Be the day never so long,
Evermore at last they ring to evensong.
Quotes from Proverbs — John Heywood
1497–1580 England
133 quotes
An yll wynde that blowth no man to good.
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Who is so deafe or so blinde as is hee
That wilfully will neither heare nor see?
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It is better to be
An old man's derling than a yong man's werling.
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Much water goeth by the mill
That the miller knoweth not of.
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It is a deere collop
That is cut out of th' owne flesh.
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Ka me, ka the, one good tourne askth an other.
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Out of Gods blessing into the warme Sunne.
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I perfectly feele even at my fingers end.
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I know on which side my bread is buttred.
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It had need to bee
A wylie mouse that should breed in the cats eare.
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Wolde ye bothe eate your cake, and haue your cake?
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Went in at the tone eare and out at the tother.
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For whan I gaue you an ynche, ye tooke an ell.
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Thrée maie a kepe counsayle, if two be away.
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Yee have many strings to your bowe.
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Children and fooles can not ly.
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A man maie well bring a horse to the water,
but he can not make him drinke without he will.
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Weddyng is desteny,
And hangyng likewise.
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Time trieth troth in every doubt.
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Attribution
Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: John Heywood (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.