Facetiae : Musarum deliciae, or, The Muses recreation, conteining ...

522 Outlandish Proverbs.940. The M. absent, and the house dead.941. Dogs are fine in the field.942. Sinnes are not knowne till they bee acted.943. Thornes whiten yet doe nothing.944. All are presumed good, till theyare found in afault.945. The great put the little on the hooke.946. The great would have none great, and the little alllittle.947. The Italians are wise before the deede, the Germansin the deede, the French after the deede.949. Every mile is two in winter.950. Spectacles are deaths Harquebuze.951. Lawyers houses are built on the heads of fooles.952. The house is a fine house, when good folke arewithin.953. The best bred have the best portion.954. The first and last frosts are the worst955. Gifts enter every where without a wimble.956. Princes have no way.957. Knowledge makes one laugh, but wealth makes onedance.958. The Citizen is at his businesse before he rise.959. The eyes have one language every where.960. It is better to have wings then homes.961.Better be a foole then a knave.962. Count not fowre except you have them in awallett.963. To live peaceably with all breedes good blood.964. You may be on land yet not in a garden.