English 18th Century Proverbs Verb Quotations

Three removals are as bad as a fire.

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

Fools and bairns should never see half-done work.

Give a dog a bad name and hang him.

Those who play at bowls must look out for rubbers.

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

Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.

He that will eat the fruit must climb the tree.

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

A fool at forty is a fool indeed.

A door must be either shut or open.

One hand for oneself and one for the ship.

The greater the sinner the greater the saint.

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

Half the truth is often a whole lie.

The devil finds work for idle hands to do.

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