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Items matching proverbs taken from Dictionary of Proverbs (1917) (results page 2)

proverbs: witty sayings or aphorisms.

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Need makes the old Wife trot; [woodcut: barefoot old woman hitches up skirts to cross a stream]

Better play at small Game than stand out; Give him a Rowland for his Oliver.

Give him a Rowland for his Oliver; Penny Wise, and Pound Foolish; He that Reckons without his Host must reckon again.

Proferred Service stinks; The Receiver is as bad as the Thief; Reckon not your Chickens before they are hatched.

It’s neither Rhime nor Reason; What is got over the Devil’s Back will be spent under his Belly.

To buy a Pig in a poke; Robin Hood’s Pennyworths; He looks one way and rows another.

A Rolling Stone gathers no Moss; It is good to make Hay while the Sun shines.

Near is my Shirt, but Nearer is my Skin.

One Man had better steal a Horse than another look over the Hedge; [woodcut: highayman with hat and cape leads a horse]

He makes a Rod for his own Breech.

The more Haste the worse Speed; When the Sky falls we shall catch Larks.

’Tis too late to spare when all is spent; One Swallow does not make Summer.

When the Steed’s stolen, shut the Stable Door.

After sweet Meat comes sour Sauce; [woodcut of stout man, seated, with bandaged foot]

A Shoemaker must not go beyond his Last

The Traceys have always the Wind in their Faces; To cut large Thongs out of another Man’s Leather; Too much of one Thing is good for nothing

One good Turn deserves another; He steals a Goose, and gives the Giblets in Alms.

An old Dog will learn no Tricks; If you trust before you try, You may repent before you die.

Nothing venture, nothing have; Virtue which parleys is near a Surrender.

Well begun is half ended; All is well that ends well.

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