Quotes from Proverbs — John Heywood
1497–1580 England
133 quotes
And also I shall to reueng former hurtis,
Hold their noses to grinstone, and syt on theyr skurtis.
Than farewell riches, the fat is in the fire,
And neuer shall I to like riches aspire.
Throw no gyft agayne at the geuers head,
For better is halfe a lofe than no bread.
Who is wurs shod, than the shoemakers wyfe,
With shops full of shoes all hir lyfe?
It is better to be
An olde mans derlyng, than a yong mans werlyng.
He that will not whan he may,
Whan he would, he shall haue nay.
The wise man sayth, store is no sore.
One good turne asketh another.
Praie and shifte eche one for him selfe, as he can.
Euery man for him selfe, and god for us all.
A heare of the dog that bote vs last night.
Fieldes have eies and woods have eares.
The still sowe eats up all the draffe.
Better is halfe a lofe than no bread.
The moone is made of a greene cheese.
There is no fire without some smoke.
A woman hath nine lives like a cat.
The grey mare is the better horse.
Children and fooles cannot lye.
Attribution
Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: John Heywood (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.