English 18th Century Proverbs Proverb Quotations

Three removals are as bad as a fire.

Fools and bairns should never see half-done work.

He that will eat the fruit must climb the tree.

He that follows freits (omens), freits will follow him.

One hand for oneself and one for the ship.

The greater the sinner the greater the saint.

The devil finds work for idle hands to do.

Give a dog a bad name and hang him.

Big fleas have little fleas upon their backs to bite them, and little fleas have lesser fleas, and so ad infinitum.

Half the truth is often a whole lie.

Don't halloo till you are out of the wood.

Those who play at bowls must look out for rubbers.

Keep your own fish-guts for your own sea-maws.

Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves.

Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.

A fool at forty is a fool indeed.

A door must be either shut or open.