In the forehead and the eye,The picture of the mind doth lie.
In the forehead and the eye,The picture of the mind doth lie.
1082.Mind.A woman's mind and winter wind often change.
1083.Mind.A wise man changes his mind; a fool never.
1084.Mirth.A pennyworth of mirth is worth a pound of sorrow.
1085.Mischief.A little mischief is too much.
1086.Mischiefs.Mischiefs come by the pound and go away by the ounce.
1087.Misfortunes.Misfortunes seldom come alone.
1088.Miss.A miss is as good as a mile.
1089.Mists.
So many mists in March you see,So many frosts in May will be.
So many mists in March you see,So many frosts in May will be.
1090.Misunderstanding.Misunderstanding brings lies to town.
1091.Mob.The mob has many heads, but no brains.
1092.Mocking.Mocking is catching.
1093.Modesty.Modesty is the handmaid of virtue.
1094.Monday.
Monday for wealth,Tuesday for health,Wednesday the best day of all;Thursday for crosses,Friday for losses,Saturday no luck at all.
Monday for wealth,Tuesday for health,Wednesday the best day of all;Thursday for crosses,Friday for losses,Saturday no luck at all.
1095.Money.Money is more easily made than made use of.
1096.Money.
They who have money are troubled about it,And they who have none are troubled without it.
They who have money are troubled about it,And they who have none are troubled without it.
1097.Money.Money makes money.
1098.Money.Money often makes the man.
1099.Money.The abundance of money ruins youth.
1100.Money.A fool and his money are soon parted.
1101.Money.A fool may make money, but a wise man should spend it.
1102.Money.'Tis money makes the mare to go.
1103.Money.He that hath no money needeth no purse.
1104.Moon.
In the old of the moon,A cloudy morning bodes a fair afternoon.
In the old of the moon,A cloudy morning bodes a fair afternoon.
1105.Moon.
A Saturday's moonAlways comes too soon.
A Saturday's moonAlways comes too soon.
1106.Moon.The moon's not seen where the sun shines.
1107.More.The more the merrier; the fewer the better cheer.
1108.Morning.Lose an hour in the morning, and you'll be all day hunting for it.
1109.Morning sun.The morning sun never lasts a day.
1110.Most.Do as most do, and fewest will speak ill of thee.
1111.Most.Most take all.
1112.Mother's breath.The mother's breath is always sweet.
1113.Mother's heart.A mother's heart never grows old.
1114.Mother-wit.An ounce of mother-wit is worth a pound of clergy.
1115.Mountain.Never make a mountain of a mole-hill.
1116.Mountain.If the mountain will not go to Mahomet, let Mahomet go to the mountain.
1117.Mouth civility.Mouth civility costs little but is worth less.
1118.Mouths.He that sends mouths sends meat.
1119.Much.A fool demands much, but he's a greater that gives it.
1120.Much.Much is expected where much is given.
1121.Much.Much would have more, and lost all.
1122.Muddles.Muddles at home make husbands roam.
1123.Muffled cats.Muffled cats are bad mousers.
1124.Murder.Murder will out.
1125.Music.Music helps not the toothache.
1126.Music.Where music is no harm can be.
1127.Musician.When a musician hath forgot his note, he makes as though a crumb stuck in his throat.
1128.Musk.It's no use looking for musk in a dog's kennel.
1129.Mute.They are as mute as fishes.
1130.Name.A good name is better than riches.
1131.Name.A good name keeps its lustre in the dark.
1132.Name.Take away my good name, and take away my life.
1133.Nature.'Tis the nature of the beast.
1134.Necessity.Necessity knows no law.
1135.Necessity.Make a virtue of necessity.
1136.Necessity.Necessity is the mother of invention.
1137.Need.Need makes the old wife trot.
1138.Need.A friend in need is a friend indeed.
1139.Needle.To look for a needle in a pottle of hay.
1140.Needy.
He that's needy when he is marriedShall be rich when he is buried.
He that's needy when he is marriedShall be rich when he is buried.
1141.Neighbour.Love thy neighbour, but pull not down thy hedge.
1142.Neighbour-quart.Neighbour-quart is good quart.
1143.Neighbour.You must ask your neighbour if you shall live in peace.
1144.Neighbour's house.When thy neighbour's house is on fire, be careful of thine own.
1145.Net.All is fish that comes to his net.
1146.New.
Be not the first by whom the new is tried,Be not the last to cast the old aside.
Be not the first by whom the new is tried,Be not the last to cast the old aside.
1147.New broom.A new broom sweeps clean.
1148.News.No news is good news.
1149.Nimble.A nimble ninepence is better than a slow shilling.
1150.Nip.Nip it in the bud.
1151.Noble.The more noble the more humble.
1152.Nods.The great Homer himself sometimes nods.
1153.Nonsense.
A little nonsense now and thenIs relished by the wisest men.
A little nonsense now and thenIs relished by the wisest men.
1154.Notice.It is the part of a wise man to take no notice of many things.
1155.Nothing.By doing nothing we learn to do ill.
1156.Nothing.Of nothing comes nothing.
1157.Nothing.Doing nothing is the hardest work.
1158.Nothing.Nothing came out of the sack but what was in it.
1159.Nothing.It is more painful to do nothing than something.
1160.Nothing.Doing nothing is doing ill.
1161.November.
November take flail,Let ships no more sail.
November take flail,Let ships no more sail.
1162.Now.Now or never.
1163.Nurse.The nurse's tongue is privileged to talk.
1164.Nutshell.You may as well bid me lade the sea with a nutshell.
1165.Oak.An oak is not felled by one blow.
1166.Occasion.An occasion lost cannot be redeemed.
1167.October.
Good October, a good blast,To blow the hog acorn and mast.
Good October, a good blast,To blow the hog acorn and mast.
1168.Offer.Never refuse a good offer.
1169.Offender.The offender never pardons.
1170.Often.Little and often fills the purse.
1171.Old age.When old age is evil, youth can learn no good.
1172.Old.Old young, old long.
1173.Old cat.An old cat laps as much as a young kitten.
1174.Old cock.As the old cock crows so crows the young.
1175.Old dog.An old dog barks not in vain.
1176.Old dog.An old dog will learn no tricks.
1177.Older.Older and wiser.
1178.Old fools.Old fools are the worst of fools.
1179.Old foxes.Old foxes need no tutors.
1180.Old friends.Old friends to meet, old wine to drink, and old wood to burn.
1181.Old friends.Old friends and old wine are best.
1182.Old men.Old men are twice children.
1183.Old sack.An old sack wanteth much patching.
1184.Old saws.Old saws speak the truth.
1185.Old sore.It's ill healing an old sore.
1186.Omelettes.You can't make omelettes without breaking eggs.
1187.Once.Once well done is twice done.
1188.One.Make much of one, good men are scarce.
1189.One hand.One hand will not clasp.
1190.One hole.The mouse that hath but one hole is easily taken.
1191.One thing.Too much of one thing is good for nothing.
1192.Opportunity.Opportunity makes the thief.
1193.Opportunity.Opportunity lingers sometimes.
1194.Oppression.Oppression causeth rebellion.
1195.Orderly.In an orderly house all is soon ready.
1196.Orts.Evening orts are good morning fodder.
1197.Otherwise.Some are wise, and some are otherwise.
1198.Ought.Do what thou ought, let come what may.
1199.Outbid.Be not too hasty to outbid another.
1200.Over.Over boots, over shoes.
1201.Overtakes.None is so wise but the fool overtakes him sometimes.
1202.Oysters.Oysters are not good in the month that hath not an R in it.
1203.Own dog.A man may cause his own dog to bite him.
1204.Pain.Pain is forgotten where gain follows.
1205.Pain.Great pain and little gain make a man soon weary.
1206.Pains.No pains, no profit.
1207.Pains.Pains are the wages of ill-pleasures.
1208.Painting.On painting and fighting look aloof off.
1209.Pardon.Pardon all men, but never thyself.
1210.Parents.Study to be worthy of your parents.
1211.Partridge.
If the partridge had the woodcock's thigh,It would be the best bird that ever did fly.
If the partridge had the woodcock's thigh,It would be the best bird that ever did fly.
1212.Passion.A man in a passion rides a horse that runs away with him.
1213.Patch.Patch and sit long, build and soon flit.
1214.Patience.Patience is a flower that grows not in every one's garden.
1215.Patience.Patience is a plaister for all sores.
1216.Patient.As patient as Job.
1217.Pay.Pay him in his own coin.
1218.Pay.Pay as you go.
1219.Pays last.He that pays last never pays twice.
1220.Payment.
They who don't intend to pay,Will promise payment any day.
They who don't intend to pay,Will promise payment any day.
1221.Pearls.Cast not pearls before swine.
1222.Peas.He who hath most peas may put most in the pot.
1223.Pedlar.A small pack suits a small pedlar.
1224.Pedlar.Let every pedlar carry his own pack.
1225.Pen.Pen and ink are a wit's plough.
1226.Pence.Take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves.
1227.Penny.That penny is well spent that saves a groat.
1228.Penny.A penny in my purse will bid me drink when all my friends I have will not.
1229.Penny.A penny in your pocket is a good companion.
1230.Penny.In for a penny, in for a pound.
1231.Penny.A penny saved is a penny got.
1232.Penny wise.Penny wise and pound foolish.
1233.Pepper.Pepper is black, yet it hath a good smack.
1234.Perch.The topmost branch is not the safest perch.
1235.Peril.Peril proves who dearly loves.
1236.Perseverance.Perseverance kills the game.
1237.Persuasion.The persuasion of the fortunate sways the doubtful.
1238.Peter.He robs Peter to pay Paul.
1239.Physician.Physician heal thyself.
1240.Physicians.
The best physicians are Doctor Diet,Doctor Cheeriman, and Doctor Quiet.
The best physicians are Doctor Diet,Doctor Cheeriman, and Doctor Quiet.
1241.Pictures.Painted pictures are dead speakers.
1242.Pig's tail.You can't make a horn of a pig's tail.
1243.Pillow.Sleep on it; the pillow is the best counsellor.
1244.Pilot.Every man is a pilot in a calm sea.
1245.Pin.He that will not stoop for a pin, shall never be worth a point.
1246.Pin.
See a pin and let it lie,Want a pin before you die.
See a pin and let it lie,Want a pin before you die.
1247.Pin.A pin a day is a groat a year.
1248.Pinches.No one knows where the shoe pinches so well as him who wears it.
1249.Pipe.He can ill pipe that wants his upper lip.
1250.Pitcher.The pitcher does not go so often to the water, but it comes home broken at last.
1251.Pity.Pity, promises, and blame, are always cheap and plentiful.
1252.Pity.Foolish pity spoils a city.
1253.Place.Sit in your place, and none can make you rise.
1254.Place.A place for everything, and everything in its place.
1255.Plain dealing.Plain dealing's a jewel.
1256.Play.
All play and no work,Gives Tom a ragged shirt.
All play and no work,Gives Tom a ragged shirt.
1257.Play.All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
1258.Play.If you play with a fool at home, he'll play with you in the market.
1259.Please all.
He that would please all, and himself too,Undertakes what he cannot do.
He that would please all, and himself too,Undertakes what he cannot do.
1260.Pleasing.Pleasing ware is half sold.
1261.Pleasure.Make not a toil of your pleasure.
1262.Plenty.Plenty as blackberries.
1263.Plough.Don't stop the plough to catch a mouse.
1264.Plough.A man must plough with such oxen as he hath.
1265.Plough.
He that by the plough would thrive,Himself must either hold or drive.
He that by the plough would thrive,Himself must either hold or drive.
1266.Poor.Do not live poor to die rich.
1267.Poor.As poor as Job.
1268.Poor folk.Poor folk have few kindred.
1269.Poor folk.Poor folk are glad of pottage.
1270.Pope.He that would be Pope must think of nothing else.
1271.Possession.Possession is nine points of the law, and they say there are but ten.
1272.Pot.A little pot is soon hot.
1273.Pot.The pot calls the kettle black.
1274.Poverty.Poverty parts friends.
1275.Poverty.Poverty breeds strife.
1276.Poverty.Poverty is the mother of health.
1277.Poverty.When poverty comes in at the door, friendship leaps out of the window.
1278.Poverty.Poverty parteth good fellowship.
1279.Poverty.Poverty makes a man acquainted with strange bed-fellows.
1280.Practice.Practice makes perfect.
1281.Praise.True praise takes root and spreads.
1282.Praise.Neither praise nor dispraise thyself, thine actions serve the turn.
1283.Praise.Never sound the trumpet of your own praise.
1284.Praise.Praise a fair day at night.
1285.Praise.Old praise dies, unless you feed it.
1286.Prate.Prate is but prate; 'tis money buys land.
1287.Pray.He that would learn to pray let him go to sea.
1288.Prettiness.Prettiness makes no pottage.
1289.Prettiness.Prettiness dies quickly.
1290.Prevention.Prevention is better than cure.
1291.Prey.Birds of prey do not sing.
1292.Pride.Pride feels no pain.
1293.Pride.Pride will have a fall.
1294.Pride.Pride goes before, and shame follows after.
1295.Procrastination.Procrastination is the thief of time.
1296.Promise.He is poor indeed that cannot promise nothing.
1297.Promise.Be slow to promise, but quick to perform.
1298.Promise.Apt to promise, apt to forget.
1299.Promises.Promises are too much like pie-crusts, made to be broken.
1300.Proof.The proof of the pudding is in the eating.
1301.Prosperity.Prosperity gains friends, adversity tries them.
1302.Proud mind.There's nothing agrees worse than a proud mind and a beggar's purse.
1303.Proverb.According to the old proverb.
1304.Proverbs.Proverbs are the texts of common life.
1305.Pry.Pry not into other people's affairs.
1306.Pryeth.He that pryeth into every cloud, may be stricken with a thunder-bolt.
1307.Puddle.Every path hath a puddle.
1308.Puff.Puff not against the wind.
1309.Pull.Pull gently on a weak rope.
1310.Pull down.It is easier to pull down than to build.
1311.Punctuality.Punctuality begets confidence.
1312.Punishment.Many without punishment, none without sin.
1313.Purse.Be ruled by your purse.
1314.Purse.Let your purse be your master.
1315.Purse.You cannot make a purse of a sow's ear.
1316.Purse.A full purse maketh the mouth to speak.
1317.Purse.He that shows his purse longs to be rid of it.
1318.Purse.
Be it better or be it worse,Be ruled by him who bears the purse.
Be it better or be it worse,Be ruled by him who bears the purse.
1319.Purse.A heavy purse makes a light heart.
1320.Purse.He who gets four pounds and spends five has no need of a purse.
1321.Purses (wrinkled).Wrinkled purses make wrinkled faces.
1322.Quarrel.Don't quarrel with the beggar for his bone.
1323.Quench.To cast oil in the fire is not the way to quench it.
1324.Quick.Quick at meat, quick at work.
1325.Quietness.Next to love, quietness.
1326.Quiet life.Anything for a quiet life.
1327.Quote.The devil can quote Scripture to suit his purpose.
1328.Ragged colt.A ragged colt may make a good horse.
1329.Rain.
Rain from east,Two days at least.
Rain from east,Two days at least.
1330.Rain.
Should it rain on Easter Day,There'll be plenty of grass and little hay.
Should it rain on Easter Day,There'll be plenty of grass and little hay.
1331.Rain.Some rain, some rest.
1332.Rain.After rain comes fair weather.
1333.Rain.Small rain lays great dust.
1334.Rains.It never rains but it pours.
1335.Raise.Raise no more spirits than you can conjure down.
1336.Ready money.Ready money will away.
1337.Real friend.He is a real friend who assists one in a pinch.
1338.Reason.If we do not hear reason she will one day make herself be heard.
1339.Reason.There's reason in roasting of eggs.
1340.Receiver.The receiver is as bad as the thief.
1341.Receivers.If there were no receivers there would be no thieves.
1342.Reckless youth.Reckless youth makes rueful age.
1343.Reckons.He that reckons without his host must reckon again.
1344.Reckoning.Fools always come short of their reckoning.
1345.Reckoning.Short reckonings make long friends.
1346.Reconcile.Reconcile yourself to present trials, the future may bring worse.
1347.Recorder.A good recorder sets all in order.
1348.Reigns.Man reigns and woman rules.
1349.Reins.Men hold the reins, but the women tell them which way to drive.
1350.Religion.Better wear a cloak for religion than religion for a cloak.
1351.Remove.Remove an old tree and it will wither.
1352.Removed.A plant often removed cannot thrive.
1353.Reproof.A smart reproof is better than smooth deceit.
1354.Reserve.Reserve the master-blow.
1355.Re-telling.A story never loses by re-telling.
1356.Revenge.To forget wrong is the greatest revenge.
1357.Revenge.Revenge is sweet.
1358.Rich.God help the rich, the poor can beg.
1359.Riches.Riches are like muck, which stink in a heap, but spread abroad make the earth fruitful.
1360.Riches.Riches are but the baggage of fortune.
1361.Ride.Better ride on an ass that carries me than a horse that throws me.
1362.Right hand.Let not thy right hand know what thy left hand doeth.
1363.Riseth.He that riseth betimes hath something in his head.
1364.River.Follow the river and you'll get to the sea.
1365.Road.Rich country, bad road.
1366.Roost.A bird can roost upon but one branch.
1367.Rolling stone.A rolling stone gathers no moss.
1368.Rome.When you are at Rome, do as Rome does.
1369.Rome.Rome was not built in a day.
1370.Rudder.He that will not be ruled by the rudder must be ruled by the rock.
1371.Rose.The fairest rose at last is withered.
1372.Rotten apple.A rotten apple injures its companions.
1373.Rugged stone.A rugged stone grows smooth from hand to hand.
1374.Rule.There is no rule without an exception.
1375.Rules.Love rules his kingdom without a sword.
1376.Runs.He that runs fastest gets the prize.
1377.Runs fast.He that runs fast will not run long.
1378.Sack.It's a bad sack will abide no clouting.
1379.Sack.Nothing comes out of the sack but what was in it.
1380.Saddle.Set the saddle on the right horse.
1381.Sadness.Sadness and gladness succeed each other.
1382.St. David's day.