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Forbeare not sowing because of birds.
A scab'd horse cannot abide the comb.
It's not good fishing before the net.
Giving is dead, restoring very sicke.
Stay a little and news will find you.
Many kiss the hand they wish cut off.
Good is the mora that makes all sure.
Great strokes make not sweete musick.
Happie is hee that chastens himselfe.
Mony refused looseth its brightnesse.
No day so clear but hath dark clouds.
No hair so small but hath his shadow.
To review ones store is to mow twice.
To weepe for joy is a kinde of Manna.
Water a farre off quencheth not fire.
A faire death honours the whole life.
Better the feet slip then the tongue.
Help thyself, and God will help thee.
A house and a woman sute excellently.
A jade eates as much as a good horse.
A little and good fills the trencher.
A man well mounted is ever Cholerick.
By doing nothing we learne to do ill.
He that riseth first, is first drest.
You must lose a fly to catch a trout.
Quick believers need broad shoulders.
The body is more drest then the soule.
Assaile who will, the valiant attends.
One foote is better then two crutches.
Hee that lives well is learned enough.
The eyes have one language everywhere.
The gentle Hawke halfe mans her selfe.
Hunger makes dinners, pastime suppers.
The great put the little on the hooke.
The hearts letter is read in the eyes.
Evening words are not like to morning.
After so many deaths I live and write.
All came from, and will goe to others.
Every thing is of use to a houskeeper.
An examin'd enterprize goes on boldly.
To the counsel of fools a wooden bell.
Let none say, I will not drinke water.
He that makes his bed ill, lies there.
Though old and wise, yet still advise.
To bee beloved is above all bargaines.
Lend only what you can afford to lose.
A bad workman quarrels with his tools.
He that respects not is not respected.
Storms make the oak grow deeper roots.
Of faire things, the Autumne is faire.