)

It's a wise father who knows his own son (father 9)

It's a wise man who knows his own limitations (wise (adj.) 34)

It's papa who pays (papa)

It's the man behind the plow who does the work (plow (n.) 7)

Many soldiers are brave at the table who are cowards in the field (soldier 9)

Many speak much who cannot speak well (speak 8)

No man e'er was glorious who was not laborious (glorious; man 185)

No man is free who is not master of himself (man 191)

No man sees the shadow who faces the sun (shadow 2)

Pity on the cook who can't get enough to eat (cook (n.) 7)

Successful people are the ones who admit they haven't accomplished everything (successful 2)

That fish is soon caught who nibbles at every bait (fish (n.) 32)

That government is best that serves man best (government 7)

That government is best which governs least (government 8; least 2)

The best gambler is the man who doesn't gamble (gambler 3)

The biggest liar in the world is the man who starts out by saying, "They say." (liar 13)

The happiest person is the person who thinks the most interesting thoughts (happy 23)

The poorest man is he whose only wealth is money (poor (adj.) 22)

The richest man is he who wants least (rich (adj.) 27)

The wisest man is he who does not fancy he is wise at all (wise (adj.) 43)

Sentences with a more complicated structure (supraimplicative parallelism, partial parallelism of recurrent menbers etc.)

A fool demands much, but he's a greater fool that gives it (fool (n.) 8)

A fool despises his father's correction, but he that regards reproof grows prudent (fool (n.) 9)

A great talker may be no fool, but he is one that relies on him (talker 1)

A man who can smile when he feels like cussin' has the qualities of a winner (smile (v.) 1)

A man who doesn't owe anything is pretty well off, even if he hasn't got anything (owe 1)

A man who gives credit loses friends, money, and customers (credit 1)

A man who is wise is only as wise as his wife thinks he is (man 41; wise (adj.) 2)

A man who is wise is only as wise as his wife thinks he is (man 41; wise (adj.) 2)

All are not cooks who sport white caps and carry long knives (cook (n.) 2)

All things come to him who waits--if he hustles while he's waiting (hustle; wait 1)

An adult is only one who has ceased to grow vertically and started to grow horizontally (adult 1)

Anybody that would take a dare would kill a sheep and eat the hair (dare (n.) 2)

Blessed are they that hear the word of God and keep it (word 22)

Blessed are they who expect nothing, for they shall not be disappointed (blessed 2)

Blessed is he who expects the worst, for he shall not be disappointed (worst (n.) 2)

Blessed is the woman who can keep a secret and the man who will not tell his wife (woman 38)

Boys who drive with one hand usually end up in church: some of them walk down the aisle, some of them are carried (boy 13)

But many shall be last that are first, and first that are last (first (n.) 5)

For he who always does his best, his best will better grow; but he who shirks or slights his task, he lets the better go (best (n.) 4)

A true friend is one who knows all your faults and loves you still (friend 39)

who cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass himself (forgive 4)

Happy is the man that finds wisdom and that gets understanding (happy 10; wisdom 5)

He becomes poor that deals with a slack hand, but the hand of diligence makes rich (hand 21; poor (adj.) 9)

He gives little who gives much with a frown; he gives much who gives little with a smile (frown)

He goes farthest that knows not where he is going (farther 2)

He is a fool that kisses the maid when he may kiss the mistress (fool (n.) 94)

He is a fool who cannot be angry, but he is wise who will not (fool (n.) 97)

He is a fool who locks the barn door after the horse is stolen (door 20)

He is a governor that governs his passions, and he is a servant that serves them (governor; passion 3)

He is a wise man who knows more today than he did yesterday (wise (adj.) 25)

He is happiest, be he peasant or king, who finds peace in his home (happy 14)

He is in the way of life that keeps instruction, but he that refuses errs (way 5)

He is lucky who forgets what cannot be mended (lucky 2)

He is my friend that helps me, and not he that pities me (friend 91)

He is not poor that has little, but he that desires more (poor (adj.) 10)

He knows enough who knows how to mind his own business (know 3)

He knows little who will tell his wife all he knows (wife 19)

He prays the best who loves best all things both great and small (pray 1)

He sleeps well who is not conscious that he sleeps ill (sleep (v.) 1)

He that carries a small crime easily, will carry it on when it comes to be an ox (crime 7)

He that gains well and spends well needs no account book (book 25)

He that goes a great way for a wife is either cheated or means to cheat (way 7)

He that has a good wife has an angel by his side; he that has a bad one has a devil at his elbow (wife 20)

He that has feathered his nest may flee when he likes (nest 4)

He that has once done you a kindness will be more ready to do you another than he whom you yourself have obliged (kindness 6)

He that hides hatred with lying lips and he that utters slander is a fool (hatred 3)

He that is neither one thing nor the other has no friends (friend 96)

He that is of the opinion money will do everything may well be suspected of doing everything for money (money 10)

He that is rich need not live sparingly, and he that can live sparingly need not be rich (rich (adj.) 18)

He that knows not when to be silent knows not when to speak (silent 3)

He that makes a fire of straw has much smoke but little warmth (fire 26)

He that shows a passion tells his enemy where he may hit him (passion 6)

He that spills the rum loses that only; he that drinks it often loses that and himself (rum 1)

He that walks uprightly walks surely, but he that perverts his ways shall be known (walk 1)

He that walks with a wise man shall be wise, but a companion of fools shall be destroyed (wise (adj.) 29)

He that will not when he may, when he will he may have nay (will (v.) 1)

He that would thrive must rise at five; he that has thrived may rise at seven (thrive 2)

He who asks more of a friend than he can bestow deserves to be refused (friend 97)

He who can does; he who can't teaches (can (v.) 10)

He who does one fault at first and lies to hide it makes it two (fault 16)

He who fights and runs away may turn and fight another day, but he that is in battle slain will never rise to fight again (fight (v.) 1)

He who flatters me is my enemy; he who reproves me is my teacher (flatter 2)

He who forces love where none is found remains a fool the whole year round (love (n.) 12)

He who has health has hope, and he who has hope has everything (health 8; hope (n.) 9)

He who has health has hope, and he who has hope has everything (health 8; hope (n.) 9)

He who hesitates in the case of truth acts ill when he deliberates (hesitate 1)

He who hides behind another does not saddle when he pleases (hide (v.) 1)

He who holds the ladder is as bad as the thief (ladder 5)

He who is ignorant knows not that he is (ignorant 2)

He who is neither one thing or the other has no friends (neither)

He who knows does not speak; he who speaks does not know (know 8)

He who knows most knows best how little he knows (know 11)

He who knows others is clever; he who knows himself is enlightened (clever 1)

He who leaves God out of his reckoning does not know how to count (God 21)

He who loses his wealth loses much; he who loses even one friend loses more; but he that loses his courage loses all (courage 15)

He who loses wealth loses much; he who loses even one friend loses more; but he that loses his courage loses all (wealth 4)

He who overcomes others is strong; he who overcomes himself is mightier still (overcome)

He who quells an angry thought is greater than a king (thought (n.) 10)

He who reigns within himself is more than a king (hillbilly 4; king 4; reign)

He who returns the first blow is the man who begins the quarrel (blow (n.) 2; quarrel (n.) 7)

He who says little may be a fool or a genius (fool (n.) 106)

He who smiles when he walks away will live to fight another day (fight (v.) 1; smile (v.) 3)

He who speaks and has nothing to say says it cleverly (speak 5)

He who spends more than he should shall not have to spend when he would (spend 1)

He who talks hears only what he knows; he who listens may learn something (talk (v.) 3)

He who thinks he is wise is a fool; he who knows he is a fool is wise (wise (adj.) 30)

He who would write and can't write can surely review (write 4)

He's no fool who parts with what he cannot keep to get what he shall not lose (fool (n.) 109)

If I was born to be drowned, I won't be hanged, and if born to be hanged, I'll never be drowned (hang (execute) 7)

It is the dull man who is always sure and the sure man who is always dull (dull)

It is the employee who knows how; it is the employer who knows why (employee 2)

Life is a comedy to those who think, a tragedy to those who feel (life 21)

Not he who has many ideas but he who has one conviction may become a great man (conviction)

Only those who have the patience to do simple things perfectly will acquire the skill to do difficult things easily (patience 8)

People who know little talk much; people who know much talk little (people 24)

Some people who moan about prayers being answered don't seem to realize the answer may be no (prayer 15)

That woman is young that does not look a day older than she says she is (woman 59)

The bee that makes the honey doesn't stand around the hive, and the man who makes the money has to worry, work, and strive (bee 11)

The girl that thinks no man is good enough for her is right, but she's left (girl 17)

The happiest wife is not she that gets the best husband but she that makes the best of that which she gets (wife 37)

The lame man who keeps the right road outstrips the runner who keeps the wrong one (lame (adj.) 3; road 20)

The man that's worthwhile is the man that can smile (man 216; smile (v.) 5)

The man who believes is the man who achieves (man 217)

The man who reads is the man who leads (read 5)

The man who will not save as he goes keeps his nose to the grindstone (save 8)

The one who knows how will always find a place in life, but the one who knows why will be his boss (boss (n.) 3)

The science of business is the science of service, and he profits most who serves best (profit (v.) 1)

The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows whither he is going (world 26)

They are the weakest, however strong, who have no confidence in their own ability (confidence 5; weak (adj.) 3)

They who cross the seas change their skies but not their natures (sea 8)

Those who hide know how to find (hide (v.) 1; hide (v.) 3)

Those who know do not speak; those who speak do not know (know 27)

Those who never retract their opinions love themselves more than they love truth (opinion 5)

Who busies himself where no profit is found remains a fool the whole year round (profit (n.) 9)

Who gives himself with his alms feeds three: himself, his hungering neighbor, and me (alms 7)

Who holds his peace and gathers stones will find a time to throw them (peace 23; stone 18)

Who is wise is he that learns from everyone (wise (adj.) 47)

Who keeps the old akindle and adds new knowledge is fit to be a teacher (knowledge 36)

Who never wins can rarely lose; who never climbs as rarely falls (win 3)

Who seeks what he should not finds what he would not (seek 2)

Wise is he who knows himself and has the strength of will not to have another drink when he has had his fill (wise (adj.) 48)

Whom- ~ Whose- etc. forms (human being as a direct or indirect object etc.)

A friend whom you can buy can be bought from you (friend 21)

A man whose youth has no follies will in his maturity have no power (youth 2)

A real man is he whose goodness is a part of himself (goodness 2)

All good things come to those who wait (good (adj.) 5; wait 1)

All lay the load on those who are least able to bear it (boy 33)

All things are possible to him that believes (thing 4)

All things come to him who waits (all 14; thing 5)

All things work together for good for those who love God (good (n.) 2)

Courtesy is cumbersome to them that know it not (courtesy 6)

Every man loves a man who gives gifts (gift 8)

Failing hurts least those who fly low (failing (n.) 2)

Fairest and best adorned is she whose clothing is humility (humility 2)

Fences mean nothing to those who can fly (fence (n.) 4)

Flattery is sweet food to those who can swallow it (flattery 10)

Fortune helps him that is willing to help himself (fortune 16)

God aids him who changes (God 1)

God helps those who help themselves (God 7)

Guilt levels those whom it strains (guilt 2)

Happiness comes to those who give it (happiness 7)

Happy is the bride that the sun shines on (bride 4)

He dances well to whom fortune pipes (dance (v.) 1)

He is poor whom God hates (poor (adj.) 11)

He is poor whose expenses exceed his income (expense 2)

He is still a slave whose limbs alone are freed (slave 6)

He that's a good rooster will crow in any hen yard (rooster 1)

He that's carried down the stream need not row (stream 4)

He that's ordained to be rich shall be rich (rich (adj.) 19)

He whose destiny is to be hanged will never be drowned (destiny 3)

He whose own worth does speak need not speak his own worth (worth (n.) 1)

Heaven helps those that help themselves (heaven 3)

Heaven keeps them who keep themselves (heaven 8)

His heart cannot be pure whose tongue is not clean (heart 41)

In whose heart there is no song, to him the miles are many and long (heart 47; song 3)

Intellect is invisible to the man who has none (intellect)

Jehovah helps the ones that help themselves (Jehovah)

Men seldom make passes at girls who wear glasses (girl 13; glasses 3; man 172)

No wind can do him good who steers for no port (wind 12)

Opportunities are few to the man who cannot make up his mind (opportunity 7)

Opportunity sooner or later comes to all who work and wish (opportunity 20)

Power flows to him who knows how (power 10)

Power flows to the man who knows how (man 205)

Providence helps those who help themselves (providence 6)

Slow are the steps of those who leave their hearts behind (step (n.) 8)

Success comes to those who are too busy to look for it (success 20)

The devil never tempts those whom he finds suitably employed (devil 28)

The future belongs to those who prepare for it (future 11)

The Lord helps those who help themselves (Lord 4)

The Lord never helps him who sits on his ass and waits (Lord 8)

The world is his who can see through pretension (pretension)

The world is his who has the money to go over it (world 18)

Things turn out for the man who digs (man 228)

Those whom we love first we seldom wed (love (v.) 17)

Time brings everything to those who can wait for it (time 55)

Time goes slow for those who watch it (time 65)

Time works for those who work (time 99)

To him that wills, ways are not wanting (will (v.) 3)

To him who has shall be given (have 9)

To one who understands, few words are needed (understand 5; word 58)

To whom a little is not enough, nothing is enough (enough 10)

To whom you reveal your secrets you yield your liberty (secret (n.) 8)

We hate those who will not take our advice and despise those who do (advice 38)

Whom chance often passes by, it finds at last (chance 14)

Whom the gods love die young (god 2)

Whom the gods would destroy they first make mad (god 3)

Whom we love best, to them we say least (love (v.) 20)

A man that breaks his word bids others be false to him (word 7)

A man that flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet (flatter 1; neighbor 4)

A man that flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet (flatter 1; neighbor 4)

A man that outlives his reputation soon becomes miserable (reputation 5)

A man that will take a dare will take a penny from a dead man's eye (dare (n.) 1)

A nail that sticks out is struck (nail 2)

A nation that lives by the dole shall perish by the dole (nation)

A pitcher that goes oft to the well is broken at last (pitcher 1)

What ... that –sentences;

X that -sentences (X being an animal, plant, thing, part of body, substantivised action, abstract noun etc.)

What ~ All ~ Everyting that ... ~ ... (normal forms)

All that happens, happens for the best (best (n.) 1)

All that exists in this world is beautiful (all 11)

All that goes up must come down (all 13; up 1)

What is everybody's business is nobody's business (business 20)

What goes up must come down (everything 14; up 1)

All that's fair must fade (fair (beautiful) 1)

All's well that ends well (all 9)

Everything that is unknown is taken to be grand (unknown 1)

What goes over the duck's back will come out under his belly (back (n.) 5)

What's one man's meat is another man's poison (meat 3)

Only that which is honestly got is gain (gain (n.) 15)

What we see we believe (seeing 1)

That which catches the eye also catches the penny (eye 28)

That which covers you discovers you (cover (v.))

That which had no force in the beginning can gain no strength from the lapse of time (force (n.) 3)

That which is despised is often the most useful (despised)

That which is evil is soon learned (evil (n.) 36)

That which is last is best (last (adj.))

What may be bitter today may be sweet to remember tomorrow (bitter (adj.) 2)

That that comes of a cat will catch mice (cat 29)

What ain't your duty ain't your business (duty 12)

What costs little is little respected (cost (v.) 2)

What costs, counts (cost (v.) 1)

What goes under a frog's belly never goes over his back (back (n.) 5; frog 11)

What happens twice, happens thrice (happen 5)

What has happened once can happen again (happen 6)

What is a poor man's folly is a rich man's gain (folly 12)

What is good for one man may not be good for another (good (adj.) 28)

What is in the cat will come out in the kitten (cat 34)

What a child does at home, it will do abroad (child 27)

What a day may bring a day may take away (day 45)

What a fool does in the end, the wise man does in the beginning (fool (n.) 167)

What a woman has to say above a whisper isn't worth listening to (woman 77)

What can't be said is often whistled (say 18)

What children hear at home soon flies abroad (children 23)

What is bred in the bone will come out in the flesh (bone 5)

What is done cannot be undone (do 35)

What is done in the night appears in the day (night 8)

What is got by begging is deeply bought (begging)

What is hard to bear is sweet to remember (hard 9)

What is learned in the cradle lasts to the grave (cradle 3)

What is learned is not forgotten (learn 19)

What is one man's cloud is another man's sunshine (cloud 9)

What is quickly done is quickly undone (quickly)

What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander (goose 19; sauce 2)

What is the matter with the poor is poverty (poor (n.) 10; poverty 31)

What is worth most is often valued least (worth (prep.))

What isn't full won't yell (full (adj.) 3)

What Johnny will not teach himself, Johnny will not learn (teach 3)

What learn we best ken (learn 20)

What maintains one vice would bring up two children (vice 14)

What man has done, man can do (man 232)

What man makes, man can destroy (man 231)

What must happen will happen regardless (happen 9)

What one doesn't know won't hurt him (know 33)

What one fool can do, another can (fool (n.) 168)

What one man sows another man reaps (sow (v.) 1)

What one relishes, nourishes (relish (v.))

What the ear does not hear disturbs not the mind (ear (body) 10)

What the ebb takes out, the flood brings in (ebb 2)

What the eye does not see, the heart does not feel (heart 82)

What the eyes see, the heart believes (eye 38)

What we learn early we remember late (learn 21)

What the heart thinks, the tongue speaks (heart 83)

What used to be will be again (be 6)

What we acquire without sweat we give away without regret (acquire)

what we call time enough always proves little enough (time 27)

What will be will be (be 7)

What won't burn needn't be blown (burn)

What won't come out in the wash will come out in the rinse (rinse; wash (n.) 2)

What you are now, you are becoming (are 6)

What you lose in the dance, you make up in the turn about (dance (n.))

What you lose today you cannot gain tomorrow (lose 5)

What you put into someone's life will someday come back into your own (life 87)

What you take lightly on your conscience you'll feel heavily on your back (conscience 21)

What you sow you shall reap (sow (v.) 2)

Everything that happens, happens for the best (best (n.) 1)

Reverted forms

Nothing goes over the devil's back that doesn't come back under the devil's belly (back (n.) 5)

Nothing is politically right which is morally wrong (politically)

Nothing is profitable which is dishonest (profitable)

That is sufficiently certain which can be made certain (certain 4)

That is well spoken that is well taken (spoken)

That may be soon done which brings long repentance (repentance 3)

That must be true which all men say (true (adj.) 2)

What counts most is what you've got under your hat (count (v.) 2; hat 6)

What makes life weary is lack of motive (life 86)

What many of us need most is a good vigorous kick in the seat of the can'ts (kick (n.))

What we see depends mainly on what we look for (see 6)

All is grist that goes to his mill (grist 1)

All is lost that is poured into a cracked dish (dish (n.) 1)

All may do what has by man been done (do 2)

Any man can do what another man has done (do 2; man 65)

X that ~ who (embedded)

The lamb who bites a wolf never bites again (lamb 4)

The sheep who talks peace with a wolf will soon be mutton (peace 22)

Dogs that bark don't always bite (dog 2)

A battery that won't produce light will ring a doorbell (battery)

The cow that bawls the loudest soonest forgets her calf (cow 1)

A book that remains shut is but a block (book 3)

A card which never appears neither wins nor loses (card 1)

A city that sits on a hill cannot be hid (city 1)

A dog that has two homes is no good (dog 17)

A dog that will fetch a bone will carry one (dog 18)

A head that is as hard as rock will burst into pieces (head 5)

A hen that doesn't cackle doesn't lay (hen 6)

A house that is built on sand will surely fall (house 4)

A stone that may fit in the wall is never left by the way (stone 5)

A task that is pleasant is soon finished (task 1)

A task that's worth doing at all is worth doing well (doing 1; task 2)

A word that is not spoken never does any mischief (word 15)

Advice that ain't paid for ain't no good (advice 9)

Behavior that is regarded agreeable in one is very rude in another (behavior 2)

Good that comes too late is good as nothing (good (n.) 14)

Joy which we cannot share with others is only half enjoyed (joy 9)

Pride that dines on vanity sups on contempt (pride 26)

Slander that is raised is ill to fell (slander 4)

The blow that liberates the slave sets the master free (slave 9)

The boughs that bear most hang lowest (bough 1)

The carrion which the eagle has left feeds the crow (carrion 1)

Cats that wear gloves catch no mice (cat 23)

The coin that is most current is flattery (flattery 19)

The day that makes us happy makes us wise (day 38)

The dog that minds not your whistle is good for nothing (dog 100)

The dog that trots about finds the bone (dog 101)

The eye that sees all things sees not itself (eye 31)

The fish that escapes is the biggest fish of all (fish (n.) 34)

The furnace that hardens clay will melt gold (furnace)

The good that men do lives after them (good (n.) 26)

The greyhound that starts many hares kills none (greyhound)

The hand that gives, gathers (hand 48)

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world (hand 49)

The heart that loves is always young (heart 72)

The horse that draws best is most whipped (horse 62)

The horseshoe that clatters wants a nail (horseshoe 2)

The hours that make us happy make us wise (hour 20)

The knot that is tied in treachery will be loosed by jealousy (knot 5)

The law that codifies evil is the essence of lawlessness (law 21)

The light that shines farthest shines brightest at home (light (n.) 5)

The mouse that has but one hole is soon caught (mouse 3)

The rain that rains on everybody else can't keep you dry (rain (n.) 17)

The rat which has but one hole is soon caught (rat 6)

The sheep that bleats loses a mouthful (sheep 11)

Shoes that are not paid for always squeak (shoe (n.) 19)

The steam that blows the whistle never turns the wheel (steam)

The thing that often occurs is never much appreciated (appreciate 2; thing 29)

The things which hurt, 'instruct (instruct)

The tree that grows the straightest lives the longest (tree 38)

The vivacity that increases with years is not far from folly (vivacity 1)

The wheel that squeaks most gets the most grease (wheel 8)

The wheel that turns gathers no rust (wheel 9)

Toes that are tender will be stepped on (toe 4)

Virtue which parleys is near a surrender (virtue 37)

Water that has passed cannot make the mill go (water 22)

What our contempt does often hurl from us we wish ours again (contempt 5)

What pains us trains us (pain (v.))

What people say behind your back is your standing in the community (say 20)

What pleases you in others will please them in you (please 4)

What soberness conceals, drunkenness reveals (soberness)

What you do yourself is half done (yourself 9)

What you don't hear will not hurt you (hear 12)

What you don't see you won't get hung for (see 7)

What you get by your own labor is sweet to the taste (labor (n.) 18)

What you get without effort is worth what it costs (effort 4)

What you give in charity in this world you take with you after death (charity 16)

What you haven't got in your head, you have in your feet (head 47)

What you wear in your heart shows in your face (heart 84)

Whatever catches our eye long enough will catch us (eye 39)

Whatever is begun in anger ends in shame (anger 37)

Whatever way the wind does blow, some hearts are glad to have it so (way 26; wind 21)

Whatever you cannot understand you cannot possess (understand 8)

What'll hold more will hold less (hold (v.) 3)

What's done is done (do 36)

What's done today you don't need to do tomorrow (today 16)

What's good enough for father is good enough for me (father 16)

What's good enough for grandfather is good enough for me (grandfather)

What's good for one is good for another (good (adj.) 29)

What's good for the devil applies to his imp (devil 37)

What is wrong for the goose cannot be right for the gander (goose 19)

What's in the bone is in the marrow (bone 6)

What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander (goose 19; sauce 2)

What's one man's news is another man's troubles (news 10)

What's said can never be resaid (say 21)

It is... that ~ what (reverted forms)

Easy to keep the castle that was never besieged (castle 4)

Happy's the wooing that's not long a-doing (wooing)

It ain't the noisiest cart that's easiest upset (cart 4)

It early pricks that will be a thorn (prick 3; thorn 6)

It early pricks that will be a thorn (prick 3; thorn 6)

It is a bad cloth indeed that will take no color (cloth 2)

It is a good horse who never stumbles (horse 45)

It is a long alley that has no turning (alley 2)

It is a long road that does not end (road 9)

It is a poor sport that is not worth a candle (sport 2)

It is a silly fish that is caught twice with the same bait (fish (n.) 26)

It is a striking coincidence that the word American ends in can (American 3)

It is always the biggest one that gets away (biggest 1)

It is an ill cause that none dare speak in (cause 6)

It is being known that makes us behave (known 3)

It is by the vicar's skirts that the devil climbs into the belfry (vicar)

It is gold that greases the wheel of love (gold 24)

It is not the gay coat that makes the gentleman (coat 3)

It is not the trumpeters that fight the battles (battle 1; trumpeter)

It is only an uncivilized world which would worship civilization (world 7)

It is only the excited fish that jumps at the lure (fish (n.) 27)

It is the beautiful bird which gets caged (bird 21)

It is the good apple tree that has the most clubs under it (tree 25)

It is the trapped animal that makes the most noise (animal 4)

It is the unexpected that always happens (unexpected)

It is the unloaded gun that kills many (gun 3)

It is the unshed tears that make the scars (tear (n.) 2)

It is truth that makes a man angry (truth 16)

It is working that makes a workman (working)

It ought to be a good tale that is twice told (tale 7)

It's a bad axe that hasn't a keen edge (axe 3)

It's a bad bargain that can't run both ways (bargain 10)

It's a bad wind that never changes (wind 10)

It's a daft dog that bites himself (dog 76)

It's a dry kettle that has the most spouting (kettle 5)

It's a good story that fills the belly (story 2)

It's a lonesome washing that has not a man's shirt in it (washing 1)

It's a long day that has no ending (day 16)

It's a long line that has no turning (line 2)

It's a long road that goes nowhere (road 10)

It's a long road that has no turning (lane 3; road 11)

It's a long trail that has no turning (trail)

It's a low bush that the sun never shines on (bush 2)

It's a mighty poor chicken that can't scratch up his own food (chicken 6)

It's a poor back that can't press its own shirt (back (n.) 4)

It's a poor crust that can't grease its own plate (crust 2)

It's a poor dish wiper that can't get the dishes clean for the dishwasher (dish (n.) 3)

It's a poor dog that can't wag its own tail (dog 77)

It's a poor foot that can't shape a stocking (foot 12)

It's a poor friendship that needs to be constantly bought (friendship 17)

It's a poor heart that never rejoices (heart 48)

It's a poor hen that can't scratch for itself (hen 15)

It's a poor horse that doesn't know his oats (horse 47)

It's a poor house that can't afford one lady (house 24)

It's a poor job that can't afford one boss (job 13)

It's a poor rule that won't work both ways (rule (n.) 5)

It's a steady stream that wears a stone (stream 5)

It's a trifle that makes fools laugh (trifle 1)

It's an ill bird that fowls its own nest (bird 22)

It's an ill wind that blows no good (wind 2)

It's difference of opinion that makes a horse race (opinion 3)

It's not lost, what a friend gets (friend 121)

It's not the length of the prayer that is the most important (prayer 1)

It's poor pie that doesn't grease its own tin (pie 5)

It's the crying baby that gets the milk (baby 5)

It's the empty car that makes the most noise (car 5)

It's the empty gun that does the mischief (gun 4)

It's the farmer's care that makes the field bear (farmer 3)

It's the first step that costs (step (n.) 5)

It's the first thousand that comes hardest (thousand)

It's the hills far off that are green (hill 3)

It's the little foxes that spoil the vines (fox 8)

It's the little things in life that count (little (adj.) 4; thing 20)

It's the little things that smooth people's roads the most (little (adj.) 5)

It's the new hand who always gets the short-handled rake (hand 27)

It's the roving bee that gathers honey (bee 7)

It's the shovel that laughs at the poker (shovel)

It's the spirit that counts (spirit 5)

It's the still hog that drinks the swill (hog (n.) 8)

Pretty hands are those that do (hand 40)

That action is best which procures the greatest good for the majority (action 31)

That suit is best that best fits me (suit (n.))

The sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thoughts (song 9)

'Tis a lean cow that gives milk (cow 28)

'Tis a well-spent penny that saves a groat (penny 18)

'Tis not a holiday what's not kept holy (holiday 2)

'Tis not the hen that cackles most that lays the most eggs (hen 22)

'Tis novelty that sets the people a-gaping (novelty 4)

'Tis the pace that kills (pace)

'Tis the second blow that makes the fray (blow (n.) 6)

'Tis the taste that tells the tale (taste (n.) 7)

Uneasy is the head that wears the crown (crown 2)

We easily disbelieve those things which we desire not (disbelieve)

What you can't get is just what suits you (get 7)

Parallelistic and other more complex structures:

...Not X, but Y ~ Y, not X -constructions

Everything that is striking and beautiful is not good, but everything that is honest and good is beautiful (beautiful 1)

In this world it isn't what we take up that counts but what we give (world 6)

It is man that makes truth great, and not truth that makes man great (man 115)

It is neither wealth nor splendor, but tranquility and occupation, which give happiness (happiness 32)

It is not strength but art that obtains the prize (art 16; strength 3)

It is not the action but the intention that is good or bad (action 23)

It is not the clothes that count, but the things the clothes cover (clothes 12)

It is not the father's anger but his silence his son dreads (anger 32)

It is not truth that makes man great, but man that makes truth great (truth 15)

It is not wealth but wisdom that makes a man rich (wealth 7)

It is not what he has nor even what he does which directly expresses the worth of a man, but what he is (worth (n.) 3)

It is not what we do but how we do it that counts (do 26)

It is pride, not nature, that craves much (pride 7)

It is the fancy, not the reason of things, that makes us so uneasy (fancy (n.) 7)

It's not what you want that makes you fat, but what you get (fat (adj.) 3; want (v.) 3)

It's not the gale but the set of the sail that determines the way you go (gale)

It's not the gift that counts, but the thought behind it (gift 9)

It's not the house that makes the home, it's the love that is inside (house 25)

It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it (load (n.) 3)

It's not the number of hours you study that counts, but how you study (study (v.) 1)

It's not the skirt that breaks people; it's the chiffon ruffles (skirt)

It's not the worth of the thing but the want that makes its value (worth (n.) 4)

It's not what you have but how you use it (have 5)

It's not what you have in life that counts, but what you are (have 6)

It's not what you know that counts; it's how you use what you know (know 18)

It's not what you know, but whom you know (know 17)

It's not what you said; it's what you didn't say (say 6)

It's not what you want that makes you fat, but what you get (fat (adj.) 3; want (v.) 3)

It's not where we stand but in what direction we are moving (direction 2)

It's not who you know or what you know; it's what you know on whom (who 1)

It's the bait that lures, not the fisherman or the reel (bait (n.) 3)

It's the coat that makes the man, not the pants (coat 4)

'Tis not in numbers but in unity that our great strength lies (number; strength 2)

'Tis sleight, not strength, that gives the greatest lift (sleight)

What others think of us is not as important as what we think of ourselves (think 16)

What some of us need is more horsepower and not so much exhaust (horsepower)

It ain't what you wants in dis world, it's what you gits (want (v.) 2)

Varia:

It's the thunder that frights but the lightning that smites (thunder (n.) 2)

A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent (truth 1)

An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy to be called an idea at all (idea 2)

Everything that's fun is either illegal, immoral, or fattening (fun 3)

Good ideas are born in the minds that keep working--lazy minds and good ideas are strangers (idea 3)

It is a good horse that never stumbles, and a good wife that never grumbles (horse 45)

It is a laudable ambition that aims at being better than his neighbors (ambition 20)

It is defeat that turns bones to flint; it is defeat that turns gristle to muscle; it is defeat that makes men invincible (defeat 3)

It is in virtue that happiness consists, for virtue is the state of mind which tends to make the whole life harmonious (virtue 5)

It is not easy to straighten in the oak the crook that grew in the sapling (crook 3)

It's a poor family that has neither a whore nor a thief in it (poor (adj.) 15)

It's a poor pair of legs that will stand around and see the body bruised (leg 1)

It's not the wheel that makes the most noise that does the most harm (wheel 5)

It's the way you show up at the showdown that counts (show (v.))

What the poor need is less advice and more helping hands (advice 28)

Sudden power is apt to be insolent, sudden liberty saucy; that behaves best which has grown gradually (power 12)

The fish that has once felt the hook suspects the crooked metal in every food which is offered (fish (n.) 35)

It isn't the pig who squeals loudest that gets the swill (pig 18)

What a man can be is born with him; what he becomes is a result of his environment (environment)

What is said is said, and no sponge can wipe it out (say 19)

What is to be will be, whether it ever happens or not (happen 8)

What the future has in store for you depends in large measure on what you have in store for the future (future 18)

What we know is the measure of what we see (know 34)

What we think doesn't cause as much trouble as what we say (think 17)

What you argue you will soon believe, even if you don't believe it (argue 3)

What you hear never sounds half so important as what you overhear (hear 13)

What you put off and what you put on, never change till May be gone (May)

What you want, you can't get--what you can get the devil wouldn't have (get 8)

What's going to happen will happen, and what isn't is liable to happen anyway (happen 7)

What's yours is mine, and what's mine is yours (yours)

Where ~ Wherever -implications

Normal order

Where the tree falls, there it shall lie (tree 15)

Where there's a sweet, there's always a bitter (bitter (n.) 1)

Where nothing is, nothing can be had (nothing 4)

Where the knot is loose, the string slips (knot 3)

Where there are nits, there also are lice (nit)

Where the sunflowers grow, the beaus never go (beau 2)

Where there are no brains, there is no feeling (brain 7)

Where there's no sense there's no feeling (sense 10)

Where the needle goes, the thread follows (needle 3; thread 5)

Where there is fire there is smoke (smoke (n.) 4)

Where nothing is, nothing can be had (nothing 4)

Where all think alike, no one thinks very much (think 18)

Where beauty is, there will be love (beauty 45)

Where boasting ends, there dignity begins (boasting 2)

Where business starts, friendship ends (business 36)

Where common sense is wanting, everything is wanting (common sense 9)

Where doubt is, truth is (truth 79)

Where drums beat, laws are silent (drum 2)

Where everyone goes the grass never grows (grass 12)

Where force prevails, right perishes (force (n.) 8)

Where God has a church, the devil has a chapel (God 26)

Where ignorance is bliss, 'tis folly to be wise (ignorance 26)

Where it is weakest, there the thread breaks (weak (adj.) 6)

Where law ends, tyranny begins (law 27)

Where no oxen are, the crib is clean (ox 11)

Where one man goes, others will follow (man 238)

Where passion is high, there reason is low (passion 17)

Where sense is wanting, everything is wanting (sense 13)

Where the carcass is, there the ravens will collect together (carcass)

Where the carrion is, there the eagles gather (carrion 2; eagle 7)

Where the corpse is, there the vultures gather (corpse 5)

Where the cross is, there is light (cross (n.) 6)

Where the dam is lowest the water first flows over (dam)

Where the devil can't go, he sends his grandmother (devil 42)

Where the flower is, the honey is also (flower 19)

Where your heart is, there will your treasure be also (heart 88)

Where the hedge is thin, men will see through it (hedge (n.) 5)

Where the hen scratches, there she expects to find a bug (hen 23)

Where the king is, there is the court (king 17)

Where the law is uncertain, there is no law (law 28)

Where the needle goes, the thread follows (needle 3; thread 5)

Where the will is ready the feet are light (will (n., volition) 7)

Where there are bees, there is honey (bee 15)

Where there are reeds, there is water (reed 4)

Where there is a voice, there is a relative (voice 12)

Where there is fear, there is modesty (fear (n.) 22)

Where there is fear, there is shame (fear (n.) 23)

Where there is gold, there is wealth (gold 30)

Where there is gold, there the devil dwells (gold 31)

Where there is great beauty, there is great wickedness (beauty 46)

Where there is great strength, there ain't apt to be much gumption (strength 7)

Where there is light there is shadow (light (n.) 9)

Where there is music, there can be no harm (music 4)

Where there is no contradiction, there is no argument (contradiction 2)

Where there is no love, all faults are seen (love (n.) 104)

Where there is no wife there is no home (wife 41)

Where there is no vision, the people perish (vision 2)

Where there is room in the heart, there is room in the house (room 5)

Where there is smoke, there is fire (smoke (n.) 5)

Where there is so much talk, there is little thought (talk (n.) 13)

Where there is whispering, there is lying (whispering)

Where there's a dog, there's fleas (dog 120)

Where there's a mouse hole there'll soon be a rat hole (hole 9)

Where there's a river there's a bridge (river 12)

Where there's a will there's a way (will (n., volition) 8)

Where there's a will, there's a lawsuit (will (n., document) 1)

Where there's a will, there's relatives (will (n., document) 2)

Where there's a wind there's a wave (wind 22)

Where there's cheese, there's always mice (cheese 9)

Where there's life there is hope (life 89)

Where there's money you'll find the devil (devil 43)

Where there's no law, there's no bread (law 29)

Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also (heart 88; treasure 4)

Wherever nature does least, man does most (nature 17)

Wherever there is a woman, there is gossip (woman 80)

Wherever there's a sea, there's a ship (sea 10)

Wherever there's a sharp knife there's always a sharpener (knife 5)

Wherever you go, you can never get rid of yourself (yourself 10)

Reverted order

Beaus don't go where cobwebs grow (cobweb)

Where the feathers fly is where the shot hit (feather (n.) 9)

A dog returns to where he has been fed (dog 15)

All fails where truth fails (truth 2)

Bad men leave their mark wherever they go (bad (adj) 3)

Books give not wisdom where none was before (book 21)

Double ignorance is where a man is ignorant of his ignorance (ignorance 2)

Each organism knows best where it itches (organism)

Every man knows where his own shoe pinches (man 90)

Everyone knows where his shoe pinches (shoe (n.) 9)

Faith begins where reason stops (faith 3)

Faults are thick when love is thin (fault 11)

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread (fool (n.) 82)

Friends will greet where the hills won't meet (friend 81)

Gold is where you find it (gold 16)

Happiness is where you find it (happiness 28)

Hell is where heaven ain't (hell 9)

Home is where the heart is (home 14)

Home is where the mortgage is (home 15)

Home is where you hang your hat (home 17)

Home is where you make it (home 18)

Labor is light where love does pay (labor (n.) 8)

Law cannot persuade where it cannot push (law 8)

Little is done where many command (little (n.) 15)

Love goes where it's sent (love (n.) 36)

Love is where you find it (love (n.) 64)

Love will creep where it cannot go (love (n.) 82)

Men hate where they hurt (hate (v.) 6)

Nobody ever forgets where he buried a hatchet (hatchet 2)

Opportunity is where you find it (opportunity 15)

Pigs grow fat where lambs would starve (pig 12)

Pleasure is seldom found where it is most eagerly sought (pleasure 11)

Reason succeeds where force fails (reason 7)

Reforms are generally most unpopular where most needed (reform (n.) 2)

Success is where you find it (success 32)

The boys won't go where the cobwebs grow (boy 32; cobweb)

The flatterer scratches you where you itch (flatterer 7)

The grass is greenest where the waters lap the shore (grass 10)

The thread is cut where the thread is thinnest (thread 6)

The wearer best knows where the shoe pinches (shoe (n.) 9; wearer)

There is no need of a mongoose where there are no snakes (mongoose)

There is stubble only where the harvest has been (stubble)

They are scared of horseflesh where two ride on a dog (horseflesh)

Truth finds foes where it makes none (truth 50)

Parallelist and other more complex structures

Where force fails, skill and patience will prevail (force (n.) 7)

Where genius, wealth, and strength fail perseverance will succeed (genius 11)

Where love falls it lies, and even if it be on the manure pile (love (n.) 103)

Where no counsel is, the people fall, but in the multitude of counselors there is safety (counsel (n.) 15)

Where the demand is a jest, the fittest answer is a scoff (demand (n.) 2)

Where the heart is past hope, the face is past shame (heart 87)

Where the hedge is lowest, everyone, including the devil, leaps over (hedge (n.) 4)

Where there is hunger law is not regarded, and where law is not regarded there will be hunger (hunger 16)

Where there's marriage without love, there will be love without marriage (marriage 12)

A man's country is where the things he loves are most respected (country 2)

Accusing is proving, where malice and power sit in judge (accusation)

Business goes where it is invited and stays where it is well treated (business 4)

None knows where the shoe pinches like the one who wears the shoe (shoe (n.) 9; wearer)

Home is where you act the worst and are treated the best (home 16)

Insults and affronts are innocent where men are worthless (insult 4)

It is a sad house where the hen crows louder than the cock (hen 16)

A man shall be commended according to his intelligence; but he that is of a distorted understanding shall be despised (intelligence 1)

When-implications

Normal order

When the bow is too much bent, it breaks (bow (n.) 1)

When a man is wrapped up in himself, the package is small (wrapped)

When candles are out, all cats are gray (candle 10; cat 9)

When one eavesdrops, he hears no good of himself (eavesdropper)

When the blind lead the blind, they all go head over heels into the ditch (blind (adj.) 7)

When the night is darkest, dawn's nearest (dark (adj.) 2)

When it rains, it pours (rain (v.) 2)

When put to the test, old friends are best (friend 140)

When pride comes, then comes shame (pride 15)

When you are absent you are never right (absent 3)

When a bull once takes hold, nothing can make him let go (bull 7)

When a chimney smokes the meal is being cooked (chimney 4)

When a dog is drowning, everyone offers him drink (dog 119)

When a father praises his son he flatters himself (father 17)

When a fool has made up his mind, the market has gone by (fool (n.) 169)

When a fox walks lame, old rabbit jumps (fox 19)

When a friend asks, there is no tomorrow (friend 181)

When a frog flies into a passion, the pond knows nothing of his tantrum (frog 12)

When a girl whistles, an angel cries (angel 11)

When a gull dives in the sea, there are fish for you and me (gull)

When a man is down, everyone runs over him (down 6)

When a man is going downhill, everyone gives him a push (downhill)

When a man lays the foundation of his own ruin, others will build on it (ruin (n.) 3)

When a man marries, his life begins (man 233)

When a man takes a wife, he ceases to dread hell (man 235)

When a man tries himself, the verdict is in his favor (verdict 2)

When a man's a fool, his wife will rule (fool (n.) 170)

When a man's away, abuse him you may (man 236)

When a man's coat is threadbare, it is easy to peck a hole in it (coat 7)

When a man's single, his pockets will jingle (man 237)

When a woman throws a man over, he usually lands on his knees to another woman (woman 79)

When about to put your word in ink, 'twill do no harm to stop and think (word 60)

When all are poor, it don't take much to make a rich man (poor (adj.) 25)

When all else is lost, the future still remains (future 19)

When all is consumed, repentance comes too late (repentance 4)

When April blows his horn, it's good for hay and corn (April 11)

When beauty is at the bar, blind men make the best jury (beauty 44)

When candles are out, all cats are gray (candle 10; cat 9)

When cards begin, friendship ends (card 7)

When children stand quiet, they have done some harm (children 24)

When children are doing nothing, they're doing mischief (children 24)

When day is lengthened, cold strengthens (cold (n.) 4)

When de preacher comes in, de chickens cry (preacher 7)

When doubt comes in, love goes out (doubt (n.) 6)

When doubt is doubted, death is clouted (doubt (n.) 7)

When everyone takes care of himself, care is taken of all (care (n.) 18)

When famine must be fed, crumbs are as good as bread (famine 2)

When firmness is sufficient, rashness is unnecessary (firmness 2)

When flatterers meet, Satan goes to dinner (flatterer 9)

When folly passes by, reason draws back (folly 13)

When fools make mistakes, they blame it on Providence (blame (v.) 2)

When fortune frowns, friends are few (fortune 32)

When fortune knocks at your door, the devil accompanies it (devil 38)

When friends meet, hearts warm (friend 182)

When glory comes, memory departs (glory (n.) 15)

When gold speaks, everyone is silent (gold 28)

When gold speaks, other tongues are dumb (gold 27)

When goods lie a long time, the price is forgotten (goods 11)

When half-gods go, the gods arrive (half-god)

When hard times come in at the door, love goes out at the window (hard 10)

When in great need, anything will do (need (n.) 5)

When industry goes out at the door, poverty comes in at the window (industry 12)

When interest is lost, memory is lost (interest (concern) 5)

When it gets dark, the stars come out (star 7)

When joy is in the parlor, sorrow is at the kitchen sink (joy 21)

When knaves betray each other, one can scarce be blamed or the other pitied (knave 9)

When lightning strikes, you have no time to worry (lightning 2)

When love is greatest, words are fewest (love (n.) 101)

When men are tightly occupied, their amusement grows out of their work (amusement)

When men come face to face, their differences vanish (difference; face (n.) 27)

When money flies out the window, love flies out the door (love (n.) 102; money 83)

When money speaks, truth keeps its mouth shut (money 84)

When one door closes, another one opens (door 21)

When one has a good table, he is always right (table 6)

When one has broken the tenth commandment, the others are not of much account (commandment)

When one has no flour, one bakes no cakes (cake 2)

When one names the ass, he comes running (ass (animal) 23)

When one will not, two cannot quarrel (one 4)

When passion enters in at the foregate, wisdom goes out at the postern (passion 16)

When pleasure is the business of life, it ceases to be pleasure (pleasure 25)

When poverty comes in the door, love flies out the window (poverty 32)

When rogues fall out, honest men come by their own (rogue 11)

When the ale is in, wit is out (ale 2)

When the apple gets ripe, it's likely to fall (apple 24)

When the argument flares up, the wise man quenches it by silence (argument 17)

When the beans get too thick, the pot burns (bean 1)

When the belly is full, the bones are at rest (belly 4)

When the bill collector knocks at the door, love flies out the window (collector 2)

When the candles are all out, all women are fair (candle 11)

When the cask is full, the mother-in-law gets drunk (cask 4)

When the cat is full, then the milk tastes sour (cat 35)

When the church of God is in people's hearts, it will get into their schedule (church 12)

When the cow is stolen, they lock the barn (cow 29)

When the crops are poorest, the crows are the peskiest (crop 2)

When the cup of happiness overflows, disaster follows (cup 5)

When the devil comes, it is too late to pray (devil 39)

When the devil hungers, he will eat scraps (devil 40)

When the door is shut, the work improves (door 22)

When the drink is in the many, the wisdom is in the Can (drink (n.) 11)

When the eagle is dead, the crows pick out his eyes (eagle 6)

When the fight begins with himself, a man's worth something (fight (n.) 3)

When the fire burns in the soul, the tongue cannot be silent (fire 44)

When the fox dies, fowls do not mourn (fox 20)

When the fruit fails, welcome haws (fruit 13)

When the going is rough, big potatoes come to the top (potato 7; rough (adj.))

When the going is rough, big potatoes come to the top (potato 7; rough (adj.))

When the guns bark, the law is silent (gun 6)

When the hand ceases to scatter, the mouth ceases to praise (hand 58)

When the heart is afire, some sparks will fly out through the mouth (heart 85)

When the horse is dead, the cow gets fat (horse 68)

When the house is open, the honest man sins (house 38)

When the husband earns well, the wife spends well (husband 19)

When the job is well done, you can hang up the hammer (job 26)

When the judgment is weak, the prejudice is strong (judgment 2)

When the measure is full, it runs over (measure (n.) 3)

When the oil is exhausted, the lamp dies out (oil (n.) 6)

When the ox is down, many are the butchers (ox 9)

When the rats want advice, they never ask the mice (advice 41)

When the rum is in, the wit is out (rum 2)

When the sea is crossed, the saint is generally forgotten (sea 9)

When the stomach is full the heart is glad (stomach 9)

When the sun goes red to bed, 'twill rain tomorrow, it is said (sun 24)

When the sun is in the west, lazy folks work best (sun 25)

When the thunder is very loud, there's very little rain (thunder (n.) 6)

When the tiger is dead, the stag dances on his grave (tiger 4)

When the tiger salaams, the end of the world arrives (tiger 5)

When the tree is fallen, everyone goes to it with his hatchet (tree 39)

When the water's high, the boat's high (water 25)

When the whiskey is in, the wit is out (whiskey 1)

When the wicked bear rule, the people mourn (wicked (n.) 9)

When the vine is ripe, the fruit will fall (vine 2)

When the wise is angry, he is wise no longer (wise (n.) 6)

When the worst comes, the worst is going (worst (n.) 6)

When the voyage is over, the saint is forgot (voyage 2)

When there is life there is love (life 88)

When they're big enough, they're old enough (big 5)

When thieves fall out, honest men get their due (thief 20)

When things look blackest, happiness is often just around the corner (blackest)

When things look blackest, happiness is often night around the corner (happiness 50)

When three is a crowd, adding one will often thin it out (crowd 3)

When two quarrel, both are to blame (quarrel (v.) 3)

When poverty comes in at the door, love goes up the chimney (love (n.) 102; poverty 32)

When we are out of sympathy with the young, our work in the world is over (young (n.) 5)

When we can't make light of our troubles, we can keep them dark (trouble (n.) 35)

When we destroy an old prejudice, we have need of a new one (prejudice 7)

When we don't know it, it won't make us feel hot (know 35)

When we're dead, we're dead for a long time (dead (adj.) 10)

When wine is in, wit is out (wine 12)

When wine sinks, words swim (wine 13)

When wisdom fails, luck helps (wisdom 13)

When you accept a benefit, you sell your freedom (benefit 5)

When you ain't got no money, well, you needn't come around (money 85)

When you are good to others, you are best to yourself (good (adj.) 30)

When you are not at ease with others, others are not at ease with you (ease 2)

When you buy judges someone sells justice (judge (n.) 6)

When you confer a benefit on a worthy man, you oblige all men (benefit 6)

When you die, even a grave is comfortable (grave 5)

When you die, you can't take it with you (die (v.) 18)

When you have committed a crime, the whole world is a looking glass (crime 17)

When you let your heart show, people are apt to kick it around (heart 86)

When you look at yourself in the mirror, you look at a fool (mirror 2)

When you look for money, all you get is sympathy (money 86)

When you must, you better (must 2)

When you pick up a stick at one end, you also pick up the other end (stick (n.) 8)

When you plot mischief for others, you're preparing trouble for yourself (mischief 5)

When you point one finger at someone else, you point three at yourself (finger 11)

When you see a mule's fixin' to throw you, you jes' git off (mule 7)

When you spit in a timid man's eye, he says it is raining (timid (adj.))

When you stop rowing, you start downstream (rowing)

When your guns are few your words are few (gun 7)

When you're ripe, you're rotten (ripe 2)

When you're through changing, you're through (changing 3)

Whenever a man commits a crime, God finds a witness (crime 18)

Whenever everybody tends to his own business, news is scarce (news 11)

Whenever you begins to git along good, de niggers will back-cap you (begin 7)

When de spoon want anything, it better go ter de bowl (spoon 5)

When-component embedded

A problem, when solved, is simple (problem)

Secrets, when told, are not secrets (secret (n.) 5)

Even a rat, when cornered, will turn and fight (rat 2)

Foxes, when they cannot reach the grapes, say they are not ripe (fox 6)

Frugality when all is spent comes too late (frugality 3)

Good Americans, when they die, go to Paris (American 2)

Happiness in this world, when it comes, comes incidentally (happiness 11)

It is only when men begin to worship that they begin to grow (worship (v.))

It is only when we forget all our learning that we begin to know (learning 3)

Modesty, when she goes, is gone forever (modesty 4)

Reverse order

A bawl becomes a beller when the tongue is stickin' out (bawl)

A blueberry is red when it is green (blueberry)

A broken heart mends quickly when repaired (heart 4)

A child needs love the most when he deserves it the least (child 6)

A burden becomes lightest when it is well borne (burden (n.) 1)

A fool always talks most when he has the least to say (fool (n.) 3)

A fool laughs when others laugh (fool (n.) 17)

A fool will ask for a glass of water when he is drowning (fool (n.) 32)

A jackass makes no progress when he's kicking (jackass 1)

A load becomes light when cheerfully borne (load (n.) 1)

A man is of little use when his wife is a widow (man 27)

A tractor doesn't eat its head off in the barn when it isn't working (tractor)

Advice comes too late when a thing is done (advice 2)

Advice is least heeded when most needed (advice 4)

Affairs sleep soundly when fortune is present (affair 1)

Age gives good advice when it is no longer able to give bad example (age (lifespan) 4)

All fails when faith fails (faith 2)

All fun is gone when left alone (fun 1)

Any coward can fight a battle when he is sure of winning (coward 3)

Any tune is music when you feels like dancin' (tune 1)

Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm (helm)

Bad is called good when worse happens (bad (n.) 1)

Cheese is wholesome when it is given with a sparing hand (cheese 5)

Correction is good when administered in time (correction 2)

Doubt comes in at the window when inquiry is denied at the door (doubt (n.) 2)

Even a coyote will fight when you have him cornered (coyote 2)

Even the strongest may be punished when they oppress the poor (poor (n.) 1)

A good man dies when a boy goes wrong (boy 17)

Everything is best when it is ended (best (n.) 3)

Fancy runs most furiously when a guilty conscience drives it (fancy (n.) 4)

House goes mad when women gad (house 20)

Hungry rooster never cackles when he scratches up a worm (rooster 2)

Every man is pilot when the sea is calm (sea 2)

It is a bad bargain when both are losers (bargain 9)

It is pleasant to look on the rain when one stands dry (rain (n.) 8)

It is too late to spare when the bottom is bare (spare (v.) 3)

It is too late to throw water on the cinders when the house is burned down (late 9)

It is well to leave off playing when the game is at the best (playing)

It's a mighty dry year when the crabgrass fails (crabgrass)

It's always cool weather when the chinquapin blooms (weather 7)

It's always fair weather when good friends get together (weather 8)

It's an ill army when the devil carries the colors (army 4)

It's easy to bake when the meal is beside you (bake 2; meal (grain) 1)

It's easy to bake when the meal is beside you (bake 2; meal (grain) 1)

It's easy to hold the fort when it's not attacked (fort)

It's easy to make a frog jump into water when that's what he wants to do (frog 7)

It's past joking when the head's off (joking)

It's time enough to bid the devil good morning when you meet him (devil 12; time 22)

It's too late to learn how to box when you're in the ring (late 11)

It's too late to spare when the bottom is bare (late 12)

It's too late to throw water on the cinder when the house is burned down (cinder)

Justice goes out the window when profit comes in (justice 5)

Knowledge is nothing when good breeding is lacking (knowledge 24)

Laws are silent when wars are waging (law 13)

Life ends when honor ends (life 18)

It's a hard winter when dog eats dog (dog 79)

Life is swell when you keep well (life 51)

Liquor talks mighty loud when it gets loose from the bottle (liquor 3)

Little is much when the heart is in it (little (n.) 18)

Love grows cold when it is not mixed with good works (love (n.) 37)

Many are seeking opportunities when they really need an oculist (opportunity 6)

Many people call a doctor when they want an audience (audience)

Many seem wise when they are only windy (wise (adj.) 35)

Men cease to interest us when we find their limitations (limitation 2)

Money reaches its highest value when we have none (money 57)

Money when counted, woman when spanked, is OK (money 61)

Neighbors are good when they are neighborly (neighbor 18)

You can't believe a liar even when he tells the truth (liar 11)

No sense in keepin' a dog when doin' your own barkin' (dog 84)

Obstinacy is most positive when it is most in the wrong (obstinacy 1)

Old love burns low when new love breaks (love (n.) 89)

One does evil enough when one does nothing good (evil (n.) 30)

One does his best work when working alone (work (n.) 21)

One is happy when one is satisfied with one's self (happy 21)

Opportunities look for you when you are worth finding (opportunity 9)

Peace flourishes when reason rules (peace 13)

Peace rules the day when reason rules the mind (peace 18)

People usually get at odds with each other when they try to get even (odds; people 20)

People usually get at odds with each other when they try to get even (odds; people 20)

Promises are most given when least said (promise (n.) 14)

Rich gifts wax poor when givers prove unkind (gift 11)

Rudeness will repel when courtesy would attract friends (rudeness)

Ruin is most fatal when it begins at the bottom (ruin (n.) 2)

Silence is wisdom when speaking is folly (silence 20)

Slowpokes get busy when the hour gets late (hour 14; slowpoke)

Sluggards work best when the sun's in the west (sluggard 3)

Some men are merriest when far from home (man 208)

Sorrow remains when joy is but a blast (sorrow 12)

Zeal is blind when it encroaches on the rights of others (zeal 1)

The balloon with the most air makes the loudest noise when it bursts (balloon)

The best time to prepare for old age is when you are young (old (adj.) 16)

The cat is honest when the meat is out of her reach (cat 25)

The feet are slow when the head wears snow (foot 24)

The end of another day has come when you see the flame of the setting sun (flame 5)

The fox barks not when he steals a lamb (fox 12)

The government tips when the people rise (government 10)

The guilty flee when no man pursues (guilty (n.) 2)

The intelligence of the average individual reaches its lowest ebb when he enters a railroad station (intelligence 8)

The judge is condemned when the guilty man is acquitted (judge (n.) 5)

The love light goes out when the gas bill comes in (love (n.) 95)

The moon doesn't give a hoot when the dog barks at her (moon)

The morning daylight appears plainer when you put out your candle (daylight)

The roof doesn't need mending when it's not raining (roof 4)

The spur won't hurt when the hide is thick (spur (n.) 3)

The swan sings when death comes (swan)

The tone of a bachelor's voice sounds good when it has a ring in it (bachelor 15)

The tongue speaks wisely when the soul is wise (tongue 41)

The umbrella goes up when the rain comes down (umbrella 2)

The wicked flee when no man pursues (wicked (n.) 4)

The worm is always wrong when it argues with the chicken (worm 4)

Things always seem fairer when we look back at them (thing 32)

Two may keep counsel when the third's away (counsel (n.) 14)

Times are tough when the skies aren't smoky (times 4)

'Tis a hard winter when one wolf eats another (winter (n.) 6)

Too late to spare when all is spent (late 12; spare (v.) 7)

Trouble arises when you least expect it (trouble (n.) 27)

Trouble starts when you start feeling sorry for yourself (trouble (n.) 33)

True lovers are shy when people are by (lover 15)

We can always live on less when we have more to live on (live (v.) 25)

We easily forget our faults when they are known only to ourselves (fault 34)

We know the sweet when we have tasted the bitter (sweet (n.) 6)

Wide will wear when narrow will tear (wide (n.))

Women are strong when they arm themselves with their weaknesses (woman 95)

Women leave peace behind 'em when they go (woman 102)

You can go home when you can't go anywhere else (home 26)

Old birds only laugh when you try to catch them with chaff (bird 36)

You can't see the sun when you're crying (crying 2; sun 27)

You don't like justice when it is brought home to your own door step (justice 14)

We only know the worth of water when the well is dry (water 28)

You will only grow when you are alone (grow 3)

The time to befriend a dog is when the dog is down (dog 110)

The time to go down the river is when the water is up (river 10)

The time to pick berries is when they're ripe (berry 4)

Parallelistic and other more complex structures:

A family tree is valuable when it produces good timber and not just a bunch of nuts (tree 3)

A man is really a success when flattery gives him a headache instead of a big head (success 2)

A man is twice miserable when he fears his misery before it comes (misery 1)

A woman laughs when she can but cries whenever she wishes (woman 19)

When a man is angry, he opens his mouth and shuts his eyes (angry 1)

Bootless speed when cowardice pursues and valor flies (cowardice 1)

When a man fools me once, shame on him; when he fools me twice, shame on me (fool (v.))

God made West Texas when he was a small boy wanting a sandbox (Texas 1)

Good is recognized when it goes, and evil when it comes (good (n.) 13)

When a man blames others for his failures, it's a good idea to credit others with his success (failure 11)

It is ill with the roost when the hens crow and the cock must remain silent (hen 16; roost (n.))

When your children are small they tread on your toes; and that you don't mind, but when they grow up they tread on your heart, and then it hurts (children 20)

Many a man thinks he is buying pleasure when he is really selling himself a slave to it (pleasure 6)

Many a person thinks he is hard-boiled when he is only half-baked (person 6)

Most worry is half over when you sit down and talk it over (worry (n.) 1)

Needles and pins: when a man marries, his trouble begins (needle 2)

The darkest hour in any man's life is when he sits down to plan to get money without earning it (hour 18)

The wicked flee when no man pursues, but the righteous are as bold as a lion (wicked (n.) 4)

The wild beast becomes timid and tame when he makes love to his mate (beast 3)

When a badman dies, he either goes to hell or to the Pecos (badman)

When a child is little, it pulls at your apron strings. When it gets older, it pulls at your heart strings (child 28)

When a dog bites a man, that is not news; but when a man bites a dog, that is news (dog 118)

When a lady says no, she means perhaps; when she says perhaps, she means yes; when she says yes, she is no lady (lady 11)

When a man marries, his troubles begin; when a man dies, his trouble ends (man 234)

When a man prays one day and steals six, the great spirit thunders and the evil one laughs (day 46)

When a man says money can do anything, it's a sure sign he hasn't got any (money 82)

When a mule is kicking, he is not pulling; and when he is pulling, he is not kicking (mule 5)

When a river does not make a noise, it is either empty or very full (river 11)

When a youth is saved, a life is saved; when an old Person is saved, only a soul is saved (youth 17)

When alone, we have our own thoughts to watch; when in the family, our tempers; when in society, our tongues (thought (n.) 24)

When fortune smiles, we ride in chase, and when she frowns, we walk away (fortune 36)

When Greek meets Greek, then comes a tug of war (Greek 2)

When knaves fall out, honest men get their goods; when priests dispute we come at the truth (knave 10)

When one reknots a broken cord, it holds, but one feels the knot (knot 6)

When our vices leave us, we flatter ourselves that we leave them (vice 15)

When the bee sucks, it makes honey; when the spider, poison (bee 14)

When the devil was sick, a monk was he; when the devil was well, the devil of a monk was he (devil 41)

When the foxes pack the jury box, the chicken is always found guilty as accused (accuse 3)

When the pirate promises masses and wax, the vessel is in a bad plight (pirate)

When there's more malice shown than matter, on the writer falls the satyr (malice 6)

When things are bad, they get good; and when they are good, they get bad (bad (adj) 11)

When two friends have a common purse, one sings and the other weeps (friend 183)

When we have gold, we are in fear; when we have more, we are in danger (gold 29)

When we laugh, everyone sees; when we cry, no one sees (laugh (v.) 15)

When we lift the burdens of others, we are developing strength to bear our own (burden (n.) 13)

When we think we may fail, we are often near success (success 48)

When you buy friends with anything other than friendship, they do not stay bought long (friend 184)

When you fight with a brother or sister, you're only hurting yourself, because they are a part of you (brother 9)

When you get something for nothing, someone is getting nothing for something (something 6)

When you open a door, you do not know how many rooms lie beyond (door 23)

When young folks talk to old folks, they should know what they're about (young (adj.) 13)

While the word is yet unspoken, you are master of it; when once it is spoken, it is master of you (master 8; word 61)

Winter comes but once a year, and when it comes, it brings the doctor good cheer (winter (n.) 7)

With women, friendship ends when rivalry begins (friendship 31)

You are master of the unspoken word; the spoken word is master of you (master 8; word 61)

When you get one girl you better try two, cause there ain't no telling what one'll do (girl 21)

When you get your hand in a bear's mouth, you'd better work easy until you get it out (hand 59)

When you's broke, dat's de time to ack stylish, so folks won't know you're broke (broke)

While-implications

Normal oder

While honey lies in every flower, it takes a bee to get the honey out (bee 16)

While keeping a tiger from the front door, the wolf enters from the back (tiger 6)

While Thanksgiving has its foundation on Plymouth Rock, Christmas rests upon the Rock of Ages (Thanksgiving 2)

While the cat's away, the mice will play (cat 36)

While the grass grows the horse starves (grass 13)

While the sun is shining, it is day (sun 26)

Reverted order

Rats will play while the cat's away (cat 36)

A lie will travel a mile while truth is putting on its boots (lie (n.) 3)

While one horse pulls and one horse bucks, there is no teamwork (horse 70)

While the kingfisher and the oyster are struggling, the fisherman gets both (fisherman 5; kingfisher)

While there's a world, it's a woman that will govern it (woman 81)

Till ~ Until-implications

Normal forms

Health is not valued till sickness comes (health 11)

A man chases a woman until she catches him (man 12)

A fire is never out until the last spark is extinguished (fire 3)

A game is not won until it has been played (game (contest) 1)

A good biography is never written until after the person is dead (biography)

A lie begets a lie until they become a generation (lie (n.) 2)

A lie runs until it is overtaken by the truth (lie (n.) 8)

A man is not completely born until he is dead (born 1)

A man never appreciates ashes until he slips on the ice (ashes 1)

A man's not ready to die until he's fit to live (die (v.) 2)

All are presumed good until they are found in a fault (good (adj.) 4)

Every man has a right to be conceited until he is successful (conceited)

Everyone can keep house better than her mother until she tries (house 16)

Happiness is not perfect until it is shared (happiness 22)

He is not a thief until he is caught (thief 8)

It's never too late until it's too late (late 10)

No day is over until the sun has set (day 22)

No one can expect to lead others until he has learned to boss himself (lead 2)

No question is ever settled (question (n.) 4)

Pleasure has a way of engrossing us until it becomes work (pleasure 13)

The ambitious bullfrog puffed and puffed until he burst (ambitious 3)

The cat is mighty dignified until the dog comes by (cat 26)

The fire in the flint shows not until it is struck (fire 40)

The game's not over until the last man strikes out (game (contest) 6)

The honeymoon is not actually over until we cease to stifle our sighs and begin to stifle our yawns (honeymoon 1)

The jug goes to the well until it breaks (jug 1)

The water isn't boiled until the kettle sings (water 15)

There is no failure until you fail to keep trying (failure 17)

Until hell is full, no lawyer can be saved (hell 19)

We do not count a man's years until he has nothing else to count (year 12)

We never feel the shoe until it pinches our own foot (shoe (n.) 22)

You are not fully dressed until you put on a smile (smile (n.) 16)

You cannot be a true man until you learn to obey (man 242)

Castles in the air are all right until you try to move into them (castle 5)

You do not get a man's most effective criticism until you provoke him (criticism 6)

You're never licked until you admit it (lick 5)

Acorns were good till bread was found (acorn)

Ants live safely till they have gotten wings (ant 4)

Help is fine till it comes to dine (help (n.) 3)

It ain't over till the fat lady sings (fat (adj.) 2)

Merry is the feast making till we come to the reckoning (feast (n.) 5)

No man is dead till he's dead (dead (adj.) 9; man 190)

No man is dead till he's dead (dead (adj.) 9; man 190)

No need to lock your door till your neighbor pulls his shades down (door 14)

Nothin' don't happen till it takes place (happen 1)

One owes nothing till the rent becomes due (rent 1)

One story is good till another is told (story 4)

One tale is good till another is told (tale 9)

Penny goes after penny till Peter hasn't any (penny 14)

Seldom comes glory till a man is dead (glory (n.) 9)

The goose is never cooked till the fire is hottest (goose 16)

We never see tomorrow till it becomes today (tomorrow 14)

You can never tell till you've tried (try (v.) 8)

You never miss the honey till the bees are gone (honey 13)

Parallelistic and other more complex structures:

I envied my neighbor's carriage until I met the man who had no feet (carriage)

Neither an egg nor an ego is any good until you break it (egg 18)

No race is won or lost until the line is crossed (race 1)

One never appreciates what he has until he has lost it (appreciate 1)

There isn't much to talk about at some parties until after one or two couples leave (party 2)

We never appreciate the sunshine and the rainbow until the storm clouds hang low (sunshine 7)

A covetous man does nothing that he should till he dies (covetous 1)

Unless-implications

No man is ever happy unless he thinks himself so (happy 20)

A bargain is not a bargain unless you can use the product (bargain 3)

A hearth is not a hearth unless a woman sits by it (hearth)

A man doesn't learn to understand anything unless he loves it (understand 1)

Authority can serve no good purpose unless it is rightly exercised (authority 1)

Greatness is nothing unless it be lasting (greatness 2)

Ideas never work unless you do (idea 5)

Idleness is never enjoyable unless there is plenty to do (idleness 7)

Money has little value to its possessor unless it has value to others (money 31)

No man can live at peace unless his neighbor lets him (peace 8)

One does not appreciate happiness unless one has known sorrow (happiness 37)

Pain is no evil unless it conquers us (pain (n.) 12)

The truth doesn't hurt unless it ought to (truth 32)

There's no boosting a man up the ladder unless he's willing to climb (boosting; ladder 8)

There's no joy in anything unless we share it (joy 19)

Work is not hard unless you prefer doing something else (work (n.) 36)

You cannot mate youth with age unless age has a big bankroll (youth 18)

You can't come back to a home unless it was a home you left (home 27)

You can't hold another fellow down in the ditch unless you stay down there with him (down 7; hold (v.) 4)

You can't hold another fellow down in the ditch unless you stay down there with him (down 7; hold (v.) 4)

You can't take a second drink unless you have taken a first (drink (n.) 12)

Preachers can talk but never teach unless they practice what they preach (preacher 5)

Once-implications

Once a woman has given you her heart, you can never get rid of the rest of her (woman 54)

Once milk becomes sour, it can't be made sweet again (milk 4)

A fisherman, once stung, will be wiser (fisherman 2)

By no art can chastity, once injured, be made whole (chastity 1)

Before-implications

A kettle rattles most before it boils (kettle 1)

A lie can go a mile before the truth can put its boots on (lie (n.) 3)

A sack is best tied before it is full (sack 2)

A wise man thinks twice before he speaks (wise (adj.) 14)

All things are difficult before they are easy (difficult 1)

Elm boards will warp around your neck before you can get them from the mill (board 1)

One can't shingle the house before one builds it (house 30)

Some men die before they begin to live (die (v.) 14)

Thousands drink themselves to death before one dies of thirst (drink (v.) 8)

Ya have to summer an' winter a body before ya can git to know 'em (body 9)

You'll hear a lot of things before your ears drop off (ear (body) 11)

After-implications

All women look the same after the sun goes down (woman 34)

An artist gains fame and fortune--after he is dead (artist 3)

Can't excuse a dog after he bites (dog 46)

It is too late to close the well after the goat has fallen in (well (n.) 6)

It will all be the same after you are dead a hundred years (dead (adj.) 7)

It's no use to lock the stable after the horse has been stolen (lock (v.) 1; stable 1)

No need closing the door after the horse is stolen (closing 1; door 20)

The lemon, after being squeezed, is thrown away (lemon)

Because-implications

A dog has friends because he wags his tail instead of his tongue (dog 10)

A donkey prefers thistles because he is an ass (donkey 3)

A great man is what he is because he was what he was (great (adj.) 1)

A poor man can't be happy because a happy man is never poor (happy 3)

A wicked book is the wickeder because it cannot repent (book 9)

An ass thinks himself a scholar because he is loaded with books (ass (animal) 5)

An old bachelor is fussy because he has never had a wife to fuss at him (bachelor 8)

Because kittens may be born in an oven, that does not make them loaves of bread (kitten 1)

Children are so happy because they live a day at a time (children 6)

Just because a man sings, it's no sign he's happy (man 119)

Just because there are no leaves on the trees doesn't mean there's no life in the limbs (leaf 3)

Just because there's snow on the roof, that doesn't mean the fire's out inside (snow (n.) 3)

Many a man sees a wolf at the door because his wife saw a mink in the window (man 151; wolf 10)

Many a man sees a wolf at the door because his wife saw a mink in the window (man 151; wolf 10)

Many a wretch has been hanged because the jury men didn't want to miss their supper (jury 2)

Many men fail because they lack purpose (fail 4; purpose 4)

Many men fail because they lack purpose (fail 4; purpose 4)

Men like conventions because men made them (convention)

Much happiness is overlooked because it doesn't cost anything (happiness 36)

Multitudes can't because they think they can't (can (v.) 14)

One inch of joy surmounts of grief a span, because to laugh is proper to the man (joy 13)

Men condemn because they do not understand (condemn 2)

There's no sense you going to hell just because someone else is (hell 18)

You have not converted a man because you have silenced him (convert)

Young people can do what the old ones can't because the young ones don't know it can't be done (young (adj.) 19)

Though-implications

A happy man will also like his wife, though love may long have passed (happy 2)

Though a lie has no legs and cannot stand, it has wings and can fly far (lie (n.) 5)

A man may be an artist though he lacks the necessary tools (artist 2)

An ass thinks himself a scholar because he is loaded with books (ass (animal) 5)

Hearts may agree, though heads differ (heart 40)

Men may die of the plague though the spots never appear (plague 1)

Men may meet, though mountains cannot (man 167)

People do wrong, though there is much more to be gained by doing right (wrong (n.) 6)

The good you do is not lost, though you forget it (good (n.) 27)

Though one grain fills not the sack, it helps (grain (crop) 5)

Though the body may be imprisoned, the soul can be free (body 8)

Though the fox wear silk, he is still a fox (fox 18)

If... (excl. counterfactuals)

A colt is worth nothing if it does not break its halter (colt 1)

A dish of crow won't gag you if you've got a strong stomach (crow (n.) 4)

A dog ain't healthy if he ain't got any fleas (dog 9)

A dog will not cry if you beat him with a bone (dog 21)

A going foot always gets something, if it is only a thorn (foot 1)

If a job's worth doing, it's worth doing right (job 5)

A man can do a lot of things if he has to (do 1; man 7; thing 2)

A man can do a lot of things if he has to (do 1; man 7; thing 2)

A man can do a lot of things if he has to (do 1; man 7; thing 2)

A man is not poor if he can laugh (poor (adj.) 1)

A man may have a thousand eyes, yet if his mind is blank, he cannot see a thing (eye 1)

A man never becomes an orator if he has anything to say (man 37)

A national debt, if it is not excessive, will be to us a national blessing (debt 2)

A pat on the back will build character if applied low enough, hard enough, and often enough (pat)

If you watch the kettle, it will never boil (kettle 2)

All men are poets at heart (poet 1)

If you are three times a bridesmaid, you will never be a bride (bridesmaid)

Any girl can handle the beast in a man if she's cagey enough (girl 6)

Anyone can have his own way if there's not someone in it (way 1)

Anything is good if your idea is good (good (adj.) 7)

If anything is worth doing, it is worth doing well (doing 1)

If you argue with a fool, that makes two fools arguing (fool (n.) 49)

If you make your bed hard, you can turn over oftener (bed 2)

If it's wrong to eat the devil, it's wrong to drink his broth (devil 1)

If you don't ask questions, you'll never learn anything (question (n.) 2)

Be humble and obey; you will be giving orders someday (order (command) 1)

Bought wisdom is best if you don't pay too dear for it (wisdom 4)

If you obey orders, you can give them (obey; order (command) 1)

If you don't C sharp, you'll B flat (bystander)

Defeat isn't bitter if you don't swallow it (defeat 2)

It is their husbands' faults if wives do fall (husband 5)

Each thing has its right place if you know how to place it (thing 10)

Enough is what would satisfy us if the neighbors didn't have any more (enough 4)

Even if the ass is laden with gold, he will seek his food among the thorns (ass (animal) 9)

Even if you are on the right track, you won't get over if you sit there (track (n.) 2)

Every failure teaches a man something, if he will learn (failure 2)

Every man is a volume if you know how to read him (man 87; volume 1)

Every man is a volume if you know how to read him (man 87; volume 1)

Every man will be a poet if he can (man 103; poet 1)

Experience is good if not bought too dear (experience 9)

If you stuff a cold, you'll have to starve a fever (cold (n.) 3)

If it's not one thing, it's another (another; thing 11)

For if you burn the kittens, sure the old cat comes their wounds to cure (kitten 2)

Friends, if often used, wear out (friend 78)

Friendship is an empty word if it only works one way (friendship 9)

Generosity is catching: you are generous if your neighbor is generous (generosity 2)

Good tiding at two anchors, for if one breaks the other may hold (anchor 1)

Have you wealth or have you none, if you lose heart all is gone (heart 37)

If you abuse others, you can't squawk if you are given a taste of your own medicine (abuse (v.))

Hell if you do, hell if you don't (hell 2)

If a bee stings you once, it's the bee's fault; if a bee stings you twice, it's your own damn fault (bee 5)

If a child cuts its finger, it has cut its mother's heart (child 14)

If a fool goes shopping, there is joy among the shopkeepers (fool (n.) 110)

If a fool is associated with a wise man all his life, he will perceive the truth as little as a spoon perceives the taste of soup (fool (n.) 111)

If a fool's tongue is long enough, he will hang himself (fool (n.) 112)

If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself alone (acquaintance 3)

If a man empties his purse into his head no one can take it from him (man 109)

If a man empties his purse into his head, no one can take it from him (purse 11)

If a man once falls, all will tread on him (fall (v.) 3)

If a man thinks about his physical or moral condition, he generally finds he is ill (condition 4)

If a man's word is no good, neither is his note (word 31)

If a string is in a knot, patience can untie it (knot 2)

If a thing is done wrong, it is far better that it had not been done at all (wrong (adv.) 2)

If an ass goes traveling, he'll not come back a horse (ass (animal) 14)

If anyone betrays you once, it's his fault; if he betrays you twice, it's your fault (betray)

If anything can go wrong, it will (anything 5)

If he calls it a silly and childish game, that means his wife can beat him at it (game (contest) 4)

If he's your flatterer, he can't be your friend (flatterer 6)

If it is worth having, it is worth working for (having 3)

If it thunders before seven, it will rain before eleven (thunder (v.) 1)

If it's long fair, it'll be long foul (fair (beautiful) 4)

If it's not one thing, it's another (another; thing 11)

If it's wrong for a Christian to do something, then it's surely wrong for a sinner to do the same thing (Christian 3)

If luck is with you, even your ox will give birth to a calf (luck 14)

If one fails, the whole world tramples on him (fail 3)

If one family has a lawsuit, ten families are involved (lawsuit 2)

If one gets over the dog, one gets over the tail (dog 69)

If one will not, another will, so are all maidens wed (maiden 3)

If pride leads the van, beggary brings up the rear (pride 6)

If someone betrays you once, it is his fault. If he betrays you twice, it is your fault (fault 18)

If the brain sows not corn, it plants thistles (brain 5)

If the bullet has your name on it, you'll get it (name 7)

If the camel once gets his nose in the tent his body will soon follow (camel 1)

If the defendant is silent the jury will think him guilty (defendant)

If the doctor cures, the sun sees it; if he kills, the earth hides it (doctor 11)

If the heart is right, the head can't be very far wrong (heart 45)

If the king is in the palace, nobody looks at the walls (king 6)

If the learner hasn't learned, the teacher hasn't taught (teacher 2)

If the owner keeps his eye on the horse, it will fatten (horse 39; owner)

If the owner keeps his eye on the horse, it will fatten (horse 39; owner)

If the parents are good, the children follow in their footsteps (parent 1)

If the saddle squeaks, it ain't bought (saddle 3)

If the same man deceives us twice, we deserve ruin (deceive 3)

If the sky falls we shall catch larks (sky 2)

If the student hasn't learned, the teacher hasn't taught (student 1)

If there is anything better than to be loved, it is loving (loving (n.) 1)

If there is no oil in the lamp, the wick is wasted (oil (n.) 2)

If there is peace in your heart, your home is like a palace (peace 6)

If they're good, they're not good-looking; if good-looking, they're not good (good (adj.) 21)

If we are vain and love to be flattered, we shall become foolish (vain 1)

If we go with the wind, we shall soon be gone with the wind (wind 7)

If we like to do a thing, we do it well (do 19)

If we lose our freedom, we have nothing else to lose (freedom 4)

If we tell untruths, no one will believe us even when we do speak the truth (truth 12)

If wine tells truth, and so have said the wise, it makes me laugh to think how brandy lies (wine 5)

If woodpecker want sweet meat, he haffa don't mind jar 'e head (woodpecker)

If you accept favors from crooked men, you sell yourself down the river (favor (n.) 6)

If you are inside, you can't be outside (inside (adv.))

If you are willing to work, you can write your name anywhere you choose (work (v.) 1)

If you aren't what you ain't, then you ain't what you are (ain't 2; are 1)

If you aren't what you ain't, then you ain't what you are (ain't 2; are 1)

If you begin with a common pin, you will end with a silver bowl (pin 5)

If you believe a lie, it's a truth as far as you are concerned (lie (n.) 18)

If you breed a partridge, you'll get a partridge (partridge 1)

If you build according to advice of Tom, Dick, and Harry, you'll build a crazy house where no man will tarry (build 1)

If you buy everything, the result will be that you sell everything (buy (v.) 5)

If you can get over the horse, you can get over the tail (horse 41)

If you can't command yourself, you can't command others (command (v.) 1)

If you can't make every edge cut, you can sure make it bruise (edge (n.) 1)

If you can't spell something, you don't know it (spell)

If you catch fish, you're a fisherman (fish (n.) 25)

If you command wisely, you are willingly obeyed (command (v.) 2)

If you commit a crime in the mind, you may transmit it into action (crime 8)

If you cook your own goose, you will have to eat it (goose 12)

If you curse others, you will be cursed (curse (v.) 1)

If you defend an injury, you are almost as bad as the guilty party (injury 4)

If you despise that which is ugly, you do not know that which is beautiful (ugly 5)

If you dig a ditch for your neighbor, you will fall into it yourself (ditch 2)

If you dig a pit for someone else, you fall into it yourself (pit)

If you do ill, the joy fades, not the pains; if well, the pain does fade, the joy remains (ill (n.) 7)

If you don't claim too much intelligence, people will give you credit for more than you have (intelligence 2)

If you don't give flowers water, they die (flower 10)

If you don't go looking for trouble, trouble won't go looking for you (trouble (n.) 7)

If you don't have a razor, you are sure to be shaved (razor)

If you don't have the first quarrel, you will never have the second (quarrel (n.) 8)

If you don't help yourself, nobody will (help (v.) 4)

If you don't improve today, you'll grow worse tomorrow (improve 2)

If you don't keep faith with man, you can't keep faith with God (faith 13)

If you don't know how to dance, you say that the drum is bad (dance (v.) 2)

If you don't listen, you have to feel (listen 1)

If you don't live in the house, you don't know when it leaks (house 22)

If you don't look out for yourself, nobody else will (look (v.) 3)

If you don't obey your mother, you will obey your stepmother (mother 3)

If you don't think well of yourself, no one else will (think 2)

If you don't write, you're wrong (write 5)

If you eat rotten apples in the barrel, you will continue eating the rotten apples (apple 9)

If you faint in the days of adversity, your strength is small (adversity 18)

If you fear death, you're already dead (death 24)

If you fear to suffer, you suffer from fear (fear (n.) 16)

If you fool with a tumble-turd bug, you are apt to be spattered (bug 2)

If you foul the spring, you can't expect the stream to be pure (spring (n., water) 2)

If you get mixed up in swill, you'll be eaten up by the swine (swill)

If you go mo' slow, you'll go mo' fast (slow 1)

If you go to church for an evil purpose, you go to God's house on the devil's errand (church 7)

If you hang long enough, you get used to it (hang (execute) 3)

If you have but one hog, you make him fat; if you have but one sow, you make her a fool (hog (n.) 2)

If you have no enemies, it is a sign fortune has forgot you (enemy 19)

If you have no hand, you can't make a fist (hand 26)

If you have nothing, you've got nothing to lose (nothing 9)

If you have one true friend, you have more than your share (friend 107)

If you hear one bell only, you hear but one sound (bell (n.) 4)

If you help everybody, you help nobody (help (v.) 5)

If you help the evil, you hurt the good (evil (n.) 23)

If you impose on your friends, you will wear out your welcome (friend 108)

If you intend to work, there is no better place than where you are; if you do not intend to work, you cannot get along anywhere (work (v.) 2)

If you judge your own case you are judged by a fool (judge (v.) 7)

If you keep a dollar in your pocket, you'll never go broke (dollar 6)

If you lack health you lack everything (health 15)

If you leave your place, you lose it (place 7)

If you leave your umbrella at home, it is sure to rain (umbrella 1)

If you let the bee be, the bee will let you be (bee 6)

If you lie, you steal (lie (v., deceive) 3)

If you like the sow, you like her litter (sow (n.) 2)

If you look back, you'll soon be going that way (back (adv.) 1)

If you make a bed of roses, you will have to sleep on the thorns also (rose 4)

if you make yourself a doormat, you will be stepped on (doormat)

If you marry a beautiful blonde, you marry trouble (marry 2)

If you marry for money, you sell your freedom (marry 3)

If you miss the first buttonhole, you will not succeed in buttoning up your coat (buttonhole)

If you mix with the bran, the cows will eat you (bran)

If you pity rogues, you are no great friend of honest men (rogue 2)

If you plant potatoes you can't reap tomatoes (potato 3)

If you play both ends against the middle, the middle will soon fold up (end (n.) 4)

If you play with a fool at home, he will play with you abroad (fool (n.) 115)

If you play with a puppy, he will lick your mouth (puppy (n.) 1)

If you play with matches, you will get burned (matches)

If you play with sand, you'll get dirty (sand 3)

If you play with the bull, you will get a horn in the arse (bull 4)

If you put me in in April, I'll come when I will. Put me in in May and I'll come right away (April 5)

If you put nothing in your head, you will get nothing from it (head 22)

If you put nothing in your purse, you can take nothing out (nothing 12; purse 12)

If you resent your chains, you are half free (chain 3)

If you rest, you rust (rest (v.) 1)

If you reward the chap who flatters you, you are begging for his flattery (flatter 4)

If you say A, they'll make you say B (A 1)

If you share your friend's crime, you make it your own (crime 9)

If you take a leap in the dark, you usually land in a pit (leap (n.))

If you take care of your character, your reputation will take care of itself (character 13)

If you tell a lie an' stick to it, dat's as good as de truth anyhow (lie (n.) 19)

If you throw enough pitch, some of it is sure to stick (pitch (n.) 2)

If you try to make some people see the bright side, they will complain that it hurts their eyes (bright)

If you try to sit on two chairs, you'll sit on the floor (chair 2)

If you turn over a log, you may find a lot of things there besides worms (log 3)

If you use a little elbow grease, you will get the job done right (grease (n.))

If you want a friend, you will have to be one (friend 109)

If you want a pretense to whip a dog, it is enough to say he ate up the frying pan (pretense 1)

If you will it, it will not remain a fairy tale (fairy tale)

If you will not hear reason, she will surely rap your knuckles (reason 5)

If you will, others will let you (will (v.) 2)

If you wish for too much, you will end up with nothing (wish (v.) 3)

If you worry, you die; if you don't worry, you die anyway (worry (v.) 2)

If your ways are bad, everybody will dislike you (way 9)

If you're caught bluffing, you lose the pot (bluffing)

If you're good, you're good and lonely (good (adj.) 22)

If you're lucky, even your rooster will lay eggs (lucky 3)

If you're not stingy, you're not wealthy, and if you're not wealthy, you're not stingy (stingy 2)

If you're on the bottom, there's only one way to go--up (bottom 1)

If you're right, you don't need to lose your head; and if you're wrong, you can't afford to (head 19)

If you've good looks, you don't need any brains (look (n.) 6)

If you've lost your soul, you've lost all (soul 7)

Industry will improve great talents if you have them (industry 10)

It ain't half so bad if you can afford it (bad (adj) 6)

If it takes two to make a bargain, it should take two to break it (bargain 8)

It is all right to drink like a fish if you drink what a fish drinks (drink (v.) 5)

It makes little difference what's on the outside of your head if there's something on the inside (head 23)

It makes no difference what a man believes if he is honest (believe 10)

It will never get well if you pick it (pick 2)

It's a great game if you don't weaken (game (contest) 5)

It's a great life if you don't weaken (life 13)

It's amazing how much good you can do if you don't care who gets the credit (credit 8; good (n.) 19)

It's amazing how much good you can do if you don't care who gets the credit (credit 8; good (n.) 19)

Justice delayed is justice denied (justice 3)

Laziness isn't worth a thing if not well carried out (laziness 3)

If we don't hang together we will hang separately (hang (execute) 4)

Life consists in wishing you had if you didn't and wishing you hadn't if you did (life 17)

Little is much if God is in it (little (n.) 17)

Little is much if the heart be but turned toward heaven (heart 56)

If little labor, little are our gains (labor (n.) 12)

Loyalty has lost its meaning if its memory is short (loyalty)

Luck is a very good word if you put a "p" before it (luck 16)

Men do not despise a thief if he steals to satisfy his soul when it is hungry (thief 10)

Mills won't grind if you give them no water (mill (grindstone) 2)

No man can ride a bronco if he ain't split up the middle (bronco 1)

No man is more than his brother if he does not do more than his brother (man 193)

No matter what else you have, you are poor if you lack friends (poor (adj.) 17)

If you don't have your ticket, you don't get your wash (ticket 2)

No weather's ill if the wind be still (weather 11)

No woman is ugly if she is well dressed (ugly 6)

Nobody will repeat it if you do not say it (repeat 2)

Nothing can overtake an untruth if it has a minute's start (untruth)

If you put nothing in your purse, you can take nothing out (nothing 12; purse 12)

One could live on next to nothing if one's friends could live on less (friend 141)

Our sorrows are less if in our anguish we find a partner in distress (sorrow 6)

Quarrels never could last long if on one side only lay the wrong (quarrel (n.) 15)

If you sow the wind you reap the whirl-wind (wind 15)

Speed gets you nowhere if you're headed in the wrong direction (speed 2)

The blow falls more lightly if you expect it (blow (n.) 4)

The cock does crow to let us know if we be wise 'tis time to rise (cock 4)

The colt can't pace if the mare trots (colt 3)

If the devil catch a man idle, he'll set him to work (devil 31)

The eyes are of little use if the mind be blind (eye 33)

The future becomes the present if we fight for it (future 10)

The impossible is possible if true (impossible 7)

If the owner keeps his eye on the horse, he will fatten (eye 35)

There will always be stars if you look to see them (star 5)

If you think twice before you speak once, you will speak twice the better for it (think 13)

If he'll steal a pin, he'll steal a potato (pin 7)

If you keep your face turned toward the sun, all the shadows of life will fall behind (face (n.) 26)

Two can keep a secret if one is dead (secret (n.) 21)

We may do as we will if we have the will (will (n., volition) 6)

We shall never gather happiness if we try to retain it for ourselves (happiness 49)

If the eyes do not see, the heart will not break (eye 37)

Work is work if you're paid to do it, an' it's pleasure if you pay to be allowed to do it (work (n.) 39)

You always will if you can lose with a smile (win 4)

You can do anything you want to if you want to bad enough (do 39)

If you sell the cow, you sell the milk too (cow 32)

You can't keep from getting soiled if you fight with a skunk (fight (v.) 4; skunk 5)

You can't keep from getting soiled if you fight with a skunk (fight (v.) 4; skunk 5)

You can't make other people understand what you are trying to explain if you don't understand it yourself (understand 9)

You can't rise with the lark if you've been on one the night before (lark 2)

You can't tell which tooth bit you if you back into a buzzard (tooth 9)

You can't walk and look at the stars if you have a stone in your shoe (star 9)

You don't need brains if you have luck (brain 15)

You haven't lived if you haven't loved (love (v.) 21)

You invite future injuries if you revive past ones (injury 13)

If you have the name, you might as well have the game (game (contest) 9; name 8)

You never accumulate if you don't speculate (accumulate)

You will never have a friend if you must have one without faults (friend 193)

You can never know what you can do if you don't try (know 36)

You're truly happy if you make others happy (happy 30)

Elliptical implications

A dry spring, a rainy summer (spring (n., season) 1)

A green Christmas, a full churchyard (Christmas 2)

A green Christmas, a white Easter (Christmas 1)

A green winter, a full graveyard (winter (n.) 1)

A large ham, a large hand (ham)

A long thread, a lazy tailor (tailor 1; thread 1)

A long thread, a lazy tailor (tailor 1; thread 1)

A lot of relatives, a lot of trouble (relative 1)

A man dies; his name remains (man 14)

A moment of bliss; lifetime of sorrow (bliss 1)

A rolling eye, a roving heart (eye 2)

A swift eater, a swift worker (eater 2)

A young drunkard, an old pauper (drunkard 2)

A young idler, an old beggar (idler 1)

A young man idle, an old man needy (young (adj.) 1)

A young whore, an old saint (young (adj.) 4)

All covet; all lose (all 3)

Always in a hurry, always behind (hurry (n.) 1)

Always late, never succeed (late 1)

An angel on the street, a devil at home (angel 2)

An ill life, an ill end (life 5)

Another day, another dollar (day 6)

Bad bird, bad eggs (bird 10)

Bad start, good ending (start (n.) 3)

Beer before wine, you'll feel fine; wine before beer, you'll feel queer (beer 1)

Beer on whiskey, mighty risky; whiskey on beer, never fear (beer 3)

Big feet, large understanding (foot 5)

Big head, little sense (head 10)

Big talker, little doer (talker 2)

Big vines, small potatoes (vine 1)

Calf eyes, calf love (eye 8)

Chickens today, feathers tomorrow (chicken 2)

Closely gathered, widely scattered (gather)

Come light, go light (light (adv.))

Company on Monday, company all week (company 6)

Cookie today, crumb tomorrow (cookie)

Done leisurely, done well (leisurely)

Earlier wed, sooner dead (wed)

Easy come, easy go (easy (adv.) 1)

Easy got, easy gain: short joy, long pain (easy (adj.) 2; joy 4)

Easy got, easy gain: short joy, long pain (easy (adj.) 2; joy 4)

Evil gotten, evil spent (evil (adv.); get 3)

Faithful in little, faithful in much (faithful 3)

First come, first served (first (n.) 2)

Fond of lawsuits, little wealth; fond of doctors, little health (lawsuit 1)

Forewarned, forearmed (forewarned)

Fret today, regret tomorrow (fret)

Friday begun, never done (Friday 3)

Full stomach, contented heart (stomach 3)

Great boast, small roast (boast (n.))

Great boaster, little doer (boaster 2)

Half in jest, whole in earnest (jest (n.) 5)

Hidden life, happy life (life 11)

High living, low thinking (living 1)

Honor lost, much lost (honor (n.) 11)

Hot summer, cold winter (summer)

Hot sup, hot swallow (sup 2)

Hotter war, sooner peace (war 5)

Ill got, ill spent (get 3)

In for a mill, in for a million (mill (monetary unit))

In for a penny, in for a pound (penny 9)

Injure others, injure yourself (injure 3)

Large mouth, small manners (mouth 4)

Laughter before sleep, tears when wakened (laughter 3)

Learn not, know not (learn 7)

Least said, soonest mended (least 1; say 8)

Less said, more done (say 9)

Less talk, more speed (talk (n.) 3)

Light of heart, light of feet (heart 55)

Little bird, little nest (bird 23)

Little children, little troubles; big children, big troubles (children 19)

Little gain, little pain (gain (n.) 13)

Little gear, less care (gear)

Little goods, little care (goods 8)

Little hair, much wit (hair 11)

Little silver, much love (silver 3)

Live a fool, die a fool (fool (n.) 127)

Long fall, late spring (fall (n.) 2)

Long hair, little brains (hair 12)

Long on promises, short on performance (promise (n.) 8)

Long robe, little science (robe)

Long talk, short walk (talk (n.) 4)

Lucky at cards, unlucky in love (card 4)

Lucky at play, unlucky in love (lucky 4)

Many friends, few helpers (friend 131)

Many kinsfolk, few friends (kinsfolk)

Merry meet, merry part (merry 3)

Millions for defense but not a cent for tribute (defense 2)

Money lost, nothing lost; courage lost, much lost; honor lost, more lost; soul lost, all lost (money 48)

Monkey see, monkey do (monkey 5)

More haste, worse speed (haste 11)

More money, more sin (money 64)

More rain, more grass (grass 7; rain (n.) 9)

More rain, more grass (grass 7; rain (n.) 9)

More rain, more rest (rain (n.) 10)

Much outcry, little outcome (outcry)

Much profit, much risk (profit (n.) 3)

Much science, much sorrow (science 1)

Much speech, less sense (speech 4)

Much talk, little work (talk (n.) 6)

Much virtue in herbs, little in men (virtue 10)

New circumstances, new controls (circumstance 3)

New face, new fancy (face (n.) 21)

No bees, no honey; no work, no money (bee 9)

No cross, no crown (cross (n.) 3)

No fight, no win (fight (v.) 3)

No fool, no fun (fool (n.) 133)

No foot, no horse (foot 17)

No guts, no glory (guts)

No lickin', no learnin' (lick 4)

No longer pipe, no longer dance (pipe)

No mill, no meal; no will, no deal (mill (grindstone) 3)

No pains, no gains; no sweat, no sweet (pain (n.) 7)

No receiver, no thief; no penny, no paternoster (receiver 1)

No risk, no gain (risk (n.) 1)

No silver, no servant (silver 4)

No sowing, no reaping (sowing)

No sun, no showers, no summer flowers (sun 10)

no sweat, no sweet (pain (n.) 7)

Quick at meat, quick at work (quick (adj.) 2)

Quick ripe, quick rotten (ripe 1)

Quick to think, slow to speak (think 4)

Rain before seven, clear before eleven (rain (n.) 11)

Rain one day, shine the next (rain (n.) 15)

Rainbow at night, sailor's delight; rainbow at morning, sailors take warning (rainbow 2)

Red sky at night, sailor's delight; red sky in the morning, sailors take warning (red)

Rest, rust, rot (rest (v.) 2)

Right church but wrong pew (church 9)

Saint abroad and devil at home (saint 4)

Seldom seen, soon forgotten (see 5)

Self brag, half scandal (brag (n.) 3)

Self do, self have (do 34)

Self-praise, no honor (self-praise 3)

Silly question, silly answer (question (n.) 6)

Slow but sure (slow 3)

Small head, big ideas (head 30)

Snowy winter, plentiful harvest (winter (n.) 5)

Soon got, soon spent (get 6)

Sudden friendship, sure repentance (friendship 23)

The city for wealth, the country for health (city 3)

The dinner over, away go the guests (guest 7)

The great wall stands; the builder is gone (wall 6)

The last drop wobbles; the cup flows over (cup 3)

The money paid, the work delayed (money 77)

Nothing dared, nothing gained (dare (v.) 1)

Nothing down, nothing up (nothing 13)

Nothing ventured, nothing gained (nothing 24; venture 4)

Never venture, never gain (venture 4)

Off with the old love, on with the new (love (n.) 87)

Old in body, young in spirit (body 5; old (adj.) 13)

Old in body, young in spirit (body 5; old (adj.) 13)

Once a bad boy and always a bad boy (boy 26)

Once a criminal always a criminal (criminal 2)

Once a crook, always a crook (crook 6)

Once a drunkard, always a drunkard (drunkard 3)

Once a fool, always a fool (fool (n.) 137)

Once a gentleman, always a gentleman (gentleman 7)

Once a German, always a German (German)

Once a knave, always a knave (knave 7)

Once a lady, always a lady (lady 9)

Once a lover, always a lover (lover 9)

Once a man, twice a child (child 17; man 200)

Once a man, twice a child (child 17; man 200)

Once a rogue, always a rogue (rogue 8)

Once a sinner, always a sinner (sinner 1)

Once a thief, always a thief (thief 11)

Once a whore, always a whore (whore 1)

Once an enemy, always an enemy (enemy 28)

Once an Englishman, always an Englishman (Englishman)

Once bitten, twice shy (bitten 2)

Once burned, twice shy (burned 1)

Once caught, twice shy (catch 3)

Once light, always light (light (adj.) 3)

One day a beggar, the next a thief (beggar 9)

Other times, other customs (times 2)

Out of debt, out of danger (debt 11)

Out of sight, out of mind (sight)

Out of time, out of mind (time 32)

Outside show, inside woe (show (n.) 2)

Outwardly a lamb, inwardly a wolf (lamb 2)

Past shame, past grace (shame (n.) 2)

Pretty face, poor fate (face (n.) 22)

Three times a pallbearer, once a corpse (corpse 4)

Thunder in March, corn to parch (corn 15; thunder (n.) 3)

Thunder in the fall, no winter at all (thunder (n.) 4)

Too many Eskimos, too few seals (Eskimo)

Too much courtesy, too much craft (courtesy 21)

Unknown, unmissed (unknown 4)

Unminded, unmoaned (unminded)

Unseen, unrued (unseen)

Well lathered, half shaved (lathered)

Without debt, without care (debt 15)

Young gambler--old beggar (gambler 5)

Unknown, unkissed (unknown 3)

Harm watch, harm catch (harm 2)

Danger past, God is forgotten (danger 7)

Ever drunk, ever dry (drunk 3)

A cherry year, a merry year; a plum year, a dumb year (year 2)

A cold hand, a warm heart (hand 3)

Easy to learn, hard to master (learn 1)

Pretty in the cradle, homely at the table (cradle 1)

Few words, many deeds (deed 11; word 30)

A blustering night, a fair day (night 1)

IMPERATIVES

Direct negating imperatives

Don't think so much of your own cunning as to forget other men's; a cunning man is overmatched by a cunning man and a half (cunning (adj.) 1)

Don't worry when you stumble; remember, a worm is about the only thing that won't fall down (worm 1)

Absence makes the heart grow fonder, but don't stay away too long (absence 6)

Alms are the salt of riches--but don't rub the salt into the poor man's wound (alms 3)

Always tell the truth, but don't always be telling the truth (truth 3)

Don't be false to your teeth or they'll be false to you (tooth 4)

Don't believe anything you hear nor half what you read (believe 2)

Can't never could do nothing (can (v.) 6)

Don't throw dirt into the well that gives you water (dirt 3)

Do not look upon the vessel but upon that which it contains (vessel (container) 3)

Do not make fish of one and flesh of another (fish (n.) 11)

Do not make ugly faces at others until you can improve your own (face (n.) 13)

Do not marry an heiress unless her father has been hanged (heiress)

Do not meddle with business you know nothing about (business 15)

Do not neglect to perform acts of goodness just because they are little (goodness 3)

Do not neglect your own field and plow your neighbor's (field 4)

Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers; pray for power equal to your tasks (task 4)

Do not protect yourself by a fence, but rather by friends (fence (n.) 2)

Do not publish people's defects (defect 1)

Do not pull down your barns to build greater ones (barn 5)

Do not put your foot further than you can draw it back again (foot 7)

Do not rip up old sores (sore)

Do no evil and fear no harm (evil (n.) 8)

Do no good and you shall find no evil (good (n.) 9)

Do not anxiously hope for what is not yet come; do not vainly regret what is already past (hope (v.) 1)

Do not attempt the impossible (impossible 1)

Do not be a slave to fashion (slave 4)

Do not be in a hurry to tie what you cannot untie (tie)

Do not be proud of being a fool (fool (n.) 56)

Do not bite at the bait of pleasure till you know there is no hook beneath it (pleasure 2)

Do not burden today's strength with tomorrow's load (strength 1)

Do not close a letter without reading it (letter 2)

Do not count too much on friends (friend 64)

Do not darken counsel with words without knowledge (counsel (n.) 4)

Do not despise that which is beyond reach (reach (n.) 2)

Do not ever meet trouble halfway (trouble (n.) 1)

Do not fish in front of a net (fish (v.) 1)

Do not flay a flea for hide and tallow (flea 2)

Do not grudge others what you cannot enjoy yourself (grudge (v.) 1)

Do not hang all on one nail (nail 3)

Do not ignore the things of today (thing 8)

Do not in prosperity what may be repented of in adversity (prosperity 1)

Do not jest in serious matters (jest (v.) 1)

Do not judge a thing by its size (size 1)

Do not judge your neighbor unless you are in his situation (neighbor 9)

Do not let flattery throw you off guard against an enemy (flattery 3)

Do not let your vanity make you overestimate your powers (vanity 1)

Do not look for wrong and evil (evil (n.) 9)

Do not ship all in one vessel (vessel (ship) 1)

Do not shout dinner till you have your knife in the loaf (dinner 5)

Do not shout until you are out of the woods (shout 1; wood 3)

Do not shout until you are out of the woods (shout 1; wood 3)

Do not speak badly of yourself and expect people to respect you (speak 1)

Do not spit into the well you may have to drink out of (spit 1)

Do not spit into the well: you may have to drink out of it (well (n.) 4)

Do not take any wooden nickels (wooden 1)

Do not take credit that is due to others (credit 5)

Do not trust too much in an enchanting face (trust (v.) 1)

Do not try to teach your grandmother how to suck eggs (grandmother)

Do not turn back when you are just at the goal (goal)

Do not undertake rashly nor perform with a cold indifference (indifference)

Do not use a hatchet to remove a fly from your friend's forehead (hatchet 1)

Do not wade in unknown waters (wade)

Do not wait for a rainy day to fix your roof (day 11)

Do not walk in the mud when there is a dry path (mud 1)

Do not wish to be rare like jade or common like stone (jade)

Do nothing by halves (half 1)

Do today's right; don't fuss about tomorrow's (today 1)

Don't do to others what you would not have done to you (do 9)

Don't add drunkenness to thirst (drunkenness 1)

Don't add insult to injury (insult 1)

Don't advertise what you can't fulfill (advertise 1)

Don't air your dirty linens in public (linen)

Don't always believe in signs (sign (n.) 2)

Don't ask a blind man the way to the city (ask 4)

Don't ask a man for a favor before he has had his lunch (favor (n.) 4)

Don't avenge every insult--you'll have no time to do anything else (avenge)

Don't back the wrong horse (horse 22)

Don't be a fair-weather friend (friend 65)

Don't be a yes-man (man 74)

Don't be afraid of a dog that barks (dog 53)

Don't be afraid of opposition (opposition 1)

Don't be afraid of opposition; remember, a kite rises against the wind (afraid 2)

Don't be afraid of tomorrow; look what could happen today (afraid 3; tomorrow 3)

Don't be afraid of tomorrow; look what could happen today (afraid 3; tomorrow 3)

Don't be an Indian giver (Indian 3)

Don't be down on something before you are up on it (down 2)

Don't be stumbling blocks but stepping-stones (block 1; stumbling block 1)

Don't be stumbling blocks but stepping-stones (block 1; stumbling block 1)

Don't be too free with your affections, for when true love strikes, the spark will be dimmed (affection 2)

Don't be vogue on the outside and vague on the inside (vogue)

Don't beg a blessing of a wooden god (blessing 2)

Don't believe half-truths (half-truth)

Don't believe that story true that ought not to be true (story 1)

Don't believe your enemy even when he's telling the truth (enemy 13)

Don't bite the hand that feeds you (bite (v.) 1; hand 13)

Don't bite the hand that feeds you (bite (v.) 1; hand 13)

Don't blow trash in my backyard (trash 2)

Don't blow your top (top)

Don't borrow trouble (trouble (n.) 2)

Don't build the pen before the litter comes (pen (enclosure))

Don't build your castles in the air. It's liable to rain and wash them away (castle 3)

Don't burn the candle at both ends (candle 1)

Don't burn your bridges behind you (bridge 1)

Don't butter your bread on both sides (bread 6)

Don't buy a left-hand monkey wrench (wrench 1)

Don't buy a pig in a poke (pig 4)

Don't buy at too dear a price (price 1)

Don't call a dog while you're holding a stick in your hand (dog 54)

Don't care lost his corn patch (care (v.) 2)

Don't carry a joke too far (joke (n.) 3)

Don't carry too much sail (sail (n.) 3)

Don't cast your pearls before swine (pearl 2)

Don't change horses in the middle of the stream (horse 23; stream 3)

Don't change horses in the middle of the stream (horse 23; stream 3)

Don't chew your tobacco twice (tobacco 1)

Don't clean your fish before you catch it (fish (n.) 12)

Don't climb the hill until you get to it (hill 1)

Don't comb your hair if you are bald (comb (v.); hair 5)

Don't comb your hair if you are bald (comb (v.); hair 5)

Don't come to me for safety pins (pin 2)

Don't comer a rat (rat 1)

Don' take no mo' tuh yo' haht dan yuh kin kick often yo' heels (heart 32)

Don't complain of the boat that carries you over safely (boat 1)

Don't compromise with wrong because it is safe (wrong (n.) 1)

Don't count your chickens before they are hatched (chicken 4)

Don't count your corpses before they're cold (corpse 2)

Don't count your eggs before they're hatched (egg 6)

Don't count your fish before you get them (fish (n.) 13)

Don't count your fish until on dry land (fish (n.) 14)

Don't count your new cars before they're built (car 2)

Don't count your sticks till the lumber's on the pile (stick (n.) 4)

Don't count yourself too many (count (v.) 1; yourself 3)

Don't count yourself too many (count (v.) 1; yourself 3)

Don't criticize a man's gait until you are in his shoes (gait)

Don't cross the bridge till you come to it (bridge 2)

Don't cross the road till you come to it (road 4)

Don't cross your rivers before you get to them (river 6)

Don't crow unless you've something to crow about (crow (v.) 1)

Don't cry "holloa" till you're out of the wood (cry (v.) 1)

Don't cry herrings till they are in the net (herring)

Don't cry over spilled milk (cry (v.) 2; milk 2)

Don't cry over spilt milk (cry (v.) 2)

Don't cry till you are hurt (cry (v.) 3)

Don't cut off your head with your tongue (head 11)

Don't cut off your nose to spite your face (nose 4)

Don't cut the limb which bears your weight (limb)

Don't cut the sheet to mend a dishcloth (sheet 1)

Don't dish it out if you can't take it (dish (v.))

Don't do anything I wouldn't do (do 13)

Don't do anything today that you may be sorry for tomorrow (today 2)

Don't do as I do, but as I say (do 14)

Don't do the same thing twice (thing 9)

Don't drown yourself to save a drowning man (drown)

Don't eat before you set the table (eat 3)

Don't eat your father's seed potatoes (potato 2)

Don't eat your pies before they are made (pie 3)

Don't expect others to keep a secret you cannot keep yourself (secret (n.) 6)

Don't expect three legs on a cat when you know he has four (cat 12)

Don't expect to enjoy the cream of life if you keep your milk of human kindness bottled up (cream 2)

Don't fan the flame that supports the fire (flame 3)

Don't feed yourself on false hopes (hope (n.) 5)

Don't fiddle your time away (time 10)

Don't find fault with what you don't understand (fault 9)

Don't find pleasure without conscience (pleasure 3)

Don't fire until you see the white of his eye (eye 10)

Don't fling away de empty wallet (wallet)

Don't fly your kite too high (kite (toy) 1)

Don't gather cracked eggs (egg 7)

Don't get ahead of the hounds (hound 4)

Don't get down on your job because you are not quite up to it (job 9)

Don't get into deep water until you learn how to swim (water 3)

Don't get off the beaten track (track (n.) 1)

Don't get off the ladder before you reach the ground (ladder 1)

Don't get off the merrygo-round before it stops (merry-go-round)

Don't get on the streetcar before it stops (streetcar)

Don't get up on the wrong side of the bed (side 2)

Don't get your plow in too deep (plow (n.) 2)

Don't get your tail in a twist (tail 1)

Don't get your tail over the line (tail 2)

Don't give up hope till hope is dead (hope (n.) 6)

Don't give up the ship (ship 5)

Don't go round the world for a shortcut (world 3)

Don't go through the woods and pick up a crooked stick (wood 4)

Don't go to a buzzard's nest to find a dove (buzzard 3)

Don't halloo till you're out of the woods (halloo)

Don't have too many irons in the fire (iron 1)

Don't hide a candle under a bush (candle 2)

Don't hide your light under a bushel (light (n.) 2)

Don't hit before you look (hit (v.) 1)

Don't hit someone who looks weak (weak (adj.) 1)

Don't hold the dime so near your eye that you can't see the dollar (dime 2)

Don't holler before you are hurt (holler)

Don't hunt with unwilling hounds (hunt)

Don't hurry--start early (hurry (v.) 1)

Don't judge a man by his opinion of himself (judge (v.) 1)

Don't judge a man by the coat he wears (judge (v.) 2)

Don't judge a man's knowledge of racehorses by the clothes he wears (racehorse 1)

Don't judge everyone by his looks (look (n.) 4)

Don't judge other people by yourself (judge (v.) 3; people 6)

Don't judge others by yourself (judge (v.) 3)

Don't jump from the frying pan into the fire (frying pan 1; jump (v.) 1; pan 3)

Don't jump from the frying pan into the fire (frying pan 1; jump (v.) 1; pan 3)

Don't keep all your tongs in one fire (tongs)

Don't kick a dog when he is down (dog 55)

Don't kick a fellow when he's down (fellow 2)

Don't kick against pricks (prick 2)

Don't kid yourself (yourself 4)

Don't kill the goose that lays the golden egg (goose 6)

Don't kiss and tell: honor in love is silence (kiss (v.) 1)

Don't knock at a dead man's door and expect an answer (door 6)

Don't lay down the plow until you are at the end of the furrow (plow (n.) 3)

Don't lead with your chin (chin 1)

Don't lean on the oars (oar)

Don't leap from the frying pan into the fire (pan 3)

Don't let another's opinion sway your judgment (opinion 1)

Don't let any grass grow under your feet (grass 2)

Don't let fear hold you back (fear (n.) 2)

Don't let the mousetrap smell of blood (mousetrap 3)

Don't let the sideshow run away with the circus (sideshow)

Don't let the stars get in your eyes (star 2)

Don't let your imagination run away with you (imagination 1)

Don't let your tongue run away with your brains (tongue 9)

Don't lick it till it drops (lick 1)

Don't lick the honey off a briar even if it is sweet (honey 2)

Don't light your fire until you have gathered your sticks (fire 15)

Don't live in a village whose mayor is a doctor (village 1)

Don't lock the granary after the grain has been stolen (grain (crop) 2; lock (v.) 1)

Don't look a gift elephant in the tusk (elephant 5)

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth (horse 24)

Don't look for a ram with five feet (ram)

Don't lose your head; count first to ten (head 12)

Don't make a mountain of a molehill (mountain 1)

Don't make excuses; make good (excuse (n.) 3)

Don't make something out of nothing (something 3)

Don't make the same mistake twice (mistake 2)

Don't marry a girl who wants strawberries in January (girl 7)

Don't marry for money, but don't marry without money (money 4)

Don't measure my corn by your bushel (corn 4)

Don't measure your importance by your morning shadow (importance 1)

Don't measure your neighbor's honesty by your own (honesty 1)

Don't meddle in others' affairs (affair 2)

Don't memorize information; know where to find it (information 2)

Don't mistake an old goat for a preacher because of his beard (goat 3)

Don't monkey with the bandwagon if you can't play the horn (bandwagon)

Don't monkey with the buzz saw (buzz saw)

Don't mortgage the future for the present (future 2)

Don't muzzle the ox when he treads out the corn (ox 2)

Don't nurse your sorrows (sorrow 1)

Don't overload gratitude, if you do, she'll kick (gratitude 1)

Don't overwork a willing horse (horse 25)

Don't part with your illusions; when they are gone you may exist, but you have ceased to live (illusions 1)

Don't pay for a dead horse (horse 26; pay (v.) 1)

Don't pay for a dead horse (horse 26; pay (v.) 1)

Don't pay for a dead man's shoes (pay (v.) 2)

Don't pay for dead men's shoes (shoe (n.) 5)

Don't pay too much for your whistle (whistle (n.) 1)

Don't pet a porcupine unless you are looking for trouble (porcupine 1)

Don't pick women or horses by candlelight (candlelight)

Don't pour new wine in old bottles (wine 1)

Don't press luck too far (luck 7)

Don't prophesy unless you know (prophesy 1)

Don't put all your eggs in one basket (egg 8)

Don't put all your goods in your shop window (goods 3)

Don't put new patches on old garments (patch (n., cloth) 5)

Don't put the cart before the horse (cart 3)

Don't put the fox to guard the henhouse (fox 5)

Don't put the plow before the horse (plow (n.) 4)

Don't put the shoe on unless it fits (shoe (n.) 6)

Don't put your can't before your horses (can (v.) 8)

Don't put your finger in too tight a ring (finger 2)

Don't put your fortune in a funnel (fortune 7)

Don't quit till the hearse comes around (quit 1)

Don't race your engine or you'll burn out a bearing (engine)

Don't rain eve'y time de pig squeal (rain (v.) 1)

Don't reap your crop before you have planted it (crop 1)

Don't reckon without your host (host 2)

Don't rejoice about your neighbor's misfortunes, for the same may happen to you (misfortune 1)

Don't rely on the label of the bag (label)

Don't ride the high horse: the fall, when it comes, is hard (horse 27)

Don't rub salt in the wound (salt 1)

Don't run with the hound and hold on to the hare (hound 5)

Don't rush off in the heat of the day without your blanket (blanket 1)

Don't rush the cattle (cattle 1)

Don't say "hop" until you've jumped over (hop)

Don't say it, write it (write 1)

Don't say it--write it (say 2)

Don't scold anyone for doing things wrong if you do them that way yourself (wrong (adv.) 1)

Don't send a boy to do a man's job (boy 16)

Don't set a wolf to watch the sheep (wolf 2)

Don't set the net after the fish have gone by (net 1)

Don't shuck your corn till the hogs come home (corn 5)

Don't shut the barn door after the horse is stolen (barn 6)

Don't sing your triumph before you have conquered (triumph)

Don't sit around and talk about what you are going to do--do it (do 15; talk (v.) 1)

Don't sit around and talk about what you are going to do--do it (do 15; talk (v.) 1)

Don't skin your wolves before you get them (wolf 3)

Don't slap your children in the face, for the Lord prepared a better place (children 13)

Don't speak ill of yourself; others will do it for you (ill (n.) 2)

Don't spend all your money in one place (money 5)

Don't spend too much on tomorrow--it isn't yours yet (tomorrow 4)

Don't spend your life reaching for the moon (life 6)

Don't spend your time in vain regrets (time 11)

Don't spoil the ship for half a penny's worth of tar (ship 6)

Don't spread your clothing near the quiet brook (clothing)

Don't spur a willing horse (horse 28)

Don't stand when you can sit, and don't sit when you can lie down (stand (v.) 1)

Don't stare at the steps of success--step up the stairs (step (n.) 2)

Don't start anything you can't finish (start (v.) 1)

Don't start economizing when you are down to your last dollar (economizing)

Don't start something you can't finish (something 4)

Don't stay with the rabbits but run with the hounds (hound 5; rabbit 2)

Don't stick out your hand further than you can draw it back (hand 14)

Don't stick your hand in boiling water to see if it is hot (hand 15)

Don't stick your neck out (neck 2)

Don't stop to argue with temptation--you will be sorry (temptation 1)

Don't stretch out your arm farther than the sleeve will reach (arm 2)

Don't swallow the cow and worry with the tail (cow 9)

Don't swap the witch for the devil (witch)

Don't swing on the same gate too long (gate 4)

Don't take any wooden nickels (nickel 2)

Don't take it so hard--it might not all be so (hard 1)

Don't take the axe out of the carpenter's hand (axe 2)

Don't take two steps and slide back three (step (n.) 3)

Don't take your hand off the plow (hand 16)

Don't talk about others, for they may be able to talk about you (other (pn.) 4)

Don't talk through your hat (hat 3)

Don't tell all of your jokes on one program (joke (n.) 4)

Don't tell all you know nor all you can (tell 1)

Don't tell tales out of school (tale 5)

Don't tell your troubles to others--most of 'em don't care (trouble (n.) 3)

Don't tempt providence (providence 2)

Don't think to hunt two hares with one dog (hare 2)

Don't throw a monkey wrench in the works (wrench 2)

Don't throw away anything a goose can swallow (goose 7)

Don't throw away the old till you know the new is better (old (n.) 1)

Don't throw away what others may use (throw (v.))

Don't throw away your dirty water until you get clean (water 4)

Don't throw away your old shoes before you get new ones (shoe (n.) 7)

Don't throw caution to the wind (caution 5)

Don't throw good money after bad (money 6)

Don't throw out old clothes before you get new ones (clothes 6)

Don't throw out the baby with the bathwater (baby 2)

Don't throw stones at glass houses (stone 6)

Don't throw stones at your neighbors if your own windows are glass (glass 6; stone 7; window 1)

Don't throw water on a drowned rat (water 5)

Don't throw your tongue into high gear till you get your brain in motion (tongue 10)

Don't thrust your sickle into another's corn (sickle)

Don't trade old friends for new (friend 66)

Don't trade your soul for a mess of pottage (soul 4)

Don't tread on other people's toes (toe 1)

Don't trust the weak appearance of the wolf or the disappearance of the cat; they'll both make a comeback (appearance 5)

Don't try running water up a hill (water 6)

Don't try to back a donkey through (donkey 6)

Don't try to be the best pilot in the world, just the oldest (pilot 2)

Don't try to get even with your enemies; try to get even with your friends (enemy 14)

Don't try to pull youself up by your own bootstraps (bootstrap)

Don't try to swim where there is no water (swim)

Don't use your feet, use your head (foot 8)

Don't use your heart for a cash register (heart 33)

Don't wait for opportunities--make them (opportunity 3)

Don't wait for providence to send you a worm (providence 3)

Don't wait till you get time--take time (time 12)

Don't wake a sleeping lion (lion 1)

Don't value a gem by its setting (gem 2)

Don't value a man for the quality he is of, but for the qualities he possesses (man 75; quality 1)

Don't value a man for the quality he is of, but for the qualities he possesses (man 75; quality 1)

Don't wash your hair before you get the water (hair 6)

Don't waste five-dollar time on a fivecent job (time 13)

Don't waste pity on a scamp (pity (n.) 1)

Don't waste ten dollars looking for a dime (dollar 5)

Don't waste time looking at the hill-climb it (hill 2)

Don't wear out your welcome (welcome (n.) 1)

Don't wear your heart on your sleeve (heart 34)

Don't whip the horse that is pulling (horse 29)

Don't win the war before it's won (war 3)

Don't wish about what you wish you had; wish about what you've got (wish (v.) 1)

Don't wish for tomorrow--you're wishing your life away (tomorrow 5)

Don't wish too hard: you might just get what you wish for (wish (v.) 2)

Don't worry about the old horse being poor--just feed him (horse 30)

Don't worry over a storm in a teapot (storm 2)

don't write and fear no woman (right (n.) 2; write 2)

Don't write before your pencil is sharpened (pencil; write 3)

Don't write before your pencil is sharpened (pencil; write 3)

Don't yell before you're out of the woods (wood 3; yell)

Eat your melons and don't ask about the melon bed (melon)

Enjoy the present moment and don't grieve for tomorrow (present (adj.))

Don't tell your family secrets in the cornfield: remember that corn has cars (corn 6)

Fall but don't bawl (fall (v.) 2)

Fall not out with a friend for a trifle (friend 68)

Don't make your stew until you catch the rabbit (rabbit 3)

Don't use flattery, for flattery is soft soap, and soft soap is ninety percent lye (flattery 9)

For a long life be moderate in all things, but don't miss anything (life 7)

Give me a flower while I live, and don't bother when I'm dead (flower 9)

The best advice--don't give any (advice 17)

If your head be waxed, do not walk in the sun (head 16)

If you make yourself an ass, don't complain if people ride you (ass (animal) 12)

Don't throw stones at your neighbors if your own windows are glass (glass 6; stone 7; window 1)

Hold your tongue; don't let it go (tongue 16)

Hustle your horse and don't say die (horse 38)

If it is a secret, don't tell it to a woman (secret (n.) 7)

If it isn't worth saying, don't say it at all (saying 1)

If they ask you for cabbages, don't give them peas (cabbage (n.))

Don't never do nothing half way (aim (v.) 6)

If you can do nothing about it, don't worry; if you can do something about it, do it--don't worry (worry (v.) 1)

If you cannot speak well of a person, don't speak of him at all (speak 7)

If you can't do a thing right, don't do it at all (right (adv.) 4)

If you can't help, don't hinder (help (v.) 3)

If you can't say something good about someone, don't say anything at all (good (n.) 17)

If you can't say something nice about someone, don't say anything (nice)

If you can't, don't hinder (can (v.) 13)

If you don't have anything to do, don't do it here (do 21)

If you don't know what to do, don't do anything (do 22)

If you don't like my apples, don't shake my tree (apple 8)

If you don't like my gate, don't swing on it (gate 5)

If you don't want it known, don't do it (known 2)

If you drive, don't drink; if you drink, don't drive (drive 2)

If you fear that people will know, don't do it (fear (v.) 2)

If you have a good excuse, don't use it (excuse (n.) 5)

If you have an hour to spare, don't spend it with someone who hasn't (hour 8)

If you have bread, don't look for cake (bread 16)

If you hold the frying pan, don't blame it if you burn yourself (frying pan 2)

If you talk with a hog, don't expect anything but a grunt (hog (n.) 3)

If you want sugar, ask for it; don't go scratching around the bowl (sugar 2)

If you want to be alluring, don't chase your young man (alluring)

If you want to keep a friend, never borrow, never lend (friend 110)

If you want to keep your mister, don't introduce the baby sister (mister)

If you want to live on the square, don't cut the corners (corner 4)

If you want to raise corn, plant corn seed, not cotton seed (corn 9)

If your temper is good, keep it; if it is bad, don't lose it (temper (n.) 5)

If you've been near a skunk, don't say you haven't been (skunk 4)

Don't lock the gate after the horses are gone (gate 6; lock (v.) 1)

It all comes out in the wash, but don't get caught in the ringer (wash (n.) 1)

Don't judge according to appearance, but judge righteous judgment (appearance 6)

Judge not of a ship as she lies on the stocks (ship 10)

Judge not of men or things at first sight (judge (v.) 10)

Judge not that you be not judged (judge (v.) 11; judge (v.) 11)

Keep quiet and let people think you're ignorant; don't speak and remove all doubt (quiet (adj.) 2)

If you want to keep friends, don't loan them any money (friend 123)

Let your nose go in front, but don't always follow it (nose 10)

Look for squalls, but don't make them (squall)

Love your enemy--but don't put a gun in his hand (enemy 24)

Make your life; don't copy it (life 69)

Mighty po' bee dat don't make mo' honey dan he want (bee 8)

Don't do today what you can put off till tomorrow, for tomorrow pays time and a half (today 5)

Never accuse others to excuse yourself (accuse 2)

Never advise a man to the halter or altar (advise 2)

Never answer a question until it is asked (question (n.) 3)

Never argue with a child or a fool (child 16)

Never argue with a man who talks loud; you couldn't convince him of anything (argue 1)

Never assent merely to please (assent)

Never bark up the wrong tree (tree 29)

Never be breaking your shin on a stool that is not in your way (shin)

Never be haughty to the humble; never be humble to the haughty (haughty)

Never be the first by whom the new is tried nor yet the last to lay the old aside (new (n.) 1)

Never be too proud to turn back (proud (adj.) 4)

Never be weary of well-doing (well-doing)

Never begin anything on Friday that you are not able to finish that day (begin 5)

Never believe the impossible (believe 12; impossible 3)

Never believe the impossible (believe 12; impossible 3)

Never bite on another man's game (bite (v.) 2)

Never buy anything before you see it (buy (v.) 6)

Never buy what you do not want because it is cheap (buy (v.) 7)

Never carry two faces under one hood (face (n.) 20)

Never cast an anchor in shifting sand (anchor 2)

Never choose between two good things; take 'em both (choose)

Never climb a crooked tree (tree 30)

Never climb a fence until you get to the stile (fence (n.) 7)

Never comb a bald head (comb (v.); head 28)

Never confuse asthma with passion (asthma 1)

Never contend with anyone about his politics (politics 2)

Never cross the stream before you come to it (stream 8)

Never crow till you're out of the woods (crow (v.) 2; wood 3)

Never cry wolf when not in danger (wolf 11)

Never deceive, and then you may boldly withstand (deceive 6)

Never do anyone an ill turn (ill (adj.) 4; turn (n.) 3)

Never do anyone an ill turn (ill (adj.) 4; turn (n.) 3)

Never do anything of which you are ashamed (do 29)

Never do anything yourself you can get somebody else to do (do 30)

Never do evil for evil (evil (n.) 27)

Never do evil hoping that good will come of it (evil (n.) 28)

Never do that by force which may be effected by fair means (force (n.) 2)

Never drop the friends you make on the way up; you may need them on the way down (friend 133)

Never eat the bread of charity if you can avoid it (bread 24)

Never excuse yourself to yourself (yourself 6)

Never find your delight in another's misfortune (delight 1)

Never forget a kindness (kindness 25)

Never get down on your knees: your pants get baggy (knee 3)

Never give a hasty reply (reply (n.))

Never give a sucker an even break (sucker 1)

Never go to bed with a misunderstanding (bed 5)

Never go to the sea when a storm is coming (sea 3)

Never hit a man when he's down (hit (v.) 3)

Never hit a man when he's drunk (hit (v.) 4)

Never howl till you're hit (howl)

Never interfere with family quarrels (quarrel (n.) 10)

Never interfere with nothin' that don't bother you (interfere)

Never joke with a fool (fool (n.) 130)

Never judge a fool's work half done (fool (n.) 131)

Never judge a work of art by its defects (art 17)

Never judge before you sec (judge (v.) 15)

Never judge by first impressions (impression 6)

Never kick an ass and turn your back (ass (animal) 16)

Never leave a task until it is done (task 5)

Never leave the mark of the pot upon the ashes (pot 7)

Never leave until tomorrow what you can do today (leave 3; tomorrow 7)

Never leave until you know where you are going (leave 4)

Never let the bottom of your purse or your mind be seen (bottom 2)

Never let the prejudice of the eye determine the heart (prejudice 2)

Never let the same dog bite you twice (dog 82)

Never let the sun go down on a quarrel (quarrel (n.) 11)

Never let the sun set on work undone (sun 8)

Never let your education interfere with your intelligence (education 8)

Never let your left hand know what your right hand is doing (hand 33)

Never loan money to a friend unless you wish to lose him (money 65)

Never look an auto bargain under the hood (bargain 14)

Never look at half-done work (half 6; work (n.) 16)

Never look at half-done work (half 6; work (n.) 16)

Never lose a chance of doing a good deed (chance 10)

Never lose your self-respect: if that be lost, all is lost (self-respect)

Never make a bargain with the devil on a dark day (bargain 15)

Never make a promise when you know at the beginning you can't keep it (promise (n.) 10)

Never make an enemy when you can keep a friend (enemy 26)

Never make two bites at a cherry (bite (n.))

Never marry a widow unless her first husband was hanged (widow 3)

Never mind who was your grandfather-what are you? (who 2)

Never pick a quarrel, even when it's right (quarrel (n.) 12)

Never pour good after bad (good (n.) 21)

Never praise your cider or your horse (cider 2)

Never praise your wife until you have been married ten years (wife 32)

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today (tomorrow 7)

Never quarrel with a woman (woman 51)

Never quarrel with your bread and butter (quarrel (v.) 2)

Never quit certainty for hope (certainty 2)

Never quit until the last one (quit 2)

Never repent a good action (action 28)

Never ridicule what you cannot comprehend (ridicule (v.))

Never ring a pig that has to root for a living (pig 9)

Never rub your eye but with your elbow (eye 23)

Never run a free horse to death (horse 51)

Never run after a woman or a streetcar: there'll be another along in a few minutes (run (v.) 3; woman 52)

Never run after a worrier or a bus: another one is sure to be along soon (run (v.) 3)

Never sacrifice principles to please anyone (principle 4)

Never say "whoopee" before you jump (whoopee)

Never say adieu to the devil until you have met him (devil 12)

Never say can't (can (v.) 15)

Never say die (die (v.) 12; never (adv.) 1)

Never say die (die (v.) 12; never (adv.) 1)

Never say never (never (adv.) 2)

Never say no from pride or yes from weakness (pride 8)

Never sell America short (America 3)

Never sew a new patch on an old garment (garment 2)

Never shake hands with a rattlesnake (hand 34)

Never show a fool a half-done job (fool (n.) 132)

Never show your teeth unless you can bite (tooth 7)

Never shut out the January sun (January; sun 9)

Never shut out the January sun (January; sun 9)

Never sign a writing till you have read it (writing 2)

Never spare the parson's wine nor the baker's pudding (parson; wine 7)

Never spare the parson's wine nor the baker's pudding (parson; wine 7)

Never speak to deceive nor listen to betray (speak 9)

Never spend tomorrow counting yesterday's empty bottles (tomorrow 8)

Never spend your money before you have it (money 66)

Never start anything important on Friday (Friday 5)

Never start off on the wrong foot (foot 16)

Never stint soap and water (soap 1)

Never stir the fire with a sword (fire 33; sword 2)

Never stir the fire with a sword (fire 33; sword 2)

Never take a chance till the odds are in your favor (chance 11)

Never take a shingle off the roof (shingle 1)

Never take more on your heels than you can kick off with your toes (heel 2)

Never take the whip when a word will do the turn (whip (n.) 3)

Never talk of rope in the house of a man who has been hanged (rope 2)

Never tear a building down from the bottom up (building)

Never tell a lie till the truth doesn't fit (lie (n.) 24)

Never think of the future; it comes soon enough (future 6)

Never think yourself so brilliant that you are blinded by your own light (brilliant)

Never throw away food that will make a pig open his mouth (food 7)

Never tread on a sore toe (toe 2)

Never trouble another for what you can do yourself (trouble (v.))

Never trouble trouble till trouble troubles you (trouble (n.) 15)

Never trust a broken staff (staff 2)

Never trust a fellow that wears a suit (fellow 3)

Never trust a friend who deserts you in a pinch (friend 134)

Never trust a man a dog doesn't like (dog 83)

Never trust a man who doesn't trust others (trust (v.) 3)

Never trust a man who speaks well of everybody (speak 10; trust (v.) 4)

Never trust a man who speaks well of everybody (speak 10; trust (v.) 4)

Never trust an Indian (Indian 5)

Never trust people who pretend to be different from what they really are (people 13)

Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties (advice 31)

Never trust to luck (luck 22)

Never try to change the choice of a woman's heart (choice 2)

Never try to prove that nobody doubts (prove 2)

Never underestimate an enemy (enemy 27)

Never underestimate the intelligence of your enemy (intelligence 7)

Never underestimate the power of women (power 5)

Never waste time complaining about Arkansas weather: it will soon change (weather 10)

Never waste time (time 28)

Never wear more than three colors at once (color 3)

Never wear your best trousers when you go out to fight for freedom (freedom 5; trousers 1)

Never wear your best trousers when you go out to fight for freedom (freedom 5; trousers 1)

Never venture out of your depth till you can swim (depth 1)

Never write what you dare not sign (write 6)

Don't patch an old garment with a new piece of cloth (cloth 4)

Don't close the gate after the chickens are out (gate 6)

Don't make fun of others: we're not all perfect (perfect 1)

Once standing upright, don't worry if your shadow is crooked (shadow 3)

Don't be penny-wise and dollar-foolish (penny 15)

Don't throw stones at your neighbors if your own windows are glass (glass 6; stone 7; window 1)

Play it cool, but don't freeze up (cool (adj.) 3)

When you play, play hard; when you work, don't play at all (play (v.) 3)

Saying so don't make it so (saying 4)

Don't talk about the dead (dead (n.) 4)

Don't speak unless spoken to (speak 24)

Sweep the dirt from in front of your own door, and don't worry about your neighbor's (dirt 8; door 15)

Sweep the dirt from in front of your own door, and don't worry about your neighbor's (dirt 8; door 15)

The best advice I know in life is don't give too much (advice 34)

Don't think you are the only pebble on the beach (pebble 3)

Unless you can do better, don't criticize (criticize 2)

Use it but don't abuse it (use (v.) 1)

Don't squander time, for time is what life is made of (time 102)

When a man is down, don't kick him lower (down 5)

If doubtful, don't (doubt (n.) 10)

When there is a gap in the conversation, don't put your foot into it (conversation 4)

Don't tie a knot with your tongue that you can't untie with your teeth (knot 8)

When you go to buy, don't show your silver (silver 6)

Don't buy a cow to get a glass of milk (cow 30)

Yesterday is gone, forget it; tomorrow isn't here, don't worry about it; today is here, use it (yesterday 2)

You can make your dreams come true if you wake up and work (dream (n.) 10)

You can think what you like, but don't say it (think 20)

Never judge a book by its cover (book 38)

Don't judge a horse by its harness (horse 74)

Don't dig your grave with your teeth (grave 7)

You don't count the bottle, but you count what's in it (bottle 3)

You don't trust to memory (memory 7)

Don't kick until you are spurred (kick (v.))

Grudge not another that which you cannot attain yourself (grudge (v.) 2)

If rich, be not elated; if poor, be not dejected (rich (adj.) 20)

If you can kiss the mistress, never kiss the maid (kiss (v.) 2; mistress)

If you can kiss the mistress, never kiss the maid (kiss (v.) 2; mistress)

If you can't put anything on the pile, take nothing off (pile)

If you don't have a ticket, you don't ride (ticket 1)

If you fear that people will know, don't do it (fear (v.) 2)

If you would enjoy its fruit, pluck not the blossom (fruit 7)

If your friend is honey, do not lick him up altogether (friend 111)

If your heart falls you, climb not at all (heart 46)

Act so in the valley that you need not fear those who stand on the hill (act (v.) 3)

Be not a figure among ciphers (figure 1)

Be not afraid; be only afraid of standing still (afraid 1)

Be not discouraged by adverse circumstances (circumstance 1)

Be not disturbed at being misunderstood; be disturbed at not understanding (understanding 1)

Be not led by flattery (flattery 1)

Be not lenient to your own faults (fault 4)

Be not simply good; be good for something (good (adj.) 11)

Be not the first by whom the new is tried (first (n.) 1)

Be not the first to quarrel nor the last to make up (quarrel (v.) 1)

Be not too hasty to outbid others (hasty 2; outbid)

Be not too hasty to outbid others (hasty 2; outbid)

Be not your tongue your own shame's orator (tongue 7)

Be quick but never hurry, for hurry brings disaster (quick (adj.) 1)

Blame not others for the faults that are in you (fault 6)

Boast not of tomorrow, for you know not what a day may bring forth (tomorrow 1)

Build not up a fortune on the labor of others (fortune 5)

Burn not your house to scare away the mice (house 15)

Call not a surgeon before you are wounded (surgeon 2)

Call not him the happiest who is the richest (happy 5)

Care not for that which you can never possess (care (v.) 1)

Chide not severely nor punish hastily (chide)

Choose not friends by outward show, for feathers float while pearls lie low (friend 60)

Compete not with persons who have means beyond your reach (compete)

Confide not in him who has deceived you (confide 1)

Contend not with the friend lest you make him an enemy (friend 62)

Contracts should never be undertaken unless they can be strictly performed (contract (n.) 3)

Conversation, however light, should never approach the confines of impurity (conversation 1)

Covet nothing overmuch (covet 2)

Deceive not yourselves (deceive 1)

Defer not till tomorrow to be wise: tomorrow's sun to you may never rise (tomorrow 2)

Depend not on fortune but on conduct (fortune 6)

Deride not any man's infirmities (infirmity)

Deride not the unfortunate (unfortunate 1)

Desire nothing that would bring disgrace (desire (v.); disgrace (n.) 1)

Desire nothing that would bring disgrace (desire (v.); disgrace (n.) 1)

Despise not your enemy (enemy 12)

Despise not your father when he is old (father 4)

Draw not your bow before your arrow is fixed (bow (n.) 2)

Drive not a second nail till the first be clinched (nail 4)

Envy not the unjust man, and do not follow his way (unjust)

Expect nothing and you won't be disappointed (nothing 3)

Expect nothing from him who promises a great deal (promise (v.) 2)

Fear not the future: weep not for the past (future 3)

Follow not truth too near the heels lest it dash out your teeth (truth 9)

Fret not for yourself because of evildoers (evildoer 1)

Friendship is not to be bought at a fair (friendship 13)

From the physician and the lawyer keep not the truth hidden (physician 4; truth 4)

Go not unto your neighbor's place too often lest he tire of you (neighbor 11)

Go not with bad children (children 14)

Happiness is to be sought not outside but within (happiness 26)

Have not the cloak to be made when it begins to rain (cloak 1)

He that does not venture must not complain of bad luck (venture 2)

He that fears leaves must not come into a wood (leaf 2)

He that has a head of glass must not throw stones at another (glass 5; head 15)

He that has a head of glass must not throw stones at another (glass 5; head 15)

He that sows thorns should never go barefoot (thorn 3)

He that wants should not be bashful (want (v.) 1)

He who cannot smile ought not own a shop (smile (v.) 2)

He who climbs to the top of a wall should not kick over his ladder, as he might wish something to climb down again (ladder 4)

He who climbs to the top of a wall should not kick over his ladder, as he might wish sometime to climb down again (wall 4)

He who hits himself with his own hands should not cry (hand 23)

He who makes a worm of himself should not holler when trampled upon (worm 3)

He who puts his hand to the plow should never look back (hand 24; plow (n.) 8)

He who scatters thorns should not go barefooted (barefooted 2; thorn 3)

He who will not pardon others must not himself expect pardon (pardon (v.) 1)

He who would catch fish must not mind getting wet (fish (n.) 24)

Hide not your talents: they for use are given (talent 1)

Hide nothing from your minister, physician, and lawyer (hide (v.) 2; nothing 7)

Hide nothing from your minister, physician, and lawyer (hide (v.) 2; nothing 7)

Impose not a burden on others which you cannot bear yourself (burden (n.) 8)

Keep not ill company lest you increase the number (company 12)

Kindle not a fire that you cannot extinguish (fire 32)

Knowledge and timber shouldn't be much used until they are seasoned (knowledge 11)

Labor not to be rich (labor (v.) 1; rich (adj.) 22)

Labor not to be rich (labor (v.) 1; rich (adj.) 22)

Ladies in slacks should not turn their backs (lady 7)

Lawmakers should not be lawbreakers (lawmaker)

Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth (treasure 1)

Let not the grass grow on the path of friendship (grass 6)

Let not the mistakes of yesterday or the fear of tomorrow spoil today (mistake 7)

Let not the sun set on your anger (anger 34; sun 7)

Let not the sun set on your anger (anger 34; sun 7)

Let not your heart with cares be filled, for care has many a victim killed (heart 52)

Let not your tongue cut your throat (tongue 21)

Let no one see you in a hurry (hurry (n.) 5)

Let nobody know your business (business 26)

Look not on temptation and your mind will be at rest (temptation 3)

Look not too high lest a chip fall in your eye (chip 4)

Make no friends with an angry man (friend 128)

Make not the rewards of virtue the gifts of favor (virtue 7)

Make not the tail broader than the wings (tail 3)

Make not two sorrows of one (sorrow 5)

Make not your friend too cheap to you, nor yourself too dear to him (friend 129)

Make not your sail too large for your ship (sail (n.) 6)

Make not your sauce till you have caught the fish (sauce 1)

Men's actions are not to be judged at first sight (action 27)

Men's faces are not to be trusted (face (n.) 19)

Old trees cannot easily be transplanted (tree 28)

Oil not, neither will you spin (oil (v.))

Our generosity should never exceed our abilities (generosity 6)

People shouldn't be too good and exaggerate their own virtues (virtue 11)

People who have nothing to do on earth ought to be in it (people 23)

People who live in hay houses shouldn't throw pitchforks (hay 2)

People who live in straw houses shouldn't throw bombs (straw 2)

People who wear glasses shouldn't have too long a nose (glasses 4)

People with wax heads shouldn't walk in the sun (people 28)

Preach not your musty rule (rule (n.) 7)

Press not a falling man too hard (falling (adj.))

Procure not friends in haste, neither part with them in haste (friend 146)

Provoke not the rage of a patient man (rage 1)

Puff not against the wind (wind 13)

Pursue not a victory too far: you may provoke the foe to desperate resistance (victory 6)

Put no faith in tale bearers (tale bearer 1)

Put not your trust in money, but put your money in trust (money 71)

Rebuke ought not to have a grain more of salt than of sugar (rebuke (n.) 2)

Rejoice not in another's sorrow (sorrow 7)

Rejoice not when your enemy falls (enemy 30)

Reopen not a wound once healed (wound (n.) 7)

Reprove not a scorner lest he hate you; rebuke a wise man and he will love you (scorner 2)

Rob not the poor because he is poor (poor (n.) 4)

Seek not a good man's pedigree (pedigree 2)

Seek not for fresher founts afar; just drop your bucket where you are (fount)

Seek not to be consoled but to console (console)

Sell not virtue to purchase wealth nor liberty to purchase power (virtue 14)

Set not too high a value on your own abilities (value (n.) 4)

Set not your loaf till the oven's hot (loaf (n.) 3)

Shake not the credit of others in endeavoring to establish your own (credit 11)

Small profits are not to be despised (profit (n.) 6)

Soar not too high to fall, but stoop to rise (soar)

Speak not evil of the absent; it is unjust (absent 2)

Speak not the Lord's name in vain (Lord 2)

Spurn not an inferior (inferior)

Strive not against the stream (stream 10)

Stuff not your stomach with sweets if you choose to keep your sweet tooth (stomach 7)

Talk not of wasted affection; affection is never wasted (affection 3)

Tell not all you know, and tell only what you know right well (tell 2)

Tell not your woes to him that doesn't pity you (woe 1)

The hands that lift the cup that cheers should not be used to shift the gears (hand 50)

The kettle should not call the pot black (kettle 9)

The lips that touch liquor must never touch mine (lip 4)

There is no disputing about tastes (disputing 3)

There is no disputing concerning tastes (taste (n.) 6)

There is no putting old heads on young shoulders (head 38)

Those who are easily burned should never go near the fire (fire 43)

Those who betray their friends must not expect others to keep faith with them (friend 164)

Though the sun shine, leave not your cloak at home (sun 23)

Till April is dead, change not a thread (April 9)

To have friends, never speak out of both sides of your mouth (friend 169)

To plow a straight furrow, never look back (furrow 3)

Today must borrow nothing of tomorrow (today 13)

Trust not a horse's heel or a dog's tooth (heel 3)

Trust not a new friend nor an old enemy (friend 176)

Trust not fine promises (promise (n.) 18)

Trust not him that has once broken faith (faith 20; trust (v.) 8)

Trust not him that has once broken faith (faith 20; trust (v.) 8)

Trust not to outward show (show (n.) 4)

Trust not, tempt not (trust (v.) 9)

Two things a man should never get angry at: what he can help and what he cannot help (angry 6)

Umbrage should never be taken where offense is not intended (umbrage)

Usurp not the privileges of another (privilege 2)

Venture not all in one boat (all 19)

Vice must never plead prescript (vice 10)

Vice should not correct sin (vice 11)

Waste not fresh tears over old griefs (tear (n.) 18)

Waste not, want not (waste (v.) 3)

We should never be too proud to take advice (advice 40)

We should never lose a good opportunity (opportunity 26)

We should never remember the benefits we have conferred nor forget the favors received (benefit 4)

When seeking the mole, forget not the eagle (mole 2)

When sorrow is asleep, wake it not (sorrow 16)

When wrestlin' a bear, never grab for his tail (bear (n.) 2)

When you see a snake, never mind where he came from (snake 4)

While drinking from one cup, look not into another (cup 6)

Who has glass windows must take heed not to throw stones (heed (n.) 5)

Wish not for that which you cannot obtain (wish (v.) 4)

Wish not so much to live long as to live well (live (v.) 27)

Wish not to taste what does not to you fall (taste (v.); wish (v.) 5)

Wish not to taste what does not to you fall (taste (v.); wish (v.) 5)

Women, cows, and hens should not run (cow 31; woman 100)

Women, cows, and hens should not run (cow 31; woman 100)

Yield not to grief (grief 14)

You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must forge one out for yourself (character 25)

You don't have to buy a dairy just because you want a glass of milk (dairy)

You don't have to do anything but live till you die (do 41)

You don't have to eat a whole tub of butter to get the taste (butter (n.); tub 3)

You don't have to eat a whole tub of butter to get the taste (butter (n.); tub 3)

You must never cry so hard about your hard luck that you can't hear opportunity knocking (cry (v.) 6)

You should never trust a man, but if you do, never trust the same one twice (trust (v.) 11)

A blind man should not judge colors (blind (adj.) 2)

A man should not stick his nose in his neighbor's pot (man 38)

A man who wishes to keep a secret should tell nothing in confidence (man 43; secret (n.) 1)

A man who wishes to keep a secret should tell nothing in confidence (man 43; secret (n.) 1)

A person should not meddle with what he does not understand (understand 2)

A spade and a thought should never be allowed to rust (spade)

You never can tell about women, but if you can, you shouldn't (woman 108)

A lover may sigh, but he must not puff (lover 1)

A man must not swallow more than he can digest (swallow (v.))

A man without a smiling face must not open a shop (face (n.) 9)

Every Jack must have his Jill (Jack 2)

Direct and modal affirming imperatives

Be friendly and you will never want friends (friendly (adj.) 1)

Buy hyacinths to feed the soul (hyacinths)

Eat an apple going to bed, make the doctor beg his bread (apple 5)

If there be one, seek and find it; if there be none, never mind it (remedy 2)

If there be one, go find it; if not, never mind it (ill (n.) 4; remedy 2)

He must have a long spoon who must sup with the devil (spoon 3)

He that climbs a ladder must begin at the first round (ladder 3)

He that feathers his nest must sleep in it (nest 3)

If you wish to know the road ahead, inquire of those who have traveled it (road 8)

If a man wishes to know the strength of evil, let him try to abandon it (evil (n.) 22)

If a thing is to be done for nothing, do it for yourself (nothing 8)

If any man seek for greatness, let him forget greatness and seek truth (greatness 3)

If at first you don't succeed, try, try again (succeed 1)

If doubtful, do (doubtful)

If in the car you like to court, change your car to a davenport (car 3)

If love interferes with your business, quit your business (love (n.) 14)

If nature be deceptive, repair it by industry (nature 3)

If no one flatters you, you flatter yourself (flatter 3)

If opportunity knocks, let her in (opportunity 4)

If passion drives, let reason hold the reins (passion 7)

If the Bermudas let you pass, you must beware of Hatteras (Bermudas)

If the cap fits, wear it (cap)

If the coat fits, put it on (coat 2)

If the corn's not shelled, drive on (corn 7)

If the counsel is good, take it, even from a fool (counsel (n.) 11)

If the glove fits, wear it (glove 2)

If the hare is to be caught, it must not stay too far ahead of the hound (hare 5)

If the icebox gets on fire, wring the towel (icebox)

If the shoe fits, put it on (shoe (n.) 13)

If they can't cat bread, let them eat cake (bread 14)

If things look hopeless, look and see if you aren't facing the wrong direction (hopeless)

If we can tell others what to do, we should know what to do ourselves (other (pn.) 5)

If wind blows on you through a hole, say your prayers and mind your soul (wind 8)

If worse comes to worst, make the best of it (worse 2)

If you are a cock, crow; if a hen, lay eggs (cock 3)

If you are an anvil, hold still; if you are a hammer, strike hard (anvil 2)

If you are going to tell a lie, tell it big enough so that no one will believe you (lie (n.) 17)

If you are going to use a hammer, build something (hammer 3)

If you are hotheaded, keep in the shade (shade)

If you are on a strange horse, get off in the middle of the road (horse 40)

If you are out of step with everyone else, you had better look (step (n.) 4)

If you can't be the bell cow, fall in behind (cow 12)

If you can't be the sun, be a star (sun 5)

If you can't beat them, join them (beat 1)

If you can't drive your car, park it (car 4)

If you can't feed the cats, you must feed the rats (cat 14)

If you can't get a horse, ride a cow (horse 42)

If you can't go over or under, go through (go 3)

If you can't lick 'em, jine 'em (lick 3)

You must pay the fiddler if you want to dance (fiddler)

If you can't shoot it down, run it down (shoot (v.) 2)

If you deny the trade, you should give up the tools (trade (n.) 4)

If you desire peace, prepare for war (peace 7)

If you do what you should not, you must hear what you would not (do 20)

If you don't believe in cooperation, watch what happens to a wagon when one wheel comes off (cooperation 3)

If you don't use your head, you must use your legs (head 20)

If you don't you do and if you do you don't, so you might as well (do 23)

If you ever want to get advice on raising children, ask an old maid or bachelor (advice 25)

If you feel you're too small to do big things, then do big things in a small way (small (adj.) 2)

If you get burnt you got to sit on the blister (blister)

If you give your milk to the cat, you must drink water out of the sink (milk 3)

If you hate a man, eat his bread; and if you love him, do the same (bread 15; hate (v.) 2)

If you hate a man, eat his bread; and if you love him, do the same (bread 15; hate (v.) 2)

If you hate a man, let him live (hate (v.) 3)

If you hate storm and strife, lead a bacheor's life (bachelor 12)

If you have company, just put another cup of water in the gravy (company 10)

If you have knowledge, you should let others light their candles by it (knowledge 8)

If you have no bacon, you must be content with cabbage (bacon 1)

If you have no honey in your pot, have some in your mouth (honey 6)

If you have nothing, go to your relatives (relative 3)

If you have strings, pull them (string (n.) 1)

If you have the name, you might as well have the game (game (contest) 9; name 8)

If you have two loaves of bread, sell one and buy a lily (bread 17)

If you have virtue, acquire also the graces and beauties of virtue (virtue 4)

If you have wit and learning, add to it wisdom and modesty (wit 6)

If you haven't much to do, start cleaning your own backyard (backyard 3)

If you haven't silver in your purse, you should have silk on your tongue (silver 2)

If you heard, then heed (hear 9)

If you itch for something, scratch for it (itch (v.) 2)

If you lose your head, hold your tongue (head 21)

If you love de cow, you must love de calf (cow 13)

If you make a bad bargain, hug it the tighter (bargain 7)

If you mean well, do well (do 24)

If you must strike a man from behind, slap him on the back (back (n.) 3; man 112)

If you must strike a man from behind, slap him on the back (back (n.) 3; man 112)

If you plant corn, buy a grinder (corn 8)

If you sail with a bad wind, you must needs understand tacking (wind 9)

If you stir up the mire, you must bear the smell (mire 2)

If you think cooperation is unnecessary, just try running your car a while on three wheels (cooperation 4)

If you want a favor done, ask a busy man (favor (n.) 7)

If you want a good horse, ride the hell out of him (horse 43)

If you want a job well done, give it to a busy man (job 11)

If you want a thing done, go; if not, send (go 4)

If you want an egg, demand an ox (egg 16)

If you want forgiveness, you must be forgiving (forgiveness 2)

If you want good advice, consult an old man (advice 26)

If you want justice for yourself, be just to others (justice 2)

If you want knowledge, you must toil for it (knowledge 9)

If you want revenge, then dig two graves (revenge 1)

If you want roasted bananas, you must burn your fingers first (banana)

If you want something done and done well, do it yourself (do 25)

If you want something done right, do it yourself (right (adv.) 5)

If you want the truth, ask a child (truth 13)

If you want to be happy, make yourself useful (happy 17)

If you want to be the power behind the throne, stay behind the throne three or four times (power 3)

If you want to do good business, do it with strangers, not your relatives (business 22)

If you want to gather honey, you must bear the stings of bees (honey 7)

If you want to get a boy, run away from him (boy 20)

If you want to hear the whole truth about yourself, anger your neighbor (truth 14)

If you want to keep a boy out of the mud, blacken his boots (boy 21)

If you want to keep a secret, keep it to yourself (secret (n.) 9)

If you want to know what a ducat is worth, borrow one (ducat)

If you want to know what a person is, have a business deal with him (person 5)

If you want to pass time quickly, just give your note for ninety days (time 19)

If you want to win, return good for evil (good (n.) 18)

If you want work well done, select a busy man (work (n.) 13)

If you want your finger bit, stick it in a possum's mouth (finger 6)

If you wish praise, die; if you wish blame, marry (praise (n.) 5)

If you wish the job was through, do it now (job 12)

If you wish to command, learn to obey (command (v.) 3)

If you wish to see the best in others, show the best of yourself (best (n.) 8)

If you work for two bosses, you must lie to one of them (boss (n.) 1)

If you would be loved, love and be lovable (love (v.) 5)

If you would be wealthy, think of saving as well as getting (saving 2; wealthy)

If you would be wealthy, think of saving as well as getting (saving 2; wealthy)

If you would create something, you must be something (create)

If you would gather roses, do not sow rotten seeds (rose 5)

If you would have a faithful servant that you would like, serve yourself (servant 6)

If you would have many to help you, be sure not to need them (help (v.) 6)

If you would have your business done, go; if not, send (business 23)

If you would know a bad husband, look at his wife's countenance (husband 10)

If you would leave guests merry with cheer, be so yourself, or so at least appear (guest 4)

If you would lose a troublesome visitor, lend him money (visitor 1)

If you would not be cheated, ask the price at three shops (cheated 1)

If you'd be belov'd, make yourself amiable (beloved)

If you'd know the value of money, go and borrow some (value (n.) 2)

If your knees knock, kneel on them (knee 2)

If your neighbor can't smile, lend him yours (neighbor 13)

If your seat is hard to sit upon, stand up (seat 1)

If your wife is small, bend down to take her counsel (wife 27)

If you're angry count to ten (angry 4)

Act as if it were impossible to fail (act (v.) 1)

Act first and think afterwards (act (v.) 2)

Act well at the moment, and you have performed a good act for eternity (act (v.) 4)

Act what you are and not what you aren't (act (v.) 5)

Aim at the stars, but keep your feet on the ground (aim (v.) 1; star 1)

Aim high and you will succeed (aim (v.) 2)

Aim high, time flies (aim (v.) 3)

Always aim at what becomes you (aim (v.) 4)

Avoid what you see amiss in others (amiss)

When you argue with a fool, make sure he isn't similarly engaged (argue 4)

Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and you shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you (ask 1)

Ask me no questions and I'll tell you no lies (ask 2; question (n.) 1)

Ask much to get little (ask 3)

Before you attempt consider what you can perform (attempt (v.) 2)

Bait the hook well; the fish will bite (bait (v.))

Be that which you would make others (be 1)

Be what you appear to be (be 2)

Cast the beam out of your own eye before you try to cast the mote from the eyes of your neighbor (beam)

There must be a beginning and an end to a thing (beginning 10)

Beware of beginnings (beginning 5)

The golden rule of life is, make a beginning (beginning 9)

Believe well and have well (believe 3)

Belittle others and be little (belittle)

Bend the rod while it's hot (bend 1; rod 1)

Bend the twig while it is still green (bend 2; twig 3)

Bet 'em high and sleep on the streets (bet (v.) 2)

Bless them which persecute you; bless and curse not (bless 1)

Strike the first blow; it's as good as two (blow (n.) 3)

He that is bound must obey (bound)

Buy what you can and save what you earn (buy (v.) 2)

Buy while you can get it (buy (v.) 4)

Accentuate the positive (positive (n.) 1)

Act like a man of means, not like a mean man (man 57)

Act uprightly and despise calumny; dirt may stick to a mud wall but not to a polished marble (calumny 1)

Add little to little and there will be a great heap (heap; little (n.) 6)

Add little to little and there will be a great heap (heap; little (n.) 6)

Admonish, but pursue not unto death him who has injured you (admonish)

Advance in learning as you advance in life (learning 2)

After dinner sit awhile; after supper walk a mile (dinner 2)

After you sell the goods, set down the charge before you put out the fire (goods 2)

After your fling, watch for the sting (fling (n.))

Against criticism a man can neither protest nor defend; he must act in spite of it (criticism 1)

Against fortune, oppose courage; against passion, reason (courage 3)

Agree, for the law is costly (agree)

Aim for the stars (star 1)

All social reforms must begin with ourselves (reform (n.) 1)

All that you say about others, say not to them (say 1)

Alter ideas and you alter the world (idea 1)

Always be nice to people on the way up the ladder 'cause you may meet them on the way down (people 1)

Always do right; it will gratify some people and astonish the rest (right (adv.) 1)

Always figure for the worst and the best is bound to happen (worst (n.) 1)

Always forgive your enemies (enemy 5)

Always go right and you'll never go wrong (right (adv.) 2)

Always keep exact accounts (account 1)

Always leave the party when you are still having a good time (party 1)

Always leave them laughing (laughing 2)

Always lend a helping hand (hand 6)

Always look for the silver lining (lining)

Always look on the bright side (side 1)

Always look on the hindwheels (wheel 2)

Always obey the second command (command (n.) 1)

Always pick on someone your own size (pick 1)

Always put the saddle on the right horse (saddle 1)

Always put your best foot forward (foot 2)

Always rise from the table with an appetite and you'll never sit down without one (appetite 2)

Always stop to think whether your fun will cause another's unhappiness (fun 2)

Always swing on your own gate (gate 2)

Always take a friend with you and you'll have a friend (friend 45)

Always tell your doctor and your lawyer the truth (doctor 5; truth 4)

Always tell your doctor and your lawyer the truth (doctor 5; truth 4)

Always turn the radio on before you listen to it (radio)

Answer a fool according to his folly (fool (n.) 45)

Any good that we do should be done now, for we pass this way but once (good (n.) 3)

Appoint a time for everything, and do everything in its time (time 6)

Approve not of him who commends all you say (approve)

Arms, women, and locks should be looked at daily (arms 2)

As the wind blows, set your sails (wind 3)

As they brew, so let them bake (bake 1; brew)

As you brew, so must you drink (brew)

Ascend a step in choosing a friend (friend 51)

Ask advice of your equals, help from your superiors (advice 15)

Ask advice, but use your own common sense (advice 14)

Ask me no questions and I'll tell you no lies (ask 2; question (n.) 1)

Ask your purse what you should buy (purse 9)

Associate with cripples and you learn to limp (cripple 1)

Associate with the good and you will be one of them (good (n.) 5)

Assuage distress with a smile (distress 1)

Assume a virtue if you have it not (virtue 2)

At a great pennyworth, pause a while (pause; pennyworth 1)

At a great pennyworth, pause a while (pause; pennyworth 1)

At an auction keep your mouth shut (auction 1)

Attempt not to fly like an eagle with the wings of a wren (eagle 1)

Attempt not too hastily nor pursue too eagerly (attempt (v.) 1)

Attend no auctions if you have no money (auction 2)

Avoid all bribes (bribe)

Avoid anger and you will not sin (anger 25)

Avoid bad characters (character 3)

Avoid evil and it will avoid you (evil (n.) 2)

Avoid great faults by keeping away from small ones (fault 2)

Avoid that which you blame in others (blame (v.) 1)

Back the wind and front the sun (wind 5)

Bait the hook well and the fish will bite (hook 2)

Be a friend to yourself and others will soon be (friend 52)

Be a friend to yourself; depend not on others (friend 53)

Be a lifter, not a leaner (lifter)

Be a live wire and you won't be stepped on (live (adj.); wire)

Be a live wire and you won't be stepped on (live (adj.); wire)

Be able to see someone else get honor, even if you can't (honor (n.) 4)

Be always ashamed to catch yourself idle (idle 1)

Be an employee and work eight hours; be a boss and your work is never done (employee 1)

Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man (vice 2; war 2)

Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man (vice 2; war 2)

Be better to your neighbors and you will have better neighbors (neighbor 7)

Be bold, everywhere be bold, but be not bowled over (bold 1)

Be brave, not ferocious (brave (adj.) 1)

Be careful but not full of care (careful 1)

Be careful how you live: you may be the only Bible some people will ever read (Bible 2)

Be careful of your thoughts: they may become words at any time (thought (n.) 5)

Be cautious but polite (cautious 1)

Be certain and on the level; to trust on chance is to dance with the devil (certain 1)

Be civil to all, sociable to many, familiar with few (civil 2)

Be civil to every man; you know not who may prove to be your friend (civil 3)

Be content and do not heed the goadings of ambitions (ambition 14)

Be content with your lot (content (adj.) 2)

Be courteous with all but intimate with few, and let those be well tried before you give them your confidence (courteous 1)

Be deaf and blind in another man's house (house 12)

Be ever vigilant, but never suspicious (vigilant)

Be fair, be good, and be loved (fair (just) 1)

Be first at a feast and last at a fight (feast (n.) 1)

Be game, but not everybody's (game (contest) 2)

Be gay today, for tomorrow you may die (gay; today 4)

Be good and have fun; but if you're good, you'll not have fun (good (adj.) 8)

Be good and you will be lonesome (good (adj.) 9)

Be good; and if you can't be good, be careful (good (adj.) 10)

Be handy as well as ornamental (handy 1)

Be honest to your own self (honest 4)

Be humble and obey: you will be giving orders someday (humble (adj.) 1)

Be interested and you will be interesting (interested)

Be it ever so homely, there's no face like your own (face (n.) 12)

Be just and fear not (just 1)

Be just before you are generous (just 2)

Be just in your dealings and trust to providence for aid in advancement (just 3)

Be just to all, but trust not all (just 4)

Be kind in all you do and say, that others may be kind to you (kind (adj.) 1)

Be kind to a person going up 'cause you will meet him coming down (person 4)

Be kind to animals (animal 2; kind (adj.) 2)

Be kind to dumb animals (animal 2)

Be kind to one another (kind (adj.) 3)

Be master of your anger (anger 26; master 3)

Be master of your anger (anger 26; master 3)

Be merciful to those who show mercy (merciful)

Be merry and wise (merry 2)

Be more ready to forgive than to return an injury (injury 3)

Be ready with your bonnet but slow with your purse (bonnet)

Be silent and safe: silence never betrays you (silent 1)

Be silent if you have nothing worth saying (silent 2)

Be silent or speak something worth hearing (hearing 2)

Be slow in choosing a friend, but slower in changing him (friend 55)

Be slow to promise and quick to perform (promise (v.) 1)

Be slow to take a gift: most men give to be paid back (gift 7)

Be slow to take when strangers haste to give (stranger 1)

Be sure that there are others worse off than yourself (other (pn.) 3; worse 1)

Be sure that there are others worse off than yourself (other (pn.) 3; worse 1)

Be sure you are right, then go ahead (right (adj.) 1)

Be sure you can better your condition before you make a change (change (n.) 1; condition 1)

Be sure you can better your condition before you make a change (change (n.) 1; condition 1)

Be sure you know the road before you act as guide (road 3)

Be sure you raise no more spirits than you can conjure down (spirit 3)

Be sure, a lie will find you out (lie (n.) 14)

Be useful as well as ornamental (useful 1)

Be useful where you live (useful 2)

Be wise today; 'tis madness to defer (wise (adj.) 22)

Be yourself (be 2; yourself 1)

Bear it with a smile (smile (n.) 9)

Bear one another's burdens (burden (n.) 4)

Bear, and blame not, what you cannot change (change (v.) 2)

Before healing others, heal yourself (heal 1)

Before you flare up at anyone's faults, take time to count ten of your own (fault 5)

Before you go in double harness, look well to the other horse (harness 1)

Before you make a friend, eat a peck of salt with him (friend 56)

Before you marry, 'tis well to tarry (marry 1)

Before you work for some purpose, you must have a purpose (purpose 1)

Befriend the widow and fatherless (widow 1)

Begin in time to finish without hurry (begin 1; time 8)

Begin in time to finish without hurry (begin 1; time 8)

Begin nothing until you have considered how it is to be finished (begin 2)

Behold what a fire a little matter kindles (fire 11)

Believe and conquer (believe 1)

Believe every man a liar until he proves himself true (liar 5)

Bend the rod while it's hot (bend 1; rod 1)

Bend the tree while it is young (tree 17)

Bend the twig while it is still green (bend 2; twig 3)

Bend the willow while it's young (bend 2; willow 1)

Berries white, take flight; berries red, never dread (berry 1)

Bet a heap and begin to weep (bet (v.) 1)

Betray no trust; divulge no secret (trust (n.) 1)

Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping the shadow (shadow 1; substance)

Beware of a door that has many keys (door 5)

Beware of a silent dog and silent water (dog 45)

Beware of borrowing: it brings care by night and disgrace by day (borrowing 1)

Beware of enemies reconciled and meat twice boiled (enemy 11)

Beware of front-seat worshipers (worshiper)

Beware of him that regards not his reputation (reputation 8)

Beware of him who has nothing to lose (lose 1; nothing 1)

Beware of him who has nothing to lose (lose 1; nothing 1)

Beware of him who is slow to anger;, he is angry for something and will not be pleased for nothing (anger 27)

Beware of little expenses (expense 1)

Beware of men made of clay (man 71)

Beware of no man but yourself (man 72)

Beware of the man of one book (book 11)

Beware of the wrath of a patient man (wrath 1)

Beware of the young doctor and the old barber (doctor 6)

Beware of those people who list their possessions (people 3)

Beware of those who get familiar quickly (familiar)

Beware of too great a bargain (bargain 6)

Beware of vinegar made of sweet wine (vinegar 1)

Beware the anger of a patient man (anger 28)

Beware the flatterer (flatterer 3)

Beware the fury of a patient man (fury 1)

Beware the Greeks bearing gifts (Greek 1)

Beware the man with only one gun (gun 2)

Books and friends should be few and good (book 14)

Brighten the corner wherever you are (corner 1)

Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door (mousetrap 2)

Build a better mousetrap and catch a larger rat (mousetrap 1)

Bury can't and you'll find will (can (v.) 1)

Bury your own dead (dead (n.) 1)

Buy the truth, but never sell it (truth 6)

By indirection find direction out (direction 1; indirection)

By indirection find direction out (direction 1; indirection)

Call him not alone who dies side by side with gallant men (alone 2)

Call me anything but late for dinner (anything 4)

Call me cousin, but cozen me not (cousin)

Call no man happy till he is dead (happy 4)

Carry your part of the load (load (n.) 2)

Cast your bread upon the water; it will return to you a hundredfold (bread 5)

Catch it in the rinse if you can't in the wash (rinse)

Catch no more fish than you can salt (fish (n.) 10)

Cease to do evil, learn to do well (evil (n.) 4)

Certain good should never be relinquished for uncertain hopes (good (n.) 7)

Change not a clout till May be out (clout)

Change seldom, for changes are inconvenient (change (v.) 3)

Change your climate, not your mind (climate 1)

Chase your work or your work will chase you (work (n.) 6)

Cheese and salt meat should be sparingly eat (cheese 3)

Cherish some flower, be it ever so lowly (flower 1)

Cherish your friend, and temperately admonish your enemy (friend 59)

Little children should be seen and not heard (children 8)

Choose an author as you choose a friend (author 1)

Choose that which is best and custom will make it most agreeable (custom 3)

Choose the lesser of two evils (evil (n.) 5)

Choose your friends like your book-few but choice (friend 61)

Choose your love, then love your choice (love (n.) 5)

Choose your man as you choose your shoes--for comfort and long wear (man 73)

Chop your own wood and it will warm you twice (wood 1)

Clean around your own back door before you clean around someone else's (clean (v.) 1; door 15)

Clean as you go (clean (v.) 2)

Clean your finger before you point at my spot (finger 1)

Combine the useful with the pleasant (useful 3)

Command your temper lest it command you (temper (n.) 4)

Command your wealth, else it will command you (wealth 3)

Commit a sin thrice and you will think it allowable (sin (n.) 2)

Compliment an old hag on her lovely appearance, and she'll take you at your word (appearance 4)

Comply cheerfully where necessity enjoins (necessity 1)

Condemn the fault and not the actor of it (fault 8)

Condemn the sin, not the sinner (sin (n.) 3)

Confess and be hanged (confess)

Confine your tongue, lest it confine you (tongue 8)

Conquer your grievances before they conquer you (grievance 2)

Consent to common custom, but not to common folly (custom 5)

Consider the ant, you sluggard, and be wise (ant 7)

Consider the source (source)

Contradict with respect and be complaisant without fawning (contradict)

Control your passion or it will control you (passion 3)

Controversy should ever be free from the prejudices of sect and party (controversy)

Converse so as to please others, not in order to please yourself (converse 1)

Convince a man against his will, he is of the same opinion still (convince)

Corn should be knee high by the Fourth of July (corn 3)

Counsel must be followed, not praised (counsel (n.) 3)

Count each day that comes by gift of chance so much to the good (day 8)

Count no man successful until he is dead (successful 1)

Count that thing wrong which would be wrong if everybody did it (wrong (adj.))

Count your pennies and the dollars (penny 8)

Cover the desire for vengeance with an appearance of calm (vengeance 2)

Covet not that which belongs to others (covet 1)

Creep and creep beats hop and sleep (creep 1)

Crime must be concealed by crime (crime 3)

Criticism should rectify errors or improve the judgment (criticism 3)

Cultivate friends who pray for you, not prey upon you (friend 63)

Cut the coat according to the cloth (cloth 1; coat 10)

Cut your own loaf and you'll never be hungry (loaf (n.) 1)

Cut your sail according to your cloth (sail (n.) 2)

Dare to be true: nothing can need a lie (true (adj.) 1)

Dare to be true; nothing can need a lie (lie (n.) 15)

Daub yourself with honey and you will have plenty of flies (honey 1)

Deal small and serve all (deal (v.))

Deliberate long on that which you can do but once (deliberate 1)

Deliberate slowly; execute promptly (deliberate 2)

Deny self for self's sake (deny 1; self 1)

Deny self for self's sake (deny 1; self 1)

Deserve success and it will come (success 5)

Desperate cures to desperate ills apply (cure (n.) 3)

Desperate diseases must have desperate cures (disease 3)

Destroy the seed of evil or it will grow up to your ruin (seed 1)

Destroy the seed of evil, or it will grow up to your ruin (evil (n.) 7)

Deviate an inch, lose a thousand miles (inch 2)

Dig the well before you are thirsty (well (n.) 3)

Disguise our bondage as we will, 'tis woman that rules us still (bondage)

Divide and conquer (divide)

Do a good deed every day (deed 13)

Do a good turn daily (turn (n.) 2)

Do a thing and have done with it (do 3; thing 7)

Do a thing and have done with it (do 3; thing 7)

Do as I say, not say I do (do 4)

Do as well as you look (do 5)

Do boldly what you do at all (boldly 1)

Do good by stealth and blush to find it fame (good (n.) 8)

Do it well or not at all (do 6)

Do it well, for you may not get a second chance (chance 6)

Do justice; love mercy; practice humility (justice 1)

Do or die (do 7)

Do other guys before they do you (guy 1)

Do right and fear no man; don't write and fear no woman (right (n.) 2; write 2)

Do right and fear not (right (n.) 3)

Do right in your business; the rest will take care of you (business 16)

Do something, even if it's wrong (do 8)

Do the business at hand first (business 17; hand 12)

Do the business at hand first (business 17; hand 12)

Do the corners first, and the middle will take care of itself (corner 2)

Do things and you shall have the power (power 2)

Do well, have well (do 10)

Do what you do carefully (carefully; do 11)

Do what you do carefully (carefully; do 11)

Do what you do with all your might: things done half are never done right (half 2)

Do what you do with all your might: things half done are never done right (might 1)

Do what you ought, come what may (do 12)

Do work well or not at all (work (n.) 7)

Do your duty and be afraid of none (duty 3)

Do your own work and know yourself (work (n.) 8)

Doubt him who serves the truth of a thing (truth 7)

Doubt whom you will, but never doubt yourself (doubt (v.) 1)

Draw your salary before spending it (salary)

Dress a monkey as you will, it remains a monkey still (monkey 1)

Drink like hell and be happy (drink (v.) 1)

Drink little that you may drink long (drink (v.) 2)

Drink wine and have the gout; drink none and have it too (wine 2)

Drive nature out of the door and it will return by the window (nature 1)

Drive safe today and drive tomorrow (drive 1)

Drive your business or it will drive you (business 18)

Duty before pleasure (duty 5)

Each must carry his own hide to the tanner (hide (n.) 1)

Earn money before you spend it (money 7)

Earn your salt (salt 2)

Eat a peck of salt with a man before you trust him (salt 3)

Eat at pleasure; drink by measure (eat 4)

Eat bread and drink water, and you will live a long life (bread 8)

Eat few suppers and you'll need few medicines (supper 2)

Eat it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without (do 16; eat 7)

Eat it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without (do 16; eat 7)

Eat to live; do not live to eat (eat 8)

Eat to please yourself, but dress to please others (eat 9)

Eat well, drink well, and do your duty well (eat 10)

Eat when you are hungry; drink when you are dry (eat 11)

Eat whole hog or die (hog (n.) 1)

Eat your honey, but stop when you are full (honey 3)

Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we may die (eat 5)

Eat, for someday you will be eaten (eat 6)

Employ the time well if you mean to gain leisure (time 14)

Enjoy your ice cream while it's on your plate (ice cream)

Enjoy yourself: it's later than you think (enjoy 1)

Enter the mill and you come out floury (mill (grindstone) 1)

Entertain no thoughts which you would blush at in words (thought (n.) 6)

Even as your thought, so let your speech be fair (thought (n.) 7)

Ever let the fancy roam; pleasure never is at home (fancy (n.) 1)

Every gain must have a loss (gain (n.) 3)

Every high-flying bird must at some time light (bird 16)

Every kettle has to sit on its own bottom (kettle 4)

Every man dies as he must (man 77)

Every man has got to kill his own snakes (man 83)

Every man must bear his own burden (bear (v.) 1)

Every man must climb out of his own hole (hole 4)

Every man must have his mate (man 91)

Every man must pay his Scot (man 92)

Every man must pay his Scot (man 92)

Every man must pull his own weight (man 93)

Every man must skin his own skunk (man 94; skunk 3)

Every man must skin his own skunk (man 94; skunk 3)

Every man must sow his wild oats (man 95)

Every man must stand on his own two feet (man 96)

Every man should cultivate his own garden (garden 3)

Every man should have a fairsized cemetery in which to bury the faults of his friends (cemetery 1)

Every man should measure himself by his own foot rule (man 97)

Every man should measure himself with his own foot rule (foot 9)

Every person should row his own boat (boat 2)

Every pot must stand upon its own bottom (pot 5)

Every tide must turn (tide 2)

Everybody ought to know his own business the best (business 19)

Everyone has to live (live (v.) 5)

Everyone must learn by experience (experience 3)

Examine well the counsel that favors your desires (counsel (n.) 6)

Examine what is said, not him who speaks (examine)

Expect no reward for serving the wicked (reward (n.) 1; wicked (n.) 1)

Expect no reward for serving the wicked (reward (n.) 1; wicked (n.) 1)

Expect to be treated as you have treated others (expect)

Faithful service should be long remembered (service 1)

Fall sick and you will know who is your friend and who is not (friend 69)

Fear no man, and do justice to all men (fear (v.) 1)

Fear to do ill and you need fear nought else (ill (n.) 3)

Feast and your halls are crowded (feast (v.))

Feather your own nest (nest 1)

Feed a pig and you'll have a hog (pig 6)

Fight fire with fire (fire 17)

Fight the devil with his own tools, or fight the devil with fire (devil 4)

Figure on the worst but hope for the best (worst (n.) 3)

Find faults in yourself before finding faults in others (fault 12)

First catch your hare before you skin it (hare 3)

First clean out your own backyard (backyard 1)

First deserve and then desire (deserve)

First determine whether your own backyard is in order (backyard 2)

First improve yourself today; then improve your friends tomorrow (improve 1)

Fish or cut bait (fish (v.) 2)

Flattery, like perfume, should be smelled, not swallowed (flattery 15)

Flee the pleasure that will bite tomorrow (pleasure 4)

Fling away ambition; by that sin fell the angels (ambition 15)

Fling dirt enough and some will stick (dirt 7)

Fly pleasure and it will follow you (pleasure 5)

Fly ten feet above ground and rest six feet under (ground 1)

Fly your kite when it's windy (kite (toy) 2)

Folks that tend babies mustn't have pins about them (baby 4)

Follow love and it will flee; flee love and it will follow you (love (n.) 8)

Follow the straight road (road 7)

Follow your own star (star 3)

Fool with trash, it will blow in your eyes (trash 3)

For age and want, save while you may, for no morning lasts all day (age (lifespan) 15)

For weather go to heaven, but for company go to hell (weather 4)

Forbid a fool a thing, and that he'll do (fool (n.) 90)

Forbid a thing, and that we do (forbid)

Forgive and forget (forgive 1)

Forgive every man's faults except your own (fault 13)

Forgive others' faults by remembering your own (fault 14)

Forgive others often, but rarely yourself (forgive 2)

Friendship is to be worked at, not on (friendship 14)

From beavers, bees should learn to mend their ways. A bee works; a beaver works and plays (beaver)

From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs (ability 6)

From one crime learn the nature of all (crime 5)

From the black man keep your wife; with a red man beware your knife (black (adj.))

From the very spoon the carver has carved, he'll have to swallow hot mustard (carver)

Gather rosebuds while ye may (rosebuds 1)

Gather thistles, except prickles (thistle)

Get behind me, Satan, and push hard (Satan 1)

Get 'em young and train 'em (young (adj.) 7)

Get good sense and you will not repine at the want of good luck (good (adj.) 14)

Get it while the getting's good (getting 1)

Get justly, use soberly, distribute cheerfully, and live contentedly (get 1)

Get off the wagon or quit dragging both feet (wagon 1)

Get out of the way of a mad dog (dog 61)

Get the money honestly if you can (money 8)

Get there fastest with the mostest (fast (adv.))

Get up with the dawn and you can sleep until noon (dawn)

Get what you can, and what you get, hold; 'tis the stone that will turn all your lead into gold (get 2)

Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please (fact 7)

Gild a joy and heal a pain (joy 5)

Gild the lily if you will; it remains a lily stIll (lily 1)

Git there firstest with the mostest (first (adv.) 1)

Give a beggar a horse and he'll ride it to death (beggar 5)

Give a bit of your cake to one who is going to eat pie (cake 1)

Give a calf enough rope and it will hang itself (calf 4)

Give a child his will and whelp his fill, and neither will thrive (child 13)

Give a civil answer to a civil question (answer (n.) 2)

Give a clown your finger and he'll take your whole hand (clown 4; finger 5)

Give a crook enough rope and he'll hang himself (crook 2)

Give a dog a bad name and hang him (dog 62)

Give a dog enough rope and he'll hang himself (dog 63)

Give a dog your finger and he'll want your hand (dog 64)

Give a fool an inch and he'll take a mile (fool (n.) 91; inch 3)

Give a fool enough rope and he'll hang himself (fool (n.) 92)

Give a home to a child and reap reward (home 7)

Give a little, take a little (give 2)

Give a man enough rope and he will hang himself (man 107)

Give a man rope enough and he'll hang himself (rope 1)

Give a thief enough rope and he'll hang himself (thief 7)

Give an ell and they'll take a mile (ell)

Give an inch, take a mile (inch 3)

Give and you shall receive (give 3)

Give assistance, not advice, in a crisis (assistance 1)

Give credit to whom credit is due (credit 6)

Give every man your ear but few your voice (ear (body) 3)

Give him a finger and he will take a hand (finger 5)

Give losers leave to talk (loser 3)

Give me liberty or give me death (liberty 2)

Give me my health and take my wealth (health 5)

Give me yesterday's bread, this day's fish, and last year's cider (bread 11)

Give neither salt nor advice till asked for it (salt 4)

Give place to your betters (place 4)

Give some people everything you have and they still want the moon (everything 17)

Give some people everything you have and they still want the moon for a cow pasture (everything 17; people 8)

Give the devil an inch and he will take an ell (devil 5)

Give the devil his dues (devil 6)

Give the devil rope enough and he'll hang himself (devil 7)

Give to a pig when it grunts and a child when it cries, and you will have a fine pig and a bad child (pig 7)

Give to the world your best, and it will come back to you (best (n.) 5)

Gnaw the bone which has fallen to your lot (bone 1)

Go day, come day, God send Sunday (day 15)

Go down the ladder for a wife; go up the ladder for a friend (ladder 2)

Go farther and fare worse (farther 1; go 1)

Go farther and fare worse (farther 1; go 1)

Go fast and you'll catch up with misfortune; walk slow and it will catch up with you (misfortune 2)

Go hide the faults of others and God will veil your own (fault 15)

Go it while you're young (go 2; young (adj.) 8)

Go it while you're young (go 2; young (adj.) 8)

Go often to the house of a friend (friend 84)

Go on deserving applause and you will be sure to meet with it (applause 1)

Go on, fools, hell's only half full (fool (n.) 93)

Go to a pear tree for pears, not to an elm (tree 19)

Go to the country to hear the news of the town (country 6)

Go to the pear tree for pears, not an elm (pear 1)

Go where he will, a wise man is always at home (wise (adj.) 24)

God help the man who won't marry until he finds a perfect woman, and God help him still more if he finds her (woman 40)

God help the rich, for the poor can beg (God 6)

God protect me from my friends; my enemies I know enough to watch (friend 85)

God save me from those I confide in (confide 2)

Gold must be tried by fire (gold 17)

Good coffee should be black as sin, strong as the devil, and hot as hell (coffee 2)

Grasp a little and you may secure it; grasp too much and you will lose everything (grasp (v.) 1)

Grasp no more than the hand will hold (grasp (v.) 2)

Great estates may venture more; little boats must keep near shore (estate 1)

Grief can take care of itself, but to get the full value of joy you must have somebody to divide it with (grief 4)

Grievances should be slept on before being aired (grievance 3)

Guard your tongue; slander sometimes comes home to roost (tongue 11)

Handle with care women and glass (woman 42)

Handle your tools without mittens: the cat in gloves catches no mice (cat 23; tool 2)

Hands off of someone else's man (hand 19)

Have a purpose for everything you undertake to do (purpose 2)

Have a wide ear and a short tongue (ear (body) 4)

Have few friends, many acquaintances (friend 87)

Have fun in this life: you'll never get out of it alive (fun 4)

Have fun while you are young (fun 5)

Have no friends not equal to yourself (friend 88)

Have not only clean hands, but clean minds (hand 20)

Have patience with a friend rather than lose him forever (friend 89; patience 4)

Have the courage not to adopt another's courage (courage 14)

He must needs go whom the devil drives (devil 8)

He that buys magistry must sell justice (magistry)

He that by the plow would thrive, himself must either hold or drive (plow (n.) 6)

He that can't hear must feel (hear 2)

He that conquers must fight (conquer 4)

He that eats till he is sick must fast till he is well (eat 12)

He that has no gold in his purse should have silver on his tongue (gold 22)

He that is not strong should be cunning (strong (adj.) 1)

He that rises late must trot all day (rise 2)

He that scoffs at the crooked had need go very upright himself (crooked 4)

He that takes the devil into his boat must carry him over the sound (devil 9)

He that tells a lie must invent twenty more to maintain it (lie (n.) 16)

He that will eat the kernel must crack the nut (kernel 1)

He that will have the kernel must crack the shell (kernel 2)

He that will outwit the fox must rise early (fox 7)

He that would have eggs must endure the cackling of hens (egg 14)

He that would have the fruit must climb the tree (fruit 6)

He that would learn to pray, let him go to the sea (pray 2)

He that would live at peace and rest must hear and see and say the best (peace 5)

He that would make a door of gold must drive in a nail every day (door 9)

He that would rise at court must begin creeping (court (n.))

He that would the daughter win would with the mother begin (daughter 6)

He who burns bread must hunger dread (bread 13)

He who cannot see well should go softly (see 3)

He who can't do what he wants must want what he can do (do 18)

He who derives the advantage ought to sustain the burden (advantage 2)

He who does harm should expect harm (harm 3)

He who does not economize must agonize (economize)

He who flies high must keep on flying (fly (v., soar) 1)

He who follows his own advice must take the consequences (advice 22)

He who has a store should attend to it (store 1)

He who has ears to hear, let him hear (ear (body) 5)

He who plays with a cat must expect to be scratched (cat 13)

He who throws boomerangs should learn to duck (boomerang)

He who will be great among you, let him serve (great (adj.) 6)

He who wishes to be forgiven must forgive (forgive 6)

He who would do a great thing well must first have done the simplest thing perfectly (thing 15)

He who would have friends must show himself friendly (friend 103)

He who would rule must hear and be deaf, see and be blind (rule (v.) 1)

He who would save should begin with his mouth (save 2)

He who would search for pearls must dive below (pearl 3)

Hear all and say nothing (hear 3)

Hear and be just (hear 4)

Hear first and speak afterwards (hear 5)

Hear instruction and be wise and refuse it not (instruction 2)

Hear much, speak little (hear 6)

Hear reason or she'll make you feel her (reason 3)

Hear the evidence before you pass sentence (evidence)

Hear twice before you speak once (hear 8)

Hear, see, and be silent (hear 7)

Hearken to reason or she will not be heard (reason 4)

Heed the hammer: it keeps its head (hammer 2)

Help others as they help you (help (v.) 1)

Help the lame dog over the stile (dog 67)

Help your brother's boat across (brother 5)

Help yourself and heaven will help you (heaven 3; help (v.) 2)

Hew to the line; let the chips fall where they may (hew; line 1)

Hew to the line; let the chips fall where they may (hew; line 1)

High things must have low foundations (foundation 2)

Hit first; talk afterwards (hit (v.) 2)

Hitch your wagon to a star (wagon 2)

Hoe your own row (row (n.))

Hoist up the sail while the gale does last (sail (n.) 4)

Hold a true friend with both hands (friend 105)

Hold fast to that which is good (good (adj.) 20; hold (v.) 1)

Hold fast to that which is good (good (adj.) 20; hold (v.) 1)

Hold up your head even if your tail does drag in the mud (head 17)

Hold your head up if you do die hard (head 18)

Honest error is to be pitied not ridiculed (error 7)

Honor to whom honor is due (honor (n.) 12)

Honor your father and your mother (father 8)

Hope and have (hope (v.) 3)

Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst (best (n.) 7)

Hope to the end (hope (v.) 4)

I cannot be your friend and your flatterer, too (friend 106)

Improve time and time will improve you (time 20)

In avoiding one evil care must be taken not to fall into another (evil (n.) 24)

In company, guard your tongue; in solitude, your heart (tongue 17)

In fair weather prepare for foul (weather 6)

In matters concerning yourself, trust first your head; in matters concerning others, trust first your heart (trust (v.) 2)

In order to judge another's feelings, remember your own (feeling 2)

In order to learn, we must attend (learn 3)

In politics a man must learn to rise above principle (politics 1; principle 2)

In politics a man must learn to rise above principle (politics 1; principle 2)

In seeking fame and profit, depend only on yourself and not others (fame 10)

In success be moderate (success 10)

In telling age of another multiply by two; in telling your own age divide by two (age (lifespan) 17)

In the current of life, beware of the gulf of intemperance (intemperance)

Increase your knowledge and you increase your griefs (knowledge 10)

Indecision is fatal, so make up your mind (indecision)

Injure no man (injure 2)

Inordinate demands should meet with bold denials (demand (n.) 1)

Intentions as well as actions must be good to be acceptable (intention 3)

Invest in the future (future 4)

It doesn't matter if the ox is blind; load the wagon and apply the line (ox 4)

It is not enough for a gardener to love flowers; he must also hate weeds (gardener 2)

It is not enough just to exist; you have to live (exist)

It's catch as catch can (catch 2)

Jest with an ass and he will slap you in the face with his tail (ass (animal) 15)

Jest with your equals: a fool can't take a joke (jest (v.) 2)

Join the Navy and see the world (Navy)

Judge a Dutchman by what he means, not by what he says (dutchman)

Judge a man by his deeds, not by his words (deed 19; judge (v.) 8)

Judge a man by his deeds, not by his words (deed 19; judge (v.) 8)

Judge a man by what he does, not by what he says (judge (v.) 9)

Judge others by what you do (judge (v.) 12)

Judge well yourself before you criticize (judge (v.) 13)

Judge yourself by the friends you have (judge (v.) 14)

Judges should have two ears, both alike (judge (n.) 3)

Jump when the wave is on the swell (jump (v.) 3; wave)

Jump when the wave is on the swell (jump (v.) 3; wave)

Just let things rock along (thing 21)

Keep a cool head and bide your time: a chance is bound to come (chance 7)

Keep a dress seven years and it will come back into style (dress 1)

Keep a good tongue in your head (tongue 18)

Keep a little for a rainy day (little (n.) 11)

Keep a stiff upper lip (lip 2)

Keep a thing for seven years and it will come in handy (handy 2)

Keep a thing seven years and it's bound to come in handy (thing 22)

Keep ahead of the times (times 1)

Keep conscience clear, then never fear (conscience 17)

Keep cool and you command everybody (cool (adj.) 2)

Keep good company and you shall be of the number (company 11)

Keep in the middle of the road (middle (n.); road 12)

Keep in the middle of the road (middle (n.); road 12)

Keep no more cats than will catch mice (cat 16)

Keep one's breath to cool one's soup (breath 2)

Keep out of debt and you will keep out of trouble (debt 8)

Keep out of harm's way (harm 4)

Keep out of the suction of those who drift backward (suction)

Keep smiling when things are at their worst (smiling)

Keep the common road and you are safe (road 13)

Keep the feast till feast day (feast (n.) 4)

Keep the home fires burning (fire 31)

Keep the ladies busy and that keeps them out of mischief (lady 5)

Keep the law and keep from the law (law 7)

Keep the rake near the scythe, and the cart near the rake (rake (tool))

Keep the rule and the rule will keep you (rule (n.) 6)

Keep the staff in your own hand (staff 1)

Keep the weekdays honest and it will be easy to keep the Sabbath holy (day 17)

Keep the wolf from the door (wolf 9)

Keep your broken arm in your sleeve (arm 3)

Keep your chickens in your own backyard (chicken 7)

Keep your chin up (chin 2)

Keep your courage up and it will keep you up (courage 17)

Keep your ears open: even a rattlesnake will warn before he bites (ear (body) 6)

Keep your eye peeled for trouble (trouble (n.) 11)

Keep your eyes on the future, never on the past (eye 19)

Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, half shut afterwards (eye 20)

keep your feet on the ground (aim (v.) 1; star 1)

Keep your foot on the mark (foot 14)

Keep your friends constantly in repair (friend 122)

Keep your head high and your nose clean (head 25)

Keep your head out of the clouds (head 26)

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open (eye 21; mouth 3)

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open (eye 21; mouth 3)

Keep your nose clean (nose 6)

Keep your nose out of other people's business (nose 7)

Keep your nose to the grindstone (nose 8)

Keep your nose to yourself and it won't be cut off (nose 9)

Keep your own doorsteps clean (doorstep 1)

Keep your pardon for others (pardon (n.))

Keep your powder dry (powder 3)

Keep your sails trimmed (sail (n.) 5)

Keep your shop and your shop will keep you (business 30; shop 3)

Keep your soul and your shop will keep you (soul 8)

Keep your sunny side up (sunny 1)

Keep your temper: nobody else wants it (temper (n.) 6)

Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking guile (tongue 19)

Keep your tongue from evil (evil (n.) 25)

Keep your tongue within your teeth (tongue 20)

Keep yourself from the opportunity and God will keep you from the sin (opportunity 5)

Keep yourself from the tumult of the mob (tumult)

Kill time and time will kill you (time 23)

Kill your anger while it's hot (anger 33)

Kill your enemy with kindness (enemy 21)

Kiss and make up (kiss (v.) 3)

Kiss the hand you cannot bite (hand 28)

Knaves and nettles are akin: stroke 'em kindly, yet they'll sting (knave 4)

Know thyself (know 19)

Know your limitations and go not beyond them (limitation 1)

Laugh and be well (laugh (v.) 6)

Laugh and grow fat (laugh (v.) 7)

Laugh and show your ignorance (ignorance 21; laugh (v.) 8)

Laugh and show your ignorance (ignorance 21; laugh (v.) 8)

Laugh and the world laughs with you; cry and you cry alone (laugh (v.) 9)

Laugh before breakfast, cry before sunset (laugh (v.) 10)

Laugh in the face of disaster: fate never meddles with mirth (laugh (v.) 11)

Laugh your troubles away (trouble (n.) 12)

Learn a trade and earn a living (trade (n.) 6)

Learn as you'd live forever; live as you'd die tomorrow (learn 6)

Learn even from an enemy (enemy 22)

Learn from the mistakes of others (mistake 6)

Learn something new every day (learn 8)

Learn the luxury of doing good (luxury 2)

Learn to know when you are well off (learn 9)

Learn to labor and to wait (labor (v.) 2)

Learn to say before you sing (say 7)

Learn to say no (no (n.) 3)

Learn to unlearn what you have learned to miss (learn 10)

Learn well and know better (learn 11)

Learn wisdom by the follies of others (wisdom 8)

Learn, see, do something beautiful every day is a prescription for happiness (happiness 33)

Leave a loose thread (thread 4)

Leave well enough alone (alone 3; enough 6; leave 2)

Leave well enough alone (alone 3; enough 6; leave 2)

Leave your cares to the wind (care (n.) 12)

Lend a dollar, lose a friend (dollar 7)

Lend and lose is the game of fools (lend 1)

Lend money and you get an enemy (money 14)

Lend money to an enemy and you will gain him, to a friend and you will lose him (enemy 23; friend 123)

Lend your horse and you may have back his skin (horse 49)

Let a cat have kittens and they'll learn to catch mice (cat 17)

Let another man praise you, and not your own mouth (praise (v.) 1)

Let another man praise you, not your own mouth (man 120)

Let another's shipwreck be your sea work (shipwreck 3)

Let bygones be bygones (bygones)

Let every cat cover up his own stink (cat 18)

Let every fellow grind his own axe (axe 4)

Let every man skin his own eel (eel 2)

Let every peddler carry his own pack (peddler)

Let every tub stand on its own bottom (tub 2)

Let fools talk; knowledge still remains (fool (n.) 126)

Let him save himself who can (save 3)

Let him stew in his own brew (stew (v.))

Let him study who wishes to get knowledge (study (v.) 2)

Let him that earns the bread eat it (bread 23)

Let him that is without sin cast the first stone (sin (n.) 10)

Let him that owns the cow take her by the tail (cow 15)

Let him that will move the world first move himself (world 9)

Let him who ain't sinful haul first on the rope (sinful)

Let him who deserves the palm carry it (palm 1)

Let him who gives nothing be silent, and him who receives speak (give 9)

Let honesty and industry be your consistent companions (honesty 9)

Let justice be done though the heavens fall (justice 8)

Let nature take its course (nature 4)

Let one hat cover one face (hat 5)

Let the buyer beware (buyer 1)

let the chips fall where they may (hew)

Let the cobbler stick to his last (cobbler 3)

Let the dead bury the dead (dead (n.) 3)

Let the last hour be the hardest (hour 11)

Let the lender beware (lender)

Let the people rule (people 11)

Let the purchaser buy at his own risk (purchaser)

Let the tail go with the hide (hide (n.) 2)

Let the women wear the breeches (woman 49)

Let them laugh that win (laugh (v.) 12)

Let time that makes you homely make you sage (time 25)

Let tomorrow take care of itself (tomorrow 6)

Let us make the best of a bad job (job 14)

Let us put our own house in order (house 26)

Let well enough alone (enough 6)

Let your actions be equal to your promises (action 25)

Let your conscience be your guide (conscience 18)

Let your friends have their peculiarities (friend 124)

Let your head save your heels (head 27)

Let your heart keep pure and the world will, too (heart 53)

Let your heart rule your head in matters of affection (heart 54)

Let your joys be many and your sorrows be few (joy 11)

Let your midday sleep be short or none at all (sleep (n.) 1)

Let your purse be your master (purse 13)

Let your will roar when your power can but whisper (will (n., volition) 4)

Let's face the facts and get at the root of trouble (fact 9)

Let's keep this a country where every man is entitled to scratch his own itch (country 9)

Lie on roses when young; lie on thorns when old (rose 6)

Life is a picture, so paint it well (life 27)

Lift your feet and they'll fall themselves (foot 15)

Listen at the keyhole and you'll hear bad news about yourself (listen 2)

Listen much and speak little (listen 3)

Listen to him who is a good listener himself (listener 3)

Listen to the still, small voice within (voice 4)

Listen to the voice of experience, but also make use of your brains (experience 23)

Listen when spoken to (listen 4)

Little boats should stay close to shore (boat 3)

Live and learn; die and forget all (live (v.) 11)

Live and let live (live (v.) 12)

Live as though life were earnest, and life will be so (life 65)

Live each day as though it were the last (day 18)

Live for the present; plan for the future (live (v.) 13; present (n., time) 1)

Live for the present; plan for the future (live (v.) 13; present (n., time) 1)

Live freely and die content (live (v.) 14)

Live only for this day and you ruin tomorrow (day 19)

Live today, for tomorrow may not come (live (v.) 15; today 4)

Live today, for tomorrow may not come (live (v.) 15; today 4)

Live truth instead of professing it (truth 18)

Live up to your good intentions and put the devil out of business (intention 4)

Live well in the present; the past is gone forever (live (v.) 16)

Live with a hog and you'll grunt like one (hog (n.) 4)

Live with a singer if you would learn to sing (singer)

Live with the lame and you will limp (lame (n.))

Live within yourself and you will be your own mourner (live (v.) 17)

Live your life so that even the undertaker will be sorry when you die (life 67)

Live your life, do your work, then take your hat (life 66)

Live your own life, for you die your own death (life 68)

Lock your door and keep your neighbors honest (door 12)

Look and learn (look (v.) 5)

Look and live (look (v.) 6)

Look and see which way the wind blows before you commit yourself (wind 11)

Look and you shall find (look (v.) 7)

Look at paintings and fish from a distance (painting)

Look at the clock and see how the minutes fly; you shall be a man by and by (clock 6)

Look at the river before you cross with the ferry (river 7)

Look at yourself in the mirror (yourself 5)

Look before or you'll find yourself behind (before (adv.); look (v.) 2)

Look before you leap (look (v.) 8)

Look for the handle when the pot's in the fire (handle (n.) 1)

Look for the honey where you see the bee (honey 9)

Look for the old so as to learn the new (old (n.) 2)

Look high and fall low (look (v.) 9)

Look on the sunny side of life (sunny 2)

Look out for others and God will look out for you (look (v.) 10)

Look out for the man that does not talk and the dog that does not bark (talk (v.) 7)

Look out for the minutes and the hours will look out for themselves (minute 3)

Look through a keyhole and your life will be sore (keyhole)

Look to the future and you will always look up (future 5)

Look twice at a two-faced man (man 121)

Look up, not down (look (v.) 11)

Look up, not down; look out, not in; look forward, not back; and lend a hand (hand 30)

Lose a small fish to catch a big one (fish (n.) 29)

Lose as if you like it; win as if you were used to it (lose 2)

Love all, trust few (love (v.) 8)

Love 'em and leave 'em (love (v.) 7)

Love many; hate few; learn to paddle your own canoe (love (v.) 9)

Love me little and love me long (love (v.) 10)

Love me, love my dog (love (v.) 11)

Love truth for truth's sake (truth 19)

Love victory but despise the pride of triumph (victory 5)

Love who loves you and respond to who calls you (love (v.) 12)

Love wisely but not too well (love (v.) 13)

Love your neighbor as yourself (neighbor 15)

Love your neighbor, but do not pull down the fence (neighbor 16)

Love your neighbor, but leave his wife alone (neighbor 17)

Maidens should be mild and meek, swift to hear and slow to speak (maiden 4)

Make a garden or plant, and a man is happy for life (garden 5)

Make a merit of necessity (merit 2)

Make a spoon or spoil a horn (spoon 4)

Make a virtue of necessity (virtue 8)

Make all you can, save all you can, give all you can (all 18)

Make each day a critic on the last (critic 1)

Make friends with the good if you wish to be like them (friend 126)

Make haste but do not hurry (haste 8)

Make haste slowly (haste 9)

Make haste while the sun shines (haste 10)

make hay while the sun shines (hay 1)

Make it your business to know yourself (business 27)

Make money your servant, not your master (money 16)

Make new friends but keep the old (friend 127)

Make one in a thousand an intimate (intimate)

Make one wrong step and down you go (step (n.) 6)

Make the best of a bad bargain (bargain 12)

Make the most of what you have (most)

Make the plaster as large as the sore (plaster)

Make use of your friends by being of use to them (use (n.))

Make use of your tongue, and you will find out (tongue 22)

Make your enemy your friend (enemy 25)

Make your job important; it will return the favor (job 15)

Make your pudding according to your plums (pudding 2)

Make your stumbling blocks steppingstones (stumbling block 2)

Make your visits short and you are always welcome (visit (n.) 2)

Make yourself agreeable to all (agreeable)

Make yourself honey and the flies will devour you (honey 10)

Marry a handsome man and you marry trouble (handsome 3)

Marry above your match and you get a master (marry 4)

Marry first and love will follow (marry 5)

Marry in haste and repent at leisure (marry 6)

Marry late or never (marry 7)

Marry your son when you please and your daughter when you can (son 9)

Measure twice before you cut once (measure (v.) 2)

Measure your cloth ten times; you can cut it but once (cloth 3)

Measure your treasure by the pleasure it brings (treasure 2)

Meet success like a gentleman and disaster like a man (success 12)

Men must work and women must weep (man 168)

Mend the first break, kill the first snake, and conquer everything you undertake (break (n.))

Mind no business but your own (business 28)

Mind what you do and how you do it (do 28)

Mind your till, and till your mind (till)

Mix gunpowder and alcohol, you won't be around long at all (gunpowder)

Moderate your appetite so that with a little you may be content (appetite 7)

Needs must when necessity drives (need (n.) 3)

Ne'er seek a wife till you know what to do with her (wife 31)

Neither a fool nor a gentleman should see a thing until it is finished (fool (n.) 129)

Neither beg of him who has been a beggar nor serve him who has been a servant (beggar 8)

Neither give nor take offense (offense 2)

Nip the act while in the bud (act (n.) 3)

No man should be condemned unheard (condemned)

No one ought to be a gainer by his own wrongdoing (gainer)

No woman should ever be quite accurate about her age: it looks so calculating (woman 53)

Nobody should drink but those that can drink (drink (v.) 6)

Notice a dog and he will leap on your neck (dog 85)

Notice that ideas start with "I." (idea 8)

Observe the mother and take the daughter (mother 6)

Of a bad paymaster get what you can, though it be but a straw (paymaster 3)

Of boasting be more than of a bomb afraid, merit should be as modest as a maid (boasting 1)

Of chance acquaintance beware (acquaintance 5)

Of two evils, choose the prettier (evil (n.) 29)

Of two ills, choose the least (ill (n.) 9)

On a good bargain think twice (bargain 16)

On a hot day muffle yourself to move (day 26)

One must crawl before he walks (crawl)

One must first scale the mountain in order to view the plain (mountain 4)

One must have an iron cage of nerves to hold a tiger in the breast (nerve)

One must see a hazard to avoid it (hazard)

One should live to build, not to boast (build 2)

One should respect knowledge, but doubt is what gets you an education (knowledge 31)

One should turn his coat according to the weather (coat 5)

Only aim to do your duty, and mankind will give you credit where you fail (duty 10)

Open your eyes to the facts (eye 26)

Oppressive government is more to be feared than a tiger (government 5)

Owe no man anything (owe 2)

paddle your own canoe (canoe 1)

Pardon others often, yourself seldom (pardon (v.) 2)

Patch grief with proverbs (grief 9)

Pay as you go (pay (v.) 5)

Pay no heed to the people who say one thing and mean another (heed (n.) 1)

Pay the doctor; praise the Lord (doctor 13)

Pay the piper his due (piper 3)

Pay what you owe (pay (v.) 6)

Pay your debts or lose your friends (debt 12)

People should cure their own faults before finding faults in others (fault 25)

Perform whatever you promise (perform)

Physician, heal thyself (physician 6)

Pick where you scratch (pick 3)

Pick your berries so the thorns won't stick you (berry 2)

Pills are to be swallowed, not chewed (pill 2)

Pin not your faith on another's sleeve (faith 17)

Pity the conquered; you might be beaten yourself some day (conquered)

Plan and propose and God will dispose (plan (v.) 1)

Plan today for tomorrow (today 7)

Plan your life as though you were going to live forever, but live today as if you were going to die tomorrow (life 73)

Plan your work and work your plan (plan (v.) 2; work (n.) 22)

Plan your work and work your plan (plan (v.) 2; work (n.) 22)

Plant the crab tree where you will, it never will bear pippins (crab tree; tree 34)

Plant the crab tree where you will, it never will bear pippins (crab tree; tree 34)

Plant your garden in the ground and not in the moon (garden 6)

Play close to the chest (play (v.) 2)

Please ever; tease never (please 3)

Plenty ought to be enough (plenty 1)

Plow before you plant (plow (v.) 2)

Plow deep while sluggards sleep, and you shall have corn to sell and to keep (plow (v.) 3)

Plow deep while sluggards sleep, and you will have corn to sell and to keep (corn 12)

Plow or not plow, you must pay the rent (plow (v.) 4)

Plow your furrows deep while sluggards sleep, and you shall have corn to sell and to keep (furrow 2)

Possess it yourself and give it to another (possess 2)

Pout and you bear life alone (pout)

Practice thrift or else you'll drift (thrift 2)

Practice what you preach (practice (v.))

Praise a fine day at night (day 27)

Praise a fool and you make him useful (fool (n.) 148)

Praise a maid in the morning and the weather in the evening (maid 4)

Praise publicly; blame privately (praise (v.) 2)

Praise the bridge that carries you over (bridge 5)

Praise the sea, but keep on land (sea 4)

Pray and work and you will be happy (pray 4)

Pray each day that you might live; live each day that you pray (day 28)

Pray to God for a good harvest, but continue to hoe (harvest 3)

Pray to God, but keep hammering (God 24)

Prayer should be the key of the day and the lock of the night (prayer 12)

Preacher, be advised by your own sermons (preacher 4)

Pretenders should be put to the test (pretender)

Pride must pinch (pride 23)

Promise little but do much (promise (v.) 5)

Prophesy as you like, but always hedge (prophesy 2)

Proportion your charity to the strength of your estate, or God will proportion your estate to the weakness of your charity (charity 12)

Public men should have public minds (public (adj.) 1)

Public rights are to be preferred to private (right (n.) 5)

Pull gently at a weak rope (rope 3)

Pursue in health that conduct which you promise in sickness (conduct (n.) 2)

Put cream and sugar on a fly and it tastes very much like a black raspberry (cream 4)

Put first things first (first (adj.) 2)

Put the big pot in the little one, kill a pumpkin, and churn (pot 9)

Put the oil where the squeak is (oil (n.) 4)

put up or shut up (put)

Put up with small annoyances to gain great results (annoyance)

Put your foot down where you mean to stand (foot 20)

Put your hand no farther than your sleeve will reach (hand 41)

Put your hand to the plow (plow (n.) 8)

Put your money where your mouth is (money 72)

Put your pride in your pocket (pride 29)

Put your shoulder to the wheel (shoulder 1)

Rather than run into debt, wear your old coat (debt 13)

Reach for the high apples first; you can get the low ones any time (apple 13)

Read carefully; sign cautiously (read 2)

Read much but not too many books (book 28)

Read much, but not too many books (read 3)

Read much, speak little, and write less (read 4)

Rejoice today and repent tomorrow (rejoice 1)

Rejoice with them that rejoice; weep with them that weep (rejoice 2)

Relax and enjoy it (relax)

Religion should be a rule of life, not a casual incident of it (religion 11)

Remember that no matter how young a prune is, he's always wrinkled (prune)

Remember the kettle: though up to the neck in hot water, it continues to sing (kettle 8)

Remember the poor: it costs nothing (poor (n.) 3)

Remember your creator in the days of your youth (creator)

Remember, a hen can scratch for a dozen chicks as easily as for one (hen 19)

Remember, your tongue is in a wet place: it's likely to slip (tongue 27)

Render unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's (Caesar 2)

Repay kindness with kindness (kindness 29)

Reply with art to gravity and with gravity to art (art 19)

Reprove mildly and correct with caution (reprove 1)

Reprove others but correct yourself (reprove 2)

Reprove your friend privately; commend him publicly (friend 148)

Requite injury with kindness (injury 10)

Resist temptation till you conquer it (temptation 4)

Respect a man--he will do the more (respect (v.) 2)

Respect faith, but doubt is what gets you an education (faith 18)

Respect your elders (elder )

Ride in the whirlwind and direct the storm (storm 4; whirlwind)

Ride in the whirlwind and direct the storm (storm 4; whirlwind)

Ride your ambition in the skies (ambition 23)

Rip, roam while the grass is green (grass 8)

Rise early, live soberly, and apply yourself with industry (early (adv.) 6)

Rob Peter to pay Paul (Peter)

Root, hog, or die (hog (v.); root (v.))

Root, hog, or die (hog (v.); root (v.))

Rub a galled horse and he will kick (horse 54)

Rub a hog and he'll lay down on you (hog (n.) 6)

Rule a wife and have a wife (wife 35)

Rule or ruin (rule (v.) 3)

Rule your fancy with your reason, or it will overrule you (fancy (n.) 9)

Run with the hogs and they will rub dirt on you (hog (n.) 7)

Salt the cow to get the calf (cow 19)

Satisfy a dog with a bone and a woman with a lie (dog 92)

Save a dollar and keep your worries away (dollar 9)

Save a thief from the gallows and he'll be the first to cut your throat (thief 12)

Save and have (save 4)

Save for a rainy day (day 29; rainy)

Save pains by taking pains (pain (n.) 17)

Save the apples for when you are hungry (apple 14)

Save the pieces to pay the rent (piece)

Save today, safe tomorrow (save 5)

Save when you are young to spend when you are old (save 6)

Save while you have; give while you live (save 7)

Save your bottles; it may rain whiskey (bottle 1)

Save your foot and grieve your heart (foot 21)

Save your life and lose a minute (life 75)

Save your money and die rich (money 74)

Save your pennies for a rainy day (day 29; penny 16; rainy)

Save your pennies for a rainy day (day 29; penny 16; rainy)

Say it with flowers (flower 14)

Say little; write less; print least (little (n.) 20; say 12)

Say little; write less; print least (little (n.) 20; say 12)

Say no ill of the year till it be past (ill (n.) 10)

Say what you mean and mean what you say (say 14)

Say your prayers as if you were going to die tomorrow; do your work as if you were going to live forever (prayer 14)

Scatter with one hand; gather with two (hand 42; scatter)

Scatter with one hand; gather with two (hand 42; scatter)

Scratch a Russian and you find a Tartar (Russian)

Scratch a sluggard and find a saint (sluggard 1)

Scratch a tender spot and it will soon be a sore (scratch 1; spot)

Scratch a tender spot and it will soon be a sore (scratch 1; spot)

Scratch where it itches (scratch 2)

Search others for their virtues, yourself for your vices (virtue 12)

Season all you hear with salt (salt 6)

See a pin, pick it up, all day you'll have good luck (pin 6)

See America first (America 4)

See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil (evil (n.) 33)

See one promontory, one mountain, one sea, one river, and see all (promontory)

See Rome and die (Rome 2)

See yourself as others see you (see 4)

Seek honor first; pleasure always follows (honor (n.) 17)

Seek till you find and you'll never lose your labor (labor (n.) 14)

Seek virtue, and of that possessed, to providence resign the rest (virtue 13)

Seize what is highest and you will possess what is in between (high (adj.) 2)

Seldom poke another's fire, or you may rouse his burning ire (fire 37)

Sell honestly, but not honesty (honesty 11; sell)

Sell honestly, but not honesty (honesty 11; sell)

Sell your goods at market price; keep it not for rats and mice (goods 9)

Send a fool to the market, and a fool he'll return (fool (n.) 149)

Send the children to town and you'll have to go yourself (children 21)

Sermons should be weighty but not heavy (sermon 2)

Serve yourself if you would be well served (serve 2; yourself 7)

Serve yourself if you would be well served (serve 2; yourself 7)

Set a fool to catch a fool (fool (n.) 123; fool (n.) 150)

Set a frog on a golden stool, away it hops to reach the pool (frog 8)

Set a sprat to catch a mackerel (sprat)

Set bounds to your passion by reason (passion 12)

Sew your clothes upon your back; care and trouble you'll never lack (clothes 14)

Shake the barrel and the big apples will come to the top (apple 15)

Shame the devil and repent of your wickedness (devil 13)

Share a little, help a lot (share 1)

Share and share alike (share 2)

Shed tears boldly: weeping is nature's mark to know an honest heart by (tear (n.) 6)

Shoemaker, stick to your last (shoemaker 1)

Show me a liar and I'll show you a thief (liar 12)

Show me the man that does not make a mistake, and I will show you the man that does not do anything (man 206)

Show me your companions, and I'll tell you who you are (companion 9)

Show me your company, and I'll tell you who you are (company 14)

Show me your friends, and I'll tell you what you are (friend 149)

Show me your hand and I'll tell you your trade (hand 43)

Show no preference among your guests (guest 5)

Show your faith by your works (faith 19)

Show your love to win love (love (n.) 94)

Shun wickedness (wickedness 1)

Silence scandal by silence (scandal 5)

Sin in haste; repent at leisure (sin (v.) 2)

Sink or swim (sink (v.))

Sit before you fall (sit 3)

Sit still in the boat that carries you across deep water (boat 4)

Sit tight: you may do worse by changing your position (changing 1)

Sleep over it or you may weep over it (sleep (v.) 3)

Sleep with your anger (anger 35)

Sleep without owing and wake without owing (owing)

Sleep without supping and wake without owing (supping)

Small ships should stay near the shore; larger ships may venture more (ship 12)

Smile and the world smiles with you (smile (v.) 4)

Soften the words to suit the occasion (word 49)

Some must follow and some command (follow 2)

Something has to be left to chance (chance 12)

Sow a thought and reap an act (thought (n.) 15)

Sow an act, reap a habit (act (n.) 5)

Sow your wild oats and pray for a crop failure (oats)

Spare well and spend well (spare (v.) 5)

Spare when you are young and spend when you are old (spare (v.) 6)

Speak every man truth with his neighbor (truth 22)

Speak fair, think what you will (speak 11)

Speak fitly or be silent wisely (speak 12)

Speak kind words and you will hear kind answers (word 50)

Speak little; do much (speak 14)

Speak little; speak well (speak 15)

Speak neither well nor ill of yourself (speak 16)

Speak now or forever hold your peace (speak 18)

Speak of angels and you'll hear the rustling of their wings (angel 10)

Speak of Satan and you'll see his horns (horn 3; Satan 3)

Speak of Satan and you'll see his horns (horn 3; Satan 3)

Speak so that even he who runs must understand (speak 19)

Speak softly and carry a big stick (speak 20)

Speak the truth and shame the devil (truth 23)

Speak the truth bravely, cost as it may; hiding the wrong act is not the way (truth 24)

Speak up or shut up (speak 21)

Speak well of everyone if you speak of them at all (speak 22)

Speak well of your friends; of your enemies say nothing (friend 150)

Speak what you feel, not what you ought to (speak 23)

Speak your thoughts lest someone steal them (thought (n.) 16)

Speed the parting guest (guest 6)

Spend and God will send (spend 2)

Spit in a whore's face and she'll say it's raining (whore 2)

Stand in the sunshine and the shadow will fall behind (sunshine 3)

Stand on your head and the world will be upside down (head 33)

Stand on your own two feet (foot 23)

Stand on your own two legs (leg 2)

Stand to the rack, fodder or no fodder (rack)

Stand up, speak up, and shut up (stand (v.) 2)

Start a job on Friday and it will never be finished (job 17)

Start housecleaning in your own house (housecleaning)

Start in time to be in time (time 33)

Start sooner, go slower, and live longer (start (v.) 2)

Start young at what you wish to become proficient in (proficient; young (adj.) 10)

Start young at what you wish to become proficient in (proficient; young (adj.) 10)

Stay in your own backyard (backyard 4)

Stay on the straight and narrow path (path 6)

Steal all you can with your eyes but never with your hands (steal 3)

Steer a middle course (course)

Stick in until you stick out (stick (v.) 1)

Stick to the old horse that carried you safely across (horse 55)

Stick to your flannels until they stick to you (flannel)

Stick to your guns (gun 5)

Stick to your own job (job 18)

Stick to your text if you die preaching (text 2)

Stick together or get stuck separately (stick (v.) 2)

Stoop low and it will save you many a bump through life (stoop 1)

Stoop to conquer (stoop 2)

Stop, look, listen (stop)

Strike a flint and you get fire (flint)

Strike my dog and you strike me (dog 94)

Strike when the time is right (time 34)

strike while the iron is hot, but make it hot by striking (iron 4)

Strike while your employer has a big contract (employer)

String your pearls on a strong cord (pearl 5)

Strive and succeed (strive 1)

Strive though you fail (strive 2)

Stroke a churl and he'll scratch; strike him and he'll submit (churl)

Stroke a nettle and it will sting you; grasp it and it is as soft as silk (nettle)

Stroke the feathers the right way (feather (n.) 8)

Study long and study wrong (study (v.) 3)

Study the past if you would divine the future (past (n.) 4)

Submit to the rule you yourself laid down (rule (n.) 9)

Succeed or die trying (succeed 2)

Sue a beggar, and you'll get a louse (beggar 10)

Suit the actions to the word (a ction 30)

Sweat and be saved (sweat (v.))

Sweep off your own back porch first (porch)

Sweet-talk to the old lady to get to the daughter (talk (v.) 10)

Take a friend for what he does, a wife for what she has, and goods for what they are worth (friend 151)

Take advantage of the little opportunities and you won't need to wait for the big one (advantage 3)

Take advantage of the little opportunities and you won't need to wait for a big one (opportunity 21)

Take all you want, but eat all you take (take 1)

Take away the rust from the silver and there'll come forth a pure vessel (rust (n.) 3)

Take care of the dimes and the dollars will take care of themselves (dime 3)

Take care of the little things and the big things will take care of themselves (thing 26)

Take care of the nickels and the dollars will take care of themselves (nickel 3; penny 17)

Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves (pence 2; penny 17)

Take care of today and tomorrow will take care of itself (today 8)

Take care of your business and your business will take care of you (business 30)

Take care of your neck in old age (neck 4)

Take care of your pennies and the dollars will take care of themselves (penny 17)

Take counsel in wine but resolve afterwards in water (counsel (n.) 12)

Take counsel in wine, but resolve afterwards in water (wine 9)

Take each day as it comes (day 33)

Take heed of an ox before, an ass behind, and a monk on all sides (ox 5)

Take heed that no man deceive you (deceive 8)

Take heed when you see no need of taking heed (heed (n.) 2)

Take heed will surely speed (heed (n.) 3)

Take it or leave it (take 2)

Take opportunity by the forelock (opportunity 22)

Take pains or the pains will take you (pain (n.) 18)

Take people as you find them (people 34)

Take root and live (root (n.))

Take the beaten road (road 17)

Take the cash, and let the credit go (cash 4)

Take the evil with the good (evil (n.) 35)

Take the rough with the smooth (rough (n.))

Take the sunshine with the rain (sunshine 6)

Take things always by their smooth handle (handle (n.) 3)

Take things as they are, not as you'd have them be (thing 27)

Take time by the forelock (time 35)

Take time in turning a corner (corner 5)

Take time when time is, for time will away (time 36)

Take what you want, says God, but pay for it (take 3)

Take while the taking is good (taking 2)

Take your own advice; you'll be too busy to bore others with it (advice 32)

Talk about the devil and his imps will appear (devil 14)

Talk good, talk on; talk bad, stop (talk (v.) 11)

Talk less; listen more (talk (v.) 12)

Talk softly but carry a big stick (talk (v.) 13)

Taste the joy that springs from labor (joy 16)

Teach a child to hold his tongue: he will learn fast enough to speak (child 18)

Tell a lie and find the truth (lie (n.) 29)

Tell a lie once, you are always a liar to that person (lie (n.) 30)

Tell a miser he's rich and a woman she's old, and you'll get no money of one nor kindness of t'other (kindness 30)

Tell a woman and you tell the world (woman 57)

Tell a woman she's a beauty and the devil will tell her ten times (woman 58)

Tell an ox by his horns, but a man by his word (ox 6)

Tell everybody your business and the devil will do it for you (business 31)

Tell me what you eat and I will tell you what you are (eat 14)

Tell me with whom you go, and I'll tell you what you are (go 6)

Tell me with whom you live and I will tell you who you are (live (v.) 21)

Tell me with whom you travel and I'll tell you who you are (travel (v.) 5)

Tell the truth all the time and you won't have to remember what you said (truth 25)

Tell the truth if it kills you (truth 26)

Tell your secret to your servant and you make him your master (secret (n.) 14)

Tell your troubles to the policeman (trouble (n.) 20)

Temper your enthusiasm with judgment (enthusiasm 3)

Tend to your own little ball of yarn (yarn)

Test before trusting (test (v.))

That you may be beloved, be amiable (amiable)

Thatch your roof before rainy weather; dig your well before you are thirsty (roof 3)

The ancients tell us what is best, but we must learn of the moderns what is fittest (ancient)

The artist must be behind in his own art (artist 7)

The best of friends must part (friend 152)

The bird that can sing and won't sing should be made to sing (bird 27)

The bitter must come before the sweet (bitter (n.) 2)

The blind man's peck should be well measured (blind (adj.) 9; peck (n.))

The blind man's peck should be well measured (blind (adj.) 9; peck (n.))

The bull must remember that he once was a calf (bull 6)

The cat that would eat fish must wet her feet (cat 27)

The clock of the tongue should be set by the dials of the heart (clock 7)

The cow must graze where she is tied (cow 23)

The dependent man must dine late and eat the leftovers (dependent)

The door to success is labeled "push." (door 18)

The door to success is labeled push (success 41)

The face is a mask; look behind it (face (n.) 24)

The fool must look to the madman (fool (n.) 154)

The ground of liberty must be gained by inches (liberty 10)

The hole and the patch should be commensurate (hole 7)

The lucky one must yet learn pain (lucky 6)

The magistrate should obey the law; the people should obey the magistrate (magistrate)

The man who leaves the flock must fight wolves (man 221)

The mark must be made in youth (youth 12)

The more you promise, the less you will have to deliver (promise (v.) 7)

The nobly born must nobly do (nobly 2)

The owner should bring honor to the house, not the house to the owner (honor (n.) 19)

The pen of the tongue should be dipped in the ink of the heart (pen (writing) 4)

The plaintiff must prove (plaintiff)

The poor must dance as the rich pipe (poor (n.) 8)

The pot calls the kettle black (pot 14)

The punishment should fit the crime (punishment 7)

The uninvited should bring their own stool (uninvited)

The vessel that will not obey her helm will have to obey the rocks (vessel (ship) 2)

The workman who would do good work must first sharpen his tools (workman 9)

The world is your cow, but you have to do the milking (cow 27; world 23)

The world is your cow, but you have to do the milking (cow 27; world 23)

The young may die; the old must die (young (n.) 4)

There ain't no happiness in this world, so we must be happy without it (happiness 44)

There is only one rule for being a good talker: learn how to listen (rule (n.) 12)

There never was a bird who flew so high but what he came down again (bird 32)

They that live longest must die at last (live (v.) 22)

They who borrow trouble must pay a high rate of interest (interest (money) 3; trouble (n.) 24)

They who borrow trouble must pay a high rate of interest (interest (money) 3; trouble (n.) 24)

They who cannot as they would must do as they can (can (v.) 17)

They who play with edged tools must expect to be cut (tool 5)

Think all you speak, but speak not all you think (think 5)

Think and thank (think 6)

Think before you leap (think 7)

Think deep and not loud (think 8)

Think long, think wrong (think 9)

Think more and talk less (think 10)

Think much; speak little; write less (think 11)

Think no shame of your craft (craft 2)

Think of ease but work on (ease 1)

Think of others before you think of yourself (other (pn.) 6)

Think of the present and not of the past (present (n., time) 3)

Think twice before you speak to a friend in need (friend 163)

Think--then act (think 12)

This above all: to your own self be true (true (adj.) 3)

Those that have much business must have much pardon (business 33)

Those that have must lose (have 8; lose 3)

Those that have must lose (have 8; lose 3)

Those who cling must grasp branches, not blossoms (branch 3)

Those who in quarrels interpose must often wipe a bloody nose (quarrel (n.) 19)

Those who take the profits should also bear the expense (profit (n.) 7)

Though most be players, some must be spectators (player)

Though old and wise, be still advised (old (adj.) 18)

Throw a stone in a pack of dogs, and the one that's hit will holler (stone 15)

Throw a stone in the mud and it splashes in your face (stone 16)

Tie a flying instructor's hands behind him and he couldn't say a word (hand 54)

Time is capital: invest it wisely (time 75)

Time passes quickly; make good use of it (time 90)

Time to catch bears is when they're out (bear (n.) 1)

To a brother's virtues be kind; to his faults be a little blind (brother 7)

To a man full of questions, make no answer at all (question (n.) 9)

To a vicious dog a short chain (dog 113)

To a wise head, two or three words (head 39; wise (adj.) 46)

To a wise head, two or three words (head 39; wise (adj.) 46)

To be a good neighbor, take heed to your tongue (neighbor 23)

To be content, look backward on those who possess less than yourself, not forward on those who possess more (content (adj.) 5; possess 3)

To be content, look backward on those who possess less than yourself, not forward on those who possess more (content (adj.) 5; possess 3)

To be happy, make yourself necessary to somebody (happy 28)

To be successful in love, one must know how to begin and when to stop (love (n.) 100)

To be the master of others, one must first be the master of himself (master 7)

To conquer others, you must first conquer yourself (conquer 8)

To control others, learn first to control yourself (control)

To do a great right, do a little wrong (right (n.) 14)

To find out what a man is like, find out what he does in his spare time (man 229)

To gather knowledge, roam; to use it, bide at home (knowledge 35)

To get a friend, close one eye; to keep him, close both (friend 168)

To keep from falling, keep on climbing (failing (n.) 5)

To kill an old dog you must hide your stick (dog 114)

To learn about one's disposition, we must cross him (disposition 5)

To learn, a pupil must meet the teacher halfway (pupil)

To leave footprints on the sands of time you must have plenty of sand (footprints 1)

To lengthen your life, lessen your meals (life 81)

To lose a friend, advise him (friend 170)

To make enemies, talk; to make friends, listen (enemy 33)

To make the cart go, you must grease the wheels (cart 7)

To really understand a man we must judge him in misfortune (understand 6)

To see beauty you must have beauty in your soul (beauty 43)

To walk one must use his feet (foot 28; walk 4)

To walk one must use his feet (foot 28; walk 4)

Toe the mark (mark)

Tote while totin's good (tote)

Tote your own skillet (skillet)

Train up a child in the right way; when he is old he will not depart from it (child 26)

Travel in the light; rest in the night (light (n.) 7; travel (v.) 6)

Travel in the light; rest in the night (light (n.) 7; travel (v.) 6)

True jests breed bad blood (jest (n.) 8)

Trust every man, but always cut the cards (trust (v.) 7)

Trust every man, but cut the cards (man 230)

Trust in God and do something (God 25)

Trust in the Lord, but keep your powder dry (Lord 14)

Trust yourself only and another shall not betray you (trust (v.) 10)

Try anything once (try (v.) 4)

Try before you trust (try (v.) 5)

Try did wonders (try (v.) 6)

Try horse sense instead of horseplay (horse 67)

Try it before you buy it (try (v.) 7)

Try the ice before you venture upon it (ice 5)

Try to improve yourself (improve 3)

Try your friend before you trust him (friend 177)

Tune your own utterance to your own ear (utterance)

Turn the light on the braggart and he will run (light (n.) 8)

Turn your back and someone will steal your scone (back (n.) 8)

Turn your tongue seven times before speaking (tongue 45)

Undertake no more than you can perform (undertake 1)

Undo the leash and loosen the hound (leash)

Uphill bear him; downhill spare him; on the level let him trot; in stable forget him not (stable 3)

Use force tempered with kindness (force (n.) 6)

Use it up; make it do; wear it out (use (v.) 2)

Use more wit and less sweat (wit 12)

Use the little to get the big (little (n.) 23)

Use the old before getting new (old (n.) 4)

Use the world, desire heaven (world 29)

Use time as though you knew its value (time 101)

Use what you would not lose (use (v.) 3)

Use your brain and save your heels (brain 11)

Use your head for something besides a hat rack (head 43)

Use your wit as a shield, not as a sword (wit 13)

Value your friends above your opinions (friend 178)

Vessels large may venture more, but little boats should keep to shore (boat 3; vessel (ship) 3)

Visits should be short, like a winter's day (visit (n.) 4)

Wait and you will be rewarded (wait 2)

Wait for the rising tide (tide 5)

Wait for the turn of the tide (tide 6)

Wait till we see how the cat jumps (cat 33)

Walk on your own feet (foot 29)

Walk too fast and stumble over nothing (walk 5)

Want a thing long enough and you won't (want (v.) 7)

Wash a dog, comb a dog: still a dog (dog 117)

Wash a hog and it will return to its wallow (hog (n.) 9)

Wash a pig, scent a pig; a pig still is a pig (pig 20)

Waste and want; save and have (waste (v.) 2)

Watch out for the hurry-up man (hurry-up)

Watch out for the returning arrow (arrow 3)

Watch out for the rolling stone (stone 17)

Watch out for the trap if it hasn't been sprung (trap 2)

Watch the butcher when he weighs the roast; otherwise you'll buy his hand (butcher 2)

Watch what you say, when, and to whom (say 17)

Water your friendships as you water your flowerpots (friendship 29)

We must all eat a peck of dirt before we die (dirt 9)

We must bear and forbear (bear (v.) 2)

We must follow, not force, providence (providence 9)

We must give an account of our idle words (account 4)

We must live by the quick, not by the dead (quick (n.))

We must run with the stream (stream 12)

We should always keep a spare corner in our head to give passing hospitality to our friends' opinions (corner 6)

Wear my shoes and you'll know where they pinch (shoe (n.) 23)

Wear out the old things first (old (adj.) 20)

Wear your learning like your watch, in a private pocket (learning 16)

Weed your own garden first (garden 10)

Weigh right if you sell dear (weigh)

Weigh well your words before you give them breath (word 59)

What can't be cured must be endured (cure (v.) 1)

What can't be helped must be endured (help (v.) 8)

What goes on in the dark must come out in the light (dark (n.))

What yo' laigs fails to do, yo' haid has to do (leg 3)

What you don't use today, save for tomorrow (use (v.) 4)

What your head forgets, your heels must remember (head 48)

Whatever happens, take it on the chest (happen 10)

Whatever you do, do with all your might, for things done by halves are never done right (do 37)

Whatever you have, spend less (spend 3)

What's gone and what's past help should be past grief (grief 13)

When a mule kicks you, consider the source (mule 6)

When a woman is speaking, listen to what she says with her eyes (woman 78)

When all men say you are an ass, it is high time to bray (ass (animal) 22)

When befriended, remember it; when you befriend, forget it (befriend)

When danger is near, keep out of the way (danger 13)

When death knocks at your door, you must answer (death 32)

When fortune knocks, open the door (fortune 33)

When fortune smiles, embrace her (fortune 34)

When fortune smiles, take the advantage (fortune 35)

When gathering roses, look out for thorns (rose 10)

When going to sea, pray once; when going to war, pray twice; when going to be married, pray thrice (pray 6)

When in anger, say the alphabet (anger 38)

When in doubt, ask (doubt (n.) 8)

When in doubt, hesitate (doubt (n.) 9)

When in doubt, lead trumps (trump)

When in doubt, leave it out (doubt (n.) 10; leave 5)

When in doubt, punt (doubt (n.) 11)

When in doubt, salute (doubt (n.) 12)

When in doubt, tell the truth (doubt (n.) 13; truth 78)

When in doubt, tell the truth (doubt (n.) 13; truth 78)

When in Rome, do as the Romans (Rome 3)

When it's hard to pray, pray the hardest (pray 7)

When ladies wear the breeches, their petticoats ought to be long enough to hide 'em (lady 12)

When the buds start on the trees, it is time to gather the buckets (bud)

When the fox preaches, beware of your geese (fox 21)

When the knot reaches the comb of the loom, you have to break the thread (knot 7)

When the neighbor's house is on fire, beware of your own (neighbor 24)

When the outlook isn't good, try the uplook (outlook)

When the ox is in the ditch, pull him out (ox 10)

When the tool is dull, put forth more strength (tool 7)

When two ride one horse, one must sit behind (horse 69)

When we build, let us think that we build forever (build 3)

When we suffer a great loss, we must bear our cross (cross (n.) 5)

When you are washing windows, do the corners first and the center will take care of itself (corner 2; window 2)

When you call the physician, call the lawyer to make your will (physician 10)

When you can step on your head, it's time to go home (head 49)

When you get into deep water, keep your mouth shut (mouth 6; water 26)

When you get into deep water, keep your mouth shut (mouth 6; water 26)

When you go to dance, take heed whom you take by the hand (dance (v.) 4)

When you have business with a wolf, look out for trouble (business 34)

When you have no observers, be afraid of yourself (observer)

When you incline to drink rum, fill the glass half with water (rum 3)

When you see a pig, you should kick it (pig 21)

When you strike oil, quit boring (oil (n.) 7)

When you think you stand, take heed: you may fall (heed (n.) 4)

When you think you stand, take heed-you may fall (stand (v.) 3)

When your jest is at its best, let it rest (jest (n.) 9)

When your neighbor's house declines, beware the possibilities of your own (neighbor 25)

When your neighbor's house is on fire, beware of your own (house 39)

When you're down and out, tie a knot in your rope and hang on (knot 9)

Where business and pleasure clash, then let the business go smash (business 35)

Where nothing is, the king must lose his right (king 16)

Where you lay your egg, pick your grain (egg 22)

While you glory in the past, be busy in the present lest you be caught unprepared in the future (glory (v.); past (n.) 7)

While you glory in the past, be busy in the present lest you be caught unprepared in the future (glory (v.); past (n.) 7)

While you seek new friendships, cultivate the old (friendship 30)

Whistle while you work (whistle (v.) 3)

Who dances to the tune must pay the piper (tune 4)

Who demands justice must administer justice (justice 13)

Who goes for a day into the forest should take bread for a week (bread 27; day 47)

Who goes for a day into the forest should take bread for a week (bread 27; day 47)

Who will have law must have money (law 30)

Whoever is tired of a happy day, let him take a wife (happy 29)

Wind before rain, take your topsail down; rain before wind, put them up again (wind 25)

Wink at small faults (fault 37)

Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom, and with all your getting get understanding (wisdom 20)

Wish in one hand and spit in the other (spit 3)

With a relative eat and drink, but transact no business with him (relative 7)

With the old almanac and the old year, leave your vices, though ever so dear (almanac 2)

With the old year leave your faults, however dear (fault 38)

Words must be weighed, not counted (word 69)

Work as if everything depended on you; pray as if everything depended on God (work (v.) 9)

Work as though you were to live forever (work (v.) 10)

Work for your bread if you get your cheese for nothing (bread 29)

Work hard in harvest time (harvest 4; work (v.) 12)

Work hard in harvest time (harvest 4; work (v.) 12)

Work while you work and play while you play (work (v.) 13)

Work, for the night is coming (work (v.) 11)

Would you live with ease, do what you ought and not what you please (ease 3)

Would you persuade, speak of interest, not of reason (interest (concern) 6; persuade)

Would you persuade, speak of interest, not of reason (interest (concern) 6; persuade)

Write injuries in dust, benefits in marble (injury 12)

Write on one side of the paper but on both sides of the subject (side 8)

Write on the devil's horns "good angel," and many will believe it (devil 44)

Write with the learned; pronounce with the vulgar (learned (n.); write 7)

Write with the learned; pronounce with the vulgar (learned (n.); write 7)

Yesterday's errors, let yesterday cover (yesterday 5)

Yield to your superiors (superior (n.))

You buttered your bread; now eat it (bread 30)

You can't fight destiny; submit to it (destiny 5)

You have to be smarter than the dog to teach him tricks (dog 127)

You have to go to the graveyard to locate guys free from fault (graveyard)

You have to hoe a row of corn with a man in order to know him (hoe)

You have to learn to walk before you can run (walk 7)

You have to live with yourself (yourself 11)

You have to pay the price for being a good man (price 2)

You have to take the bitter with the sweet (bitter (n.) 4)

You have to winter and summer with people to know them (people 43; winter (v.))

You have to winter and summer with people to know them (people 43; winter (v.))

You have to work the life out of you to keep the life in you (life 91)

You made your pie; now eat it (pie 6)

You may know de way, but better keep yo' eyes on de seven stars (eye 41)

You must creep before you can crawl (creep 2)

You must cut your coat according to your cloth (cloth 1; coat 10)

You must cut your garment according to the cloth (cloth 1; garment 4)

You must drink beer of your own brewing, no matter how bitter (beer 5)

You must empty the box before you can fill it again (box 2)

You must profit from experience (experience 26)

You must run to win the race (race 3; run (v.) 7)

You must run to win the race (race 3; run (v.) 7)

You must take the sour with the sweet (sour (n.) 2)

You must visit your neighbors lest an unused path becomes weedy (neighbor 28)

You mustn't expect a man's head on a boy's shoulders (head 50)

You mustn't rush a lady (lady 13)

You scratch my back; I'll scratch yours (back (n.) 9)

You splash me, I splash you (splash)

You'll have to preach according to your stipend (stipend)

Youth must store up; age must use (youth 27)

Youth will be served (youth 29)

Above all things, keep clean; it is not necessary to be a pig in order to raise one (clean (adj.) 1)

Advice to all, security for none (advice 11)

Advise not what is pleasant but what is useful (advise 1)

After breakfast sit awhile; after supper walk a mile (breakfast (n.))

Conquer yourself (yourself 2)

Dread the anger of a cornered sheep (anger 29)

First build your house and then think of the furniture (house 17)

Govern yourself and you'll be able to govern the world (govern 2)

Grace your house, and not let that grace you (house 18)

Grow old gracefully (old (adj.) 5)

Handle the hardest job first (job 10)

Haud your head up and ye'll no stumble (head 14)

In your every undertaking, consider some day you will have to die (undertaking 2)

Lest men suspect your tale untrue, keep probability in view (probability 2; tale 8)

Lest men suspect your tale untrue, keep probability in view (probability 2; tale 8)

Pack up your troubles (trouble (n.) 18)

Profit by the folly of others (folly 7)

Since we cannot get what we like, let us like what we can get (get 4)

Teaching should be full of ideas, not stuffed with facts (teaching 1)

The heart is the eyes--you must look there (heart 69)

They must hunger in frost that will not work in heat (frost 3)

A boy should ask, and a girl deny (boy 5)

A duty should be injurious to no one (duty 1)

A friend should bear his friend's infirmities (friend 19)

A good servant should have the back of an ass, the tongue of a sheep, and the snout of a swine (servant 4)

A liar should have a good memory (liar 4)

A man should love his house well but should not ride on the ridge (house 8)

A man should study ever to keep cool (cool (adj.) 1)

A secret should be a secret (secret (n.) 4)

A triumphal arch should be built out of bricks so that the people will have something convenient to throw at the hero after he passes through (arch)

A woman should hang on to her youth, but not while he's driving (woman 23)

A young physician should have three graveyards (physician 3)

A young trooper should have an old horse (young (adj.) 3)

A young woman married to an old man must behave like an old woman (young (adj.) 5)

Age should think and youth should do (age (lifespan) 12)

All that is said in the parlor should not be heard in the hall (parlor)

Charity begins at home (charity 1)

Equality begins in the grave (equality 1)

For the sake of one good action a hundred evil ones should be forgotten (action 18)

It just takes a piece of bread to show what is in some folks (bread 21)

It's no use running; you should start on time (running (n.) 1)

No day without a deed to crown it (day 24)

Not what you are but what you should be (are 3)

Things without remedy should be without regard (remedy 7)

A blind man is no judge of colors (blind (adj.) 2)

A child must learn to crawl before it can walk (child 5)

A country, to be loved, must be lovely (country 1)

A door must be open or shut (door 2)

A full cup must be carried steadily (cup 1; full (adj.) 2)

A general rule must be generally understood (rule (n.) 1)

A good servant must have good wages (servant 2)

A good surgeon must have an eagle's eye, a man's heart, and a lady's hand (surgeon 1)

A mad parish must have a mad priest (parish)

A man must make his opportunity as often as he finds it (opportunity 2)

A man must take the fat with the lean (fat (n.))

A man that has friends must show himself friendly (friend 30)

A man without thought of the future must soon have present sorrow (future 1)

A mischievous cur must be tied short (cur)

A mischievous dog must be tied short (dog 31)

A willful beast must have his own way (beast 1)

A work ill done must be done twice (work (n.) 2)

Follow the river and you will get to the sea (river 4)

Ashes to ashes and dust to dust (ashes 3)

Blood asks blood, and death must death requite (blood 2)

Business is never so healthy as when, like a chicken, it must do a certain amount of scratching for what it gets (business 8)

Caesar's wife must be above suspicion (Caesar 1)

Even rosy lips must be fed (lip 1)

Genius does what it must; talent, what it may (genius 5)

It may be hard to work, but it must be harder to want (work (v.) 3)

It's hard to carry a full cup (full (adj.) 2)

Moderate riches will carry you; if you have more, you must carry them (riches 4)

Two things you must do in life: die and pay taxes (life 72)

Opportunity only knocks once, and there is no latch on the outside--it must be opened from within (opportunity 16)

Our crosses are hewn from different trees, but we all must have our calvaries (calvaries; tree 33)

Our crosses are hewn from different trees, but we all must have our calvaries (calvaries; tree 33)

Shameless craving must have shameless refusing (craving)

She who wishes to keep ahead of her neighbor must go to bed at sundown and get up at dawn (neighbor 21)

The fool that eats till he is sick must fast till he is well (fool (n.) 155)

The porcupine, whom one must handle gloved, may be respected, but it is never loved (porcupine 2)

The show must go on (show (n.) 3)

Woman will have both her word and her way (woman 85)

You shall reap what you sow (sow (v.) 2)

RHETORICAL QUESTIONS

All are good girls, but where do the bad wives come from? (girl 5)

Avarice and happiness never saw each other. How, then, should they become acquainted? (avarice 1)

Certainly there are lots of things in life that money won't buy, but have you ever tried to buy them without money? (thing 6)

Christmas comes but once a year; why not celebrate it while it's here? (Christmas 3)

Cleanliness is godliness, so why go to church? (cleanliness 1)

How could we measure the ups in life if it weren't for the downs? (up 3)

If fortune smiles, who doesn't--if fortune doesn't, who does? (fortune 29)

If ignorance is bliss, why be otherwise? (ignorance 3)

Is a woman ever satisfied? No, if she were she wouldn't be a woman (woman 43)

Is there anything men take more pains about than to make themselves unhappy? (pain (n.) 5)

Boys are made of rats and snails and puppy-dog tails, and girls are made of sugar and spice and everything nice--but doesn't a girl have a taste for roughness to marry a boy? (boy 23)

Of what use is it to pretend there is a choice when there is none? (choice 3)

Talk of the rack, what is it to a woman's tongue? (tongue 28)

The early bird catches the worm--but who wants worms? (bird 28)

What's the good of a fair apple if it has a worm in its heart? (apple 22)

What greater crime than loss of time? (crime 16)

What weapon has the lion but himself? (weapon)

What's the use of cleverness, if foolishness serves? (cleverness 3)

When Adam delved and Eve span, who was then the gentleman? (Adam 4)

Who ever saw a kitten bring a mouse to the old cat? (kitten 4)

Who'll bell the cat? (cat 37)

Why are there more horses' asses than there are horses? (ass (buttocks))

You get a thorn with every rose, but aren't the roses sweet? (thorn 8)

COUNTERFACTUALS

If "ifs" and "ands" were pots and pans, there would be no need for tinkers (if 1)

If a bee didn't have a sting, he couldn't keep his honey (bee 4)

If a man could have all his wishes, he would double his trouble (wish (n.) 1)

If a man's foresight were as good as his hindsight, we would all get somewhere (foresight 2)

If a pig had wings he might fly (pig 8)

If all fools wore white caps, we'd all look like geese (fool (n.) 113)

If all the troubles were hung on bushes, we would take our own and run (trouble (n.) 6)

If all the world were ugly, deformity would be no monster (ugly 4)

If boys were meant to smoke, they'd have chimneys on their heads (boy 19)

If conceit were consumption, we would have a green graveyard all year round (conceit 8)

If envy were a rash, the whole town would be ill (envy 13)

If everyone had his own ends, all would come to a bad end (end (n.) 3)

If everyone swept in front of his house, the whole town would be clean (house 21)

If fools went not to market, bad wares would not be sold (fool (n.) 114)

If frogs had wings, they wouldn't bump their asses on rocks (frog 4)

If I can't be a tablecloth, I won't be a dishrag (tablecloth)

If I owned Texas and hell, I would rent out Texas and live in hell (Texas 2)

If idiocy were pain, there would be groaning in every house (idiocy)

If it wasn't for the "ifs," you would be rich (if 6)

If it were not for eating, the back might wear gold (eating 2)

If it were not for the stomach, the back would wear gold (stomach 5)

If life were a thing that money could buy, the rich would live and the poor would die (life 12)

If men had not slept, the tare had not been sown (tare)

If men talked about what they understood, the silence would be unbearable (man 110)

If more people tried as hard to stay married as they do to get married, fewer marriages would go on the rocks (marriage 2)

If religion was a thing we all could buy, the rich would live and the poor would die (religion 5)

If skill could be acquired by watching, dogs would be butchers (skill 1)

If the beard were all, the goat might preach (beard 2)

If the dog hadn't stopped to lift his leg, he'd have caught the rabbit (dog 70)

If the eye won't admire, the heart won't desire (eye 16)

If the goat would not jump around, she wouldn't break her leg (goat 4)

If the husband had every other child, there would be no second child in the family (husband 9)

If the young man would and the old man could, there would be nothing undone (young (adj.) 9)

If there were no bad people, there would be no good lawyers (bad (adj) 5)

If there were no failures, there would be no successes (failure 10)

If there were no listeners, there would be no liars (listener 2)

If there were no rain, there'd be no hay to make when the sun shines (rain (n.) 6)

If there's spring in winter and winter in spring, the year won't be good for anything (spring (n., season) 2)

If things were to be done twice, all would be wise (thing 16)

If what men most admire they would despise, 'twould look as if mankind were growing wise (man 111)

If what men most admire they would despise, 'twould look like mankind were growing wise (admire)

if wishes were horses, beggars might ride (wish (n.) 2)

If you don't say anything, you won't be called upon to repeat it (say 3)

If you fight for someone, you won't fight with him (fight (v.) 2)

Be kind to your friends: if it weren't for them, you would be a total stranger (friend 54)

Could everything be done twice everything would be done better (everything 2)

Even a frog would bite if it had teeth (frog 2)

Few men would live if all were judged justly (judge (v.) 4)

Hundreds would never have known want if they had not at first known waste (want (n.) 2)

Nobody would be afraid if he could help it (afraid 5)

The brook would lose its song if you removed the rocks (brook 3)

They wouldn't make erasers if we all didn't make mistakes (eraser)

What a wonderful world this would be if we all did as well today as we expect to do tomorrow (today 15; world 30)

What a wonderful world this would be if we all did as well today as we expect to do tomorrow (today 15; world 30)

Vice knows she's ugly, so puts on her mask (vice 7)

Virtue would not go far if a little vanity walked not with it (vanity 7)

Without frugality none can be rich, and with it, few would be poor (frugality 4)

Women would be more charming if one could fall into their arms without falling into their hands (woman 105)

It were no virtue to bear calamities if we did not feel them (calamity 7)

Not all A are B

All are not braggarts that blow the horn (braggart 1)

All are not friends that speak us fair (friend 44)

All are not hanged that are condemned (hang (execute) 1)

All are not hunters that blow the horn (all 1)

All are not hunters who blow the horn (hunter)

All are not saints that go to church (saint 3)

All are not soldiers who go to war (soldier 7)

All are not thieves that dogs bark at (thief 4)

Not every one who carries a long knife is a cook (knife 2)

Not everything legally right is morally right (right (adj.) 4)

All that glitters is not gold (all 12; gold 2)

All that glitters is not gold (all 12; gold 2)

All that looks good ain't (good (adj.) 6)

All that rustles is not silk (silk 1)

Every cloud is not a sign of a storm (cloud 4)

Every slip is not a fall (slip (n.) 5)

Everything does not fall that totters (everything 5; fall (v.) 1)

Everything does not fall that totters (everything 5; fall (v.) 1)

All asses do not go on four feet (ass (animal) 1)

All hillbillies don't live in the hills (hillbilly)

All is not grist that goes to the mill (all 8)

All is not lost that is in danger (lost)

All teeth showing is not laughter (tooth 3)

All winkers are not blind (winker)

All's fish that come to his net (fish (n.) 5)

Every couple is not a pair (couple 2)

Every day is not a holiday (holiday 1)

Every day is not Friday; there is also Thursday (Friday 1)

Every fish is not a sturgeon (fish (n.) 15)

Every good scholar is not a good schoolmaster (scholar 2)

Every grain is not a pearl (grain (crop) 3)

Every shut eye ain't asleep (asleep; eye 11)

Good people are not always nice people (good (adj.) 16)

Great men are not always wise (great (adj.) 4)

Luck is not always a sign of wisdom (luck 20)

Not all houses are homes (house 29)

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