Upon St. David's day,Put oats and barley in the clay.
Upon St. David's day,Put oats and barley in the clay.
1383.St. Stephen.
Blessed be St. Stephen;There's no fast upon his even.
Blessed be St. Stephen;There's no fast upon his even.
1384.Sail.Make not your sail too large for your ship.
1385.Salmon.Salmon and sermon have their season in Lent.
1386.Salt.Catch a bird by putting salt on its tail.
1387.Sand.You can't make ropes of sand.
1388.Sauce.What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.
1389.Sauce.Sweet meat must have some sauce.
1390.Save.
If youth knew what age will crave,It sure would strive to get and save.
If youth knew what age will crave,It sure would strive to get and save.
1391.Save.Who will not save a penny, shall never have many.
1392.Saving.Saving is getting.
1393.Saving.It's useless saving at the spigot and spending at the bung-hole.
1394.Saving.Of saving cometh having.
1395.Say.Learn to say before you sing.
1396.Saying.Saying and doing are two things.
1397.Says.If a man says little he thinks the more.
1398.Say well.
"Say well," and "do well," end with one letter;To say well, it is well, but to do well is better.
"Say well," and "do well," end with one letter;To say well, it is well, but to do well is better.
1399.Scabbed sheep.One scabbed sheep infects the whole flock.
1400.Scald.Scald not your lips in another man's pottage.
1401.Scalded cat.A scalded cat fears cold water.
1402.Sceptre.A sceptre is one thing, a ladle another.
1403.Scholar.A mere scholar a mere ass.
1404.Scholars.The greatest scholars are not always the wisest men.
1405.Scorning.Scorning is catching.
1406.Scotch mist.A Scotch mist will wet an Englishman through to the skin.
1407.Sea.On the sea sail; on the land settle.
1408.Season.Everything is good in its season.
1409.Season.To everything there is a season; and a time to every purpose under heaven.
1410.Second blow.'Tis the second blow that makes a fray.
1411.Secret.He that revealeth his secret maketh himself a slave.
1412.Seeing.Seeing is believing.
1413.Seek.Seek till you find, and you'll lose no labour.
1414.Seldom seen.Seldom seen, soon forgotten.
1415.Self.Self do, self have.
1416.Self Love.Self love's a mote in every man's eye.
1417.Self praise.Self praise is no recommendation.
1418.September.
September blow soft,Till the fruit's in the loft.
September blow soft,Till the fruit's in the loft.
1419.Servants.Good servants make good masters.
1420.Shadow.Catch not at the shadow and lose the substance.
1421.Share.Share and share alike.
1422.Shaving.It's ill shaving against the wool.
1423.Shear.
Shear your sheep in May,And shear them all away.
Shear your sheep in May,And shear them all away.
1424.Sheep.One sheep follows another.
1425.Ships.Ships fear fire more than water.
1426.Shoe.The finest shoe often hurts the foot.
1427.Shoe.To know where the shoe pinches.
1428.Shoot.Every man will shoot at the enemy, but few will go to fetch the shaft.
1429.Shop.Keep thy shop, and thy shop will keep thee.
1430.Shorn sheep.God tempers the wind to the shorn sheep.
1431.Short cuts.Short cuts are sometimes longest.
1432.Short reckonings.Short reckonings are soon cleared.
1433.Short and sweet.Short and sweet like a donkey's gallop.
1434.Shrew.Every one can tame a shrew but he that hath her.
1435.Sigh.Never sigh but send.
1436.Sight.Out of sight out of mind.
1437.Silence.Silence seldom doth harm.
1438.Silence.Silence is consent.
1439.Silence.Silence is the best ornament of a woman.
1440.Silver.White silver draws black lines.
1441.Silver spoon.He was born with a silver spoon in his mouth.
1442.Sing.A bird that can sing and won't sing, must be made to sing.
1443.Sing.None but fools and fiddlers sing at their meat.
1444.Sings.Who sings drives away care.
1445.Sit still.As good sit still as rise up and fall.
1446.Slander.Few people are out of the reach of slander.
1447.Slander.Slander leaves a score behind it.
1448.Slavery.
Account not that work slaveryThat brings in penny savoury.
Account not that work slaveryThat brings in penny savoury.
1449.Sleep.One hour's sleep before midnight is worth two hours after.
1450.Sleeping.There is sleeping enough in the grave.
1451.Sleeping dog.Don't wake a sleeping dog.
1452.Slip.Better that the feet slip than the tongue.
1453.Sloth.Sloth turneth the edge of wit.
1454.Sloth.Sloth is the mother of poverty.
1455.Slow.Slow and sure.
1456.Sluggard's guise.
The sluggard's guise,Loth to go to bed and loth to rise.
The sluggard's guise,Loth to go to bed and loth to rise.
1457.Sluts.Sluts are good enough to make slovens' pottage.
1458.Small fish.Better are small fish than an empty dish.
1459.Small things.Small things affect light minds.
1460.Small things.He that despiseth small things shall fall by little and little.
1461.Smoke.Where there is smoke there is fire.
1462.Snake.Put a snake in your bosom, and when it is warm it will sting you.
1463.Snow.A snow year, a rich year.
1464.Softly.He that goes softly goes surely.
1465.Soft words.Soft words butter no parsnips.
1466.Soldiers.Soldiers in peace are like chimneys in summer.
1467.Son.
My son's my son till he hath got him a wife,But my daughter's my daughter all the days of her life.
My son's my son till he hath got him a wife,But my daughter's my daughter all the days of her life.
1468.Soon hot.Soon hot, soon cold.
1469.Sooner said.'Tis sooner said than done.
1470.Sorrow.Sorrow and bad weather come unsent for.
1471.Sorrow.Sorrow will pay no debt.
1472.Sorrow.A fat sorrow is better than a lean one.
1473.Sorrow.Sorrow is good for nothing but sin.
1474.Sorrow.Sorrow will wear away in time.
1475.Sorrow.When sorrow is asleep, wake it not.
1476.Sorrow.Sorrow comes unsent for, and, like the unbidden guest, brings his own stool.
1477.Sorrowing.He goes a-sorrowing, who goes a-borrowing.
1478.Sound.As sound as a nut.
1479.Sour grapes."Sour grapes," as the fox said when he could not reach them.
1480.Sow.Every sow to her own trough.
1481.Sows.Who sows in May gets little that way.
1482.Sows.What a man sows, that shall he also reap.
1483.Spare.'Tis too late, to spare when the bottom is bare.
1484.Spare.It is better to spare at the brim than the bottom.
1485.Spare.Spare when young and spend when old.
1486.Spare.Spare to speak and spare to spend.
1487.Speak.There is a time to speak as well as to be silent.
1488.Speak.Speak well of the dead.
1489.Speak.Many speak much that cannot speak well.
1490.Speak.Speak fair and think what you will.
1491.Speaks.
He that speaks me fair and loves me not,I'll speak him fair and trust him not.
He that speaks me fair and loves me not,I'll speak him fair and trust him not.
1492.Speculation.Speculation completes what extravagance began.
1493.Speech.Speech is the picture of the mind.
1494.Spend.Spend not where you may save; spare not where you must spend.
1495.Spend.Carefully spend, and God will send.
1496.Spend.Spend and be free, but make no waste.
1497.Spender.To a good spender God is the treasurer.
1498.Spenders.Great spenders are bad lenders.
1499.Spends.
He who more than his worth doth spend,Makes a rope his life to end;He who spends more than he should,Shall not have to spend when he would.
He who more than his worth doth spend,Makes a rope his life to end;He who spends more than he should,Shall not have to spend when he would.
1500.Spends.You may know by a penny how a shilling spends.
1501.Spendthrift.It is the thrift of a spendthrift which ruins him most effectually.
1502.Spice.Who hath spice enough may season his meat as he pleaseth.
1503.Spite.Don't cut your nose off to spite your face.
1504.Spits.Who spits against the wind spits in his own face.
1505.Split.He would split a hair.
1506.Spoil.Too many cooks spoil the broth.
1507.Spoil.Spoil not the ship for a penn'orth of tar.
1508.Spoken of.Better be ill spoken of by one before all, than by all before one.
1509.Sport.It's poor sport that is not worth the candle.
1510.Sport.No sport, no pie.
1511.Spots.Rich men's spots are covered with money.
1512.Sprat.Throw a sprat to catch a whale.
1513.Spur.Do not spur a free horse.
1514.Stable.Being born in a stable does not make a man a horse.
1515.Stake.An ill stake standeth longest.
1516.Standers by.Standers by see more than the gamesters.
1517.Standing.The higher the standing the lower the fall.
1518.Standing pools.Standing pools gather filth.
1519.Stars.Stars are not seen during sunshine.
1520.Starve.He would starve in a cook-shop.
1521.Steal.He that will steal an egg will steal an ox.
1522.Steal.He that will steal a pin will steal a better thing.
1523.Steal.One man may better steal a horse than another look over the hedge.
1524.Steed.When the steed is stolen the stable door shall be shut.
1525.Step by step.Step by step the ladder is climbed.
1526.Sticks.Little sticks kindle the fire, but great ones put it out.
1527.Stile.He that will not go over the stile must be thrust through the gate.
1528.Still water.Trust not still water nor a silent man.
1529.Still water.Keep me from still water; from that which is rough I can keep myself.
1530.Still waters.Still waters run deep.
1531.Stinking fish.Never cry "Stinking fish."
1532.Stitch.A stitch in time saves nine.
1533.Stock.Whoso lacketh a stock, his gain's not worth a chip.
1534.Stolen kisses.Stolen kisses are sweet.
1535.Stomach.The full stomach loatheth the honeycomb, but to the hungry every bitter thing is sweet.
1536.Stomach.With stomach, wife, and conscience keep on good terms.
1537.Stone wall.
Hard upon hard makes a bad stone wall;But soft upon soft makes none at all.
Hard upon hard makes a bad stone wall;But soft upon soft makes none at all.
1538.Stools.Between two stools he comes to the ground.
1539.Stoop.He must stoop that hath a low door.
1540.Storm.After a storm comes a calm.
1541.Store.Store is no sore.
1542.Story.One story is good until another's told.
1543.Straight trees.Straight trees have crooked roots.
1544.Stratagem.By stratagem, not valour.
1545.Stream.No striving against the stream.
1546.Strife.Weight and measure take away strife.
1547.Strife.Haste makes waste, and waste makes want, and want makes strife between the good man and his wife.
1548.Strike.Strike while the iron is hot.
1549.Strokes.Little strokes fell great oaks.
1550.Study.Morning is the time for study.
1551.Stumbles.He that runs in the night stumbles.
1552.Stumbles.He that stumbles twice over the same stone, deserves to break his shins.
1553.Stumbles.'Tis a good horse that never stumbles, and a good wife that never grumbles.
1554.Subjects' love.The subjects' love is the king's lifeguard.
1555.Success.Nothing succeeds like success.
1556.Success.
'Tis not in mortals to command success,But we'll do more, Sempronius, we'll deserve it.
'Tis not in mortals to command success,But we'll do more, Sempronius, we'll deserve it.
1557.Suckers.The young suckers drain the old tree.
1558.Sufferance.Of sufferance comes ease.
1559.Sufficient.Sufficient for the day is the evil thereof.
1560.Suit.That suit is best that best fits me.
1561.Sunshine.No sunshine but hath some shadow.
1562.Supperless.Better go to bed supperless than to rise in debt.
1563.Suppers.Light suppers make long lives.
1564.Sure.Sure bind, sure find.
1565.Surgeon.A good surgeon must have an eagle's eye, a lion's heart, and a lady's hand.
1566.Swallow.One swallow does not make a summer.
1567.Swallow.One swallow makes not a spring, nor one woodcock a winter.
1568.Sweat.No sweat, no sweet.
1569.Sweep.Sweep before your own door.
1570.Sweep.They have need of a besom that sweep the house with a turf.
1571.Sweet.He deserves not the sweet that will not taste the sour.
1572.Swim.He must needs swim that's held up by the chin.
1573.Swim.Never trust yourself out of your depth till you can swim.
1574.Sword.He that strikes with the sword shall be beaten with the scabbard.
1575.Sword.Who draws his sword against his prince must throw away the scabbard.
1576.Table.A poor man's table is soon spread.
1577.Table.Who depends upon another man's table often dines late.
1578.Tale-bearer.Remove the tale-bearer and contention ceaseth.
1579.Tale-bearers.Put no faith in tale-bearers.
1580.Talk.Talk of the devil and his imp appears.
1581.Talkers.The greatest talkers are always the least doers.
1582.Talking.Talking pays no toll.
1583.Taste.To him that hath lost his taste, sweet is sour.
1584.Teacheth.He teacheth ill who teacheth all.
1585.Tears.Nothing dries up sooner than tears.
1586.Teeth.A man may dig his grave with his teeth.
1587.Temperance.Temperance is the best physic.
1588.Tempter.The tempter is the greater rogue.
1589.Thanks.He loseth his thanks who promiseth and delayeth.
1590.Thatched.When I have thatched his house he would throw me down.
1591.Thief.Give a thief rope enough and he'll hang himself.
1592.Thief.The thief's sorry because he is caught, not because he is the thief.
1593.Thief.Set a thief to take a thief.
1594.Thieves.All are not thieves that dogs bark at.
1595.Think.One may think that dares not speak.
1596.Think.Think twice before you speak once.
1597.Think.Think much, speak little, and write less.
1598.Think.
Who thinks to live must live to think,Else mind and body lose their link.
Who thinks to live must live to think,Else mind and body lose their link.
1599.Thinks.The horse thinks one thing, and he that rides him another.
1600.Thinkers.Thinkers govern toilers.
1601.Thistles.Gather thistles, expect prickles.
1602.Thistles.He that sows nothing plants thistles.
1603.Thorn.No rose without a thorn.
1604.Thorn.The thorn comes forth with his point forwards.
1605.Thorns.Roses, mind you, have thorns.
1606.Thorns.He that handles thorns shall prick his fingers.
1607.Thoughts.Second thoughts are best.
1608.Thoughts.Thoughts are free.
1609.Threatened.There are more threatened than struck.
1610.Threepence.If you make not much of threepence you'll ne'er be worth a groat.
1611.Thrifty.Thrifty men are fond of thrifty sayings.
1612.Thrive.
He that will thrive must rise at five.He that hath thriven may lie till seven.
He that will thrive must rise at five.He that hath thriven may lie till seven.
1613.Thunder.Thunder in December foretells fine weather.
1614.Thunders.When it thunders the thief becomes honest.
1615.Thyself.For what thou canst do thyself rely not on another.
1616.Tide.There is a tide in the affairs of man which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune.
1617.Tide.Every tide has its ebb.
1618.Tide.The tide will fetch away what the ebb brings.
1619.Time.Take time by the forelock.
1620.Time.A mouse, in time, may bite in two a cable.
1621.Time.Take time when time is, for time will away.
1622.Time.Time and tide tarry for no man.
1623.Time.Time assuages the greatest grief.
1624.Time.Time cures sorrow.
1625.Time.Time is the rider that breaks youth.
1626.Time.Time tries all.
1627.Timely.Timely blossom timely ripe.
1628.Title.Simon Noland, clown, is a better style and title than Humphrey Hadland, gent.
1629.To-day.To-day me, to-morrow thee.
1630.Tom.He's Tom Tell-troth.
1631.To-morrow.To-morrow comes never.
1632.Tongue.A man may hold his tongue in an ill time.
1633.Tongue.Temper the tongue.
1634.Tongue.Confine your tongue, lest it confine you.
1635.Tongue.Keep your tongue within your teeth.
1636.Tongue.
The tongue breaketh bone,Though itself have none.
The tongue breaketh bone,Though itself have none.
1637.Tongue.The tongue's not steel, yet it cuts.
1638.Tongue.The tongue talks at the head's cost.
1639.Tongue.One tongue is enough for a woman.
1640.Tongue.Who has not a good tongue, ought to have good hands.
1641.Too late.Better three hours too soon than a minute too late.
1642.Tools.A bad workman quarrels with his tools.
1643.Tools.What is a workman without his tools?
1644.Too far.Too far east is west.
1645.Too much.He that grasps at too much, holds fast nothing.
1646.Top sawyers.We can't all be top sawyers.
1647.Trade.He that hath a trade hath an estate.
1648.Trade.Every man to his trade.
1649.Trade.Trade knows neither friends nor kindred.
1650.Trade.Trade is the mother of money.
1651.Trades.Jack of all trades, and master of none.
1652.Tradesman.A tradesman who gets not loseth.
1653.Travels.He that travels far knows much.
1654.Tree.A tree is known by its fruit, and not by its leaves.
1655.Tree.Remove an old tree and it will wither to death.
1656.Trees.Set trees poor, and they will grow rich; set them rich, and they will grow poor.
1657.Trees.You cannot see wood for trees.
1658.Trifle.Fall not out with a friend for a trifle.
1659.Trouble.He who seeketh trouble never misseth it.
1660.Troubled waters.Never fish in troubled waters.
1661.Troubles.Never make troubles of trifles.
1662.Troubles.Hidden troubles disquiet most.
1663.True word.There's many a true word spoken in jest.
1664.True.That is true which all men say.
1665.Trust.
If you trust before you try,You may repent it ere you die.
If you trust before you try,You may repent it ere you die.
1666.Trust.Trust in God, and keep your powder dry.
1667.Trust not.Trust not a broken staff.
1668.Trust not.Trust not a horse's heel, nor a dog's tooth.
1669.Truth.Truth lies in a well.
1670.Truth.Truth is stranger than fiction.
1671.Truth.Fair fall truth and daylight.
1672.Truth.Speak the truth and shame the devil.
1673.Truth.Truth hath a good face, but bad clothes.
1674.Truth.Truth may be blamed, but it can't be shamed.
1675.Truth.