Eat at pleasure,Drink by measure.
Eat at pleasure,Drink by measure.
475.Eating.Eating and drinking takes away one's appetite.
476.Edged Tools.It is ill meddling with edged tools.
477.Eel.You cannot hide an eel in a sack.
478.Eggs.Don't put all your eggs into one basket.
479.Egg-shell.'Tis hard to sail o'er the sea in an egg-shell.
480.Elbow.Rub your sore eye with your elbow.
481.Elbow grease.Give it plenty of elbow grease.
482.Empty house.Better an empty house than a bad tenant.
483.Empty purse.An empty purse fills the face with wrinkles.
484.Empty purse.That's but an empty purse that's full of other men's money.
485.Empty vessels.Empty vessels make the greatest sound.
486.End.Everything hath an end, and a pudding hath two.
487.Endureth.He that endureth is not overcome.
488.England.England is the Paradise of women.
489.Englishman.An Englishman's house is his castle.
490.Enough.Enough is as good as a feast.
491.Enough.Enough and to spare is too much.
492.Enough.There's never enough where nothing's left.
493.Envied.Better be envied than pitied.
494.Envy.Envy never enriched any man.
495.Epitaph.He lies like an epitaph.
496.Err.To err is human; to forgive divine.
497.Errand.Send a wise man on an errand and say nothing to him.
498.Escapes.'Tis a hard battle where none escapes.
499.Estate.He that throws away his estate with his hands, goes afterwards to pick it upon his feet.
500.Esteems.He that knows himself best, esteems himself least.
501.Evening.
An evening red and a morning grey,Is a sign of a fair day.
An evening red and a morning grey,Is a sign of a fair day.
502.Everybody.He had need rise betimes that would please everybody.
503.Everybody's business.Everybody's business is nobody's business.
504.Every man.Every man for himself, and God for us all.
505.Every tub.Let every tub stand on its own bottom.
506.Evil.Evil communications corrupt good manners.
507.Evil.If you must have an evil, choose a little one.
508.Evil.That which is evil is soon learnt.
509.Evil.
Evil is wrought by want of thought,As well as want of heart.
Evil is wrought by want of thought,As well as want of heart.
510.Evil name.The evil wound is cured, but not the evil name.
511.Evil gotten.Evil gotten, evil spent.
512.Evil grain.Of evil grain no good seed can come.
513.Evils.Of two evils choose the lesser.
514.Example.Example teaches more than precept.
515.Exchange.Exchange is no robbery.
516.Excuse.A bad excuse is better than none at all.
517.Expenses.Proportion your expenses to what you have, not to what you expect.
518.Experience.Experience is a dear school, but it is the only one we are apt to learn in.
519.Experience.Experience is the mistress of fools.
520.Extremes.Extremes seldom last long.
521.Extremes.Extremes meet.
522.Eye.Better one eye than quite blind.
523.Eye.What the eye sees not, the heart rues not.
524.Eye.You should never touch your eye but with your elbow.
525.Eye.What the eye does not see the heart does not grieve for.
526.Eye-witness.One eye-witness is better than ten hearsays.
527.Face.Her face was her fortune.
528.Fact.A single fact is worth a ship-load of argument.
529.Faint heart.Faint heart never won a fair lady.
530.Faint praise.Faint praise is disparagement.
531.Fair and foolish.
Fair and foolish, black and proud,Long and lazy, little and loud.
Fair and foolish, black and proud,Long and lazy, little and loud.
532.Fair and softly.Fair and softly go far in a day.
533.Fair faces.Fair faces need no paint.
534.Fair face.A fair face may hide a foul heart.
535.Fair feathers.Fair feathers make fair fowls.
536.Faith.Love asks faith, and faith asks firmness.
537.Fall.One may sooner fall than rise.
538.Fall.If a man once fall, all will tread on him.
539.Falls.When the tree falls every man runs with his hatchet.
540.Falling.Keeping from falling is better than helping up.
541.False report.A false report rides post.
542.Familiarity.Familiarity breeds contempt.
543.Famine.
After a famine in the stall,Comes a famine in the hall.
After a famine in the stall,Comes a famine in the hall.
544.Famine.Under water famine, under snow bread.
545.Famine.A famine in England begins at the horse-manger.
546.Fancy.Fancy passes beauty.
547.Fancy.Fancy goes a long way.
548.Fancy.Fancy may bolt bran and think it flour.
549.Fare worse.You may go farther and fare worse.
550.Fashion.As good to be out of the world as out of the fashion.
551.Fast bind.Fast bind, fast find.
552.Fat hog.Every one basteth the fat hog, while the lean one burneth.
553.Fault.Every one puts his fault on the times.
554.Fault.A fault once denied is twice committed.
555.Fault-finders.Fault-finders should be fault-menders.
556.Faults.Every one's faults are not written on their foreheads.
557.Faults.Every man hath his faults.
558.Faults.God send me a friend that may tell me my faults; if not, an enemy, he will be sure to.
559.Faulty.The faulty stands on his guard.
560.Feast.A feast is not made of mushrooms only.
561.Feast-making.Merry is the feast-making until we come to the reckoning.
562.Feasts.Fools make feasts, and wise men eat them.
563.Feathers.Fine feathers make fine birds.
564.Feather.Feather by feather the goose is plucked.
565.February.February makes a bridge, and March breaks it.
566.February.
February fill dike, be it black or be it white;But if it be white, it's the better to like.
February fill dike, be it black or be it white;But if it be white, it's the better to like.
567.Feed sparingly.Feed sparingly, and defy the physician.
568.Feet.
Stretch not your feetBeyond the sheet.
Stretch not your feetBeyond the sheet.
569.Fellowship.Love and lordship like no fellowship.
570.Fetters.No man loves his fetters, though of gold.
571.Few friends.Have but few friends, though many acquaintances.
572.Few words.
Where hearts are trueFew words will do.
Where hearts are trueFew words will do.
573.Fiddler.The fifer don't pay a fiddler.
574.Fiddler.
Let not the fiddler play the fife,Nor fifer play the fiddle.
Let not the fiddler play the fife,Nor fifer play the fiddle.
575.Fiddler's fare.Fiddler's fare; meat, drink, and money.
576.Fields.Fields have eyes, and woods have ears.
577.Finger.He wants to have a finger in every pie.
578.First blow.The first blow is half the battle.
579.First come.First come, first served.
580.Fire and water.Fire and water are good servants but bad masters.
581.Fire.Well may he smell of fire whose gown burneth.
582.Fish.He that would catch fish must not mind getting wet.
583.Fish.'Tis good fish if it were but caught.
584.Fish.The best fish are near the bottom.
585.Fish.I have other fish to fry.
586.Fish.Make not fish of one, and flesh of another.
587.Fish.Fish are not to be caught by a birdcall.
588.Fish (good).There's as good fish in the sea as were ever caught.
589.Fishes' mouth.
When the wind's in the south,It blows the bait into the fishes' mouth.
When the wind's in the south,It blows the bait into the fishes' mouth.
590.Fisheth on.He fisheth on that catcheth one.
591.Fishing.It's good fishing in troubled waters.
592.Fits.Every shoe fits not every foot.
593.Five.
He's up at five,And he will thrive.
He's up at five,And he will thrive.
594.Flax.Get thy spindle and thy distaff ready, and God will send thee flax.
595.Flay.No man can flay a stone.
596.Fleeceth.Where every hand fleeceth, the sheep go naked.
597.Flood.A May flood never did good.
598.Flowers.Flowers are the pledge of fruit.
599.Flourish.It is one thing to flourish and another to fight.
600.Flying.No flying without wings.
601.Follies.Happy is he who knows his follies in his youth.
602.Fool.No one is a fool always; every one sometimes.
603.Fool.A fool may ask more questions in half an hour than a wise man can answer in seven years.
604.Fool.A fool may give a wise man counsel.
605.Fool.One fool makes many.
606.Fool.Every man is either a fool or a physician after thirty years of age.
607.Fool (old).An old fool is the worst of fools.
608.Fool.Better it is to meet a bear bereaved of her whelps, than a fool in his folly.
609.Fool.A fool is fulsome.
610.Fool thinks.As the fool thinks, so the bell chinks.
611.Fools.Fools set stools for wise folk to stumble at.
612.Fool's bolt.A fool's bolt is soon shot.
613.Fools build.Fools build houses, and wise men buy them.
614.Forbearance.Forbearance is no acquittance.
615.Forbidden fruit.Forbidden fruit is sweet.
616.Forced fruits.Forced fruits fail in flavour.
617.Forecast.Forecast is better than work hard.
618.Forego.
Forego, forget, forgive,Then happy you shall live.
Forego, forget, forgive,Then happy you shall live.
619.Foremost dog.The foremost dog catches the hare.
620.Forewarned.Forewarned is forearmed.
621.Forget.To forget a wrong is the best revenge.
622.Forgive.Forgive and forget.
623.Forgotten.Eaten bread is soon forgotten.
624.Fortune.Fortune favours the brave.
625.Fortune.Every man is the architect of his fortune.
626.Fortune.Change of fortune is the lot of life.
627.Fortune.Better a fortune in her than on her.
628.Fortune.When fortune smiles take the advantage.
629.Fortune knocks.Fortune knocks once at least at every man's gate.
630.Foul hands.Foul hands befoul all they touch.
631.Four Farthings.Four farthings and a thimble make a tailor's pocket jingle.
632.Fox.The fox knows much, but more he that catcheth him.
633.Fox.A fox should not be of the jury at a goose trial.
634.Fox.When the fox preaches, beware of your geese.
635.Foxes.Foxes, when they cannot reach the grapes, say they are not ripe.
636.Fox runs.Though the fox runs the chicken hath wings.
637.Fret.
Two things you won't fret o'er,If you're a wise man—The thing you can't help,And the thing that you can.
Two things you won't fret o'er,If you're a wise man—The thing you can't help,And the thing that you can.
638.Friday.He that sings on Friday shall weep on Sunday.
639.Friday.
As the Friday, so the Sunday,As the Sunday, so the week.
As the Friday, so the Sunday,As the Sunday, so the week.
640.Friday's sail.Friday's sail, sure to fail.
641.Friend.A friend is not so soon gotten as lost.
642.Friend.A friend in need is a friend indeed.
643.Friend.He loseth nothing who keeps God for his friend.
644.Friend.Make not thy friend too cheap to thee, nor thyself to thy friend.
645.Friends.
In time of prosperity friends will be plenty,In time of adversity, not one among twenty.
In time of prosperity friends will be plenty,In time of adversity, not one among twenty.
646.Friends.Save me from my friends.
647.Friends.All are not friends that speak us fair.
648.Friendship.Love and lordship never like friendship.
649.Frost.What God will, no frost can kill.
650.Frosts.So many frosts in March, so many in May.
651.Fruit.
If you would fruit have,You must bring the leaf to the grave.
If you would fruit have,You must bring the leaf to the grave.
652.Fruit.Such as the tree is, such is the fruit.
653.Fruit.If you would enjoy the fruit, pluck not the flower.
654.Frugality.Frugality makes an easy chair for old age.
655.Frugality.Frugality is an estate.
656.Frying-pan.Out of the frying-pan into the fire.
657.Fuel.Take away fuel, take away flame.
658.Full purse.A full purse makes the mouth to speak.
659.Full purse.A full purse never lacketh friends.
660.Furze.
Under the furze is hunger and cold.Under the broom is silver and gold.
Under the furze is hunger and cold.Under the broom is silver and gold.
661.Gains.No gains without pains.
662.Galled horse.Touch a galled horse, and he will wince.
663.Gapeth.
He that gapeth until he be fedWell may he gape until he be dead.
He that gapeth until he be fedWell may he gape until he be dead.
664.Garden.Many things grow in the garden that were never planted there.
665.Gardening.
This rule in gardening never forget,To sow dry and set wet.
This rule in gardening never forget,To sow dry and set wet.
666.Garland.One flower makes no garland.
667.Gems.Gems must not be valued by what they are set in.
668.Gentility.Gentility without ability is worse than plain beggary.
669.Gentle strokes.Gentle strokes make the sweetest harmony.
670.Get.
Get what you can, and what you get, hold,'Tis the stone which will turn your lead into gold.
Get what you can, and what you get, hold,'Tis the stone which will turn your lead into gold.
671.Gift horse.Look not a gift horse in the mouth.
672.Gift.A gift with a kind countenance is a double gift.
673.Give.To give and keep there is need of wit.
674.Giveth.He giveth twice who gives in a trice.
675.Giving.
Giving to the poorIncreaseth your store.
Giving to the poorIncreaseth your store.
676.Gladness.A man of gladness seldom falls into madness.
677.Glass.What your glass tells you will not be told by counsel.
678.Glass.
Who loves his glass without a G,Take away L and that is he.
Who loves his glass without a G,Take away L and that is he.
679.Glass houses.Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones.
680.Glasses.The more women look in their glasses, the less they look to their houses.
681.Glitters.All that glitters is not gold.
682.Gnats.Men strain at gnats, and swallow camels!
683.Go.If you want a thing done, go; if not, send.
684.Go about.Better go about than fall into the ditch.
685.God.God sends meat, and the devil sends cooks.
686.God.One God, no more; but friends good store.
687.Godfathers.When the child is christened, you may have godfathers enough.
688.God wills.When God wills, all winds bring rain.
689.Gold.A man may buy gold too dear.
690.Gold.Gold alone makes not prosperity.
691.Gold.As good as gold.
692.Gold.Gold goes in at any gate, except Heaven's.
693.Gold.
No lock will hold'Gainst the power of gold.
No lock will hold'Gainst the power of gold.
694.Golden.We must not look for a golden life in an iron age.
695.Gold dust.Gold dust blinds all eyes.
696.Good.Do all the good you talk of; but talk not of all the good you do.
697.Good.Good and quickly seldom meet.
698.Good.No man knows better what good is than he that has an endured evil.
699.Good.Though good be good yet better carries it.
700.Good cheer.When good cheer is lacking our friends will be packing.
701.Good word.A good word is as soon said as an ill one.
702.Good counsel.Good counsel never comes too late.
703.Good friend.He's a good friend that speaks well of us behind our backs.
704.Good harvests.Good harvests make men prodigal, bad ones provident.
705.Good maxim.A good maxim is never out of season.
706.Good money.It is no use throwing good money after bad.
707.Good name.
The wife that expects to have a good nameIs always at home as if she were lame,And the maid that is honest her chiefest delightIs still to be doing from morning to night.
The wife that expects to have a good nameIs always at home as if she were lame,And the maid that is honest her chiefest delightIs still to be doing from morning to night.
708.Goods.A man may lose his goods for want of demanding them.
709.Good things.God reacheth us good things with our own hands.
710.Good thing.One can never have too much of a good thing.
711.Good turns.One never loseth by doing good turns.
712.Good Turn.One good turn deserves another.
713.Good words.
Good words without deedsAre rushes and reeds.
Good words without deedsAre rushes and reeds.
714.Gown.The gown is hers who wears it, and the world is his who enjoys it.
715.Grasp.Grasp no more than thy hand will hold.
716.Grain.Never split timber against the grain.
717.Grasp.Grasp all, lose all.
718.Grass.March grass never did good.
719.Grass.
If the grass grow in Janiveer,It grows the worse for't all the year.
If the grass grow in Janiveer,It grows the worse for't all the year.
720.Grass.While the grass grows the steed starves.
721.Grass.Grass grows not upon the highway.
722.Graves.We shall lie all alike in our graves.
723.Great dowry.A great dowry is a bed full of troubles.
724.Great marks.Great marks are soonest hit.
725.Great ones.There would be no great ones if there were no little.
726.Great ship.A great ship needs deep waters.
727.Green wood.Green wood makes a hot fire.
728.Green wound.A green wound is soon healed.
729.Green winter.A green winter makes a fat churchyard.
730.Grey hairs.Gray hairs are death's blossoms.
731.Grief.Grief pent up will burst the heart.
732.Grind.The mill cannot grind with the water that is past.
733.Guest.An unbidden guest must bring his own stool with him.
734.Guest.'Tis an ill guest that never drinks to his host.
735.Guilty conscience.A guilty conscience needs no accuser.
736.Hail.Hail brings frost in the tail.
737.Half a loaf.Half a loaf is better than no bread.
738.Half hanged.Better be half hanged than ill wed.
739.Hand-saw.A hand-saw is a good thing, but not to shave with.
740.Hand-saw.He knows not a hawk from a hand-saw.
741.Handsome.He who is not handsome at twenty, nor strong at thirty, nor wise at forty, nor rich at fifty, will never be handsome, strong, rich, or wise.
742.Hanged.He who is born to be hanged will never be drowned.
743.Hanged.One may as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.
744.Hanging.There are many ways of killing a dog beside hanging him.
745.Happy.
Happy is the bride the sun shines on,And the corpse the rain rains on.
Happy is the bride the sun shines on,And the corpse the rain rains on.
746.Hare.Where we least think, there goeth the hare away.
747.Hardly ever."Hardly ever" saves many a lie.
748.Hare.Little dogs start the hare, but great ones catch it.
749.Hare skin.Sell not the hare's skin before you have caught him.
750.Harm.Harm watch, harm catch.
751.Harms.Wise men learn by others' harms, fools by their own.
752.Harvest.He that hath a good harvest may be content with some thistles.
753.Haste.More haste worse speed.
754.Haste.Haste trips up its own heels.
755.Haste.Over haste makes certain waste.
756.Haste.Haste over nothing but catching fleas.
757.Hasty men.Hasty men never lack woe.
758.Hasty resolutions.Hasty resolutions seldom speed well.
759.Hat.Pull down your hat on the wind side.
760.Hatchet.When the tree is down, every one runs with his hatchet.
761.Haven.'Tis safe riding in a good haven.
762.Hay.Make hay while the sun shines.
763.Head.Man is the head, but woman turns it.
764.Head.He that hath no head, needs no hat.
765.Head.Better be the head of an ass than the tail of a horse.
766.Headache.When the head aches, all the body is the worse.
767.Healed.A man is not so soon healed as hurt.
768.Healeth.God healeth, and the physician hath the thanks.
769.Health.Health is better than wealth.
770.Heart.What the heart thinketh, the tongue speaketh.
771.Hearts.Hearts may agree though heads differ.
772.Hedge.Where the hedge is lowest, men commonly leap over.
773.Hedge.A low hedge is easily leapt over.
774.Hedge.