Aphorists

"5344. Valour would fight, but Discretion would run away."

"5354. Vice is its own Punishment, and sometimes its own Cure."

"2155. He that hath a Head of Wax, must not walk in the Sun."

"2194. He that is too proud to ask, is too good to receive."

"2144. He that has no Fools, Knaves nor Beggars in his Family, was begot by a Flash of Lightning."

"5426. We are apt to believe what we wish for."

"2245. He that payeth beforehand, shall have his Work ill done."

"1961. He knows which Side of his Bread is butter'd."

"2033. He talks in the Bear-Garden Tongue."

"5454. We seldom find out that we are flattered."

"2084. He that does not speak Truth to me, does not believe me when I speak Truth."

"2629. I took him for a Worm ; but he prov'd a Serpent."

"2085. He that does you a very ill Turn, will never forgive you."

"4970. They say so, is half a Lie."

"2018. He set my House afire, only to roast his Eggs."

"2248. He that plants Trees, loves others besides himself."

"2592. I can't be your Friend, and your Flatterer too."

"5519. What the Eye sees not, the Heart rues not."

"5305. Truth loves to go naked."

"1675. God help the Rich ; the Poor can beg."

"1688. God sends Meat, and the Devil sends Cooks."

"5572. When the Cat's gone, the Mice grow sawcy."

"1659. Give not Pearls to the Hogs."

"1599. Fortune favours Fools."

"1657. Give him but Rope enough, and he'll hang himself."

"5718. Who shall keep the Keepers?"

"1597. For whom does the blind Man's Wife paint her self?"

"1752. Great and Good are seldom the same Man."

"1579. Fools may invent Fashions, that wise Men will wear."

"1590. For Fashion's sake, as Dogs go to Church."

"1577. Fools make Feasts, and wise Men eat them."

"1536. Fine Cloaths wear soonest out of Fashion."

"5802. Wolves may lose their Teeth, but not their Nature."

"5810. Women’s Work is never done."

"1537. Fine Cloth is never out of Fashion."

"1596. For want of a Nail the Shoe is lost ; for want of a Shoe the Horse is lost ; for want of a Horse the Man is lost."

"1544. Fish and Guests smell at three Days old."

"5930. You lay on your Butter, as with a Trowel."

"1781. Half a Loaf is better than no Bread."

"1370. Enough's as good as a Feast."

"1412. Every Cock is proud on his own Dunghill."

"5979. You pour Water into a Sieve."

"1345. Drunkenness turns a Man out of himself, and leaves a Beast in his room."

"1223. Custom is the Guide of the Ignorant."

"1226. Custom without Reason, is but an ancient Error."

"1200. Craft must have Clothes ; but Truth loves to go naked."

"1415. Every Dog has its Day ; and every Man his Hour."

"1134. Comparisons are odious."

"1154. Content is the Philosopher’s Stone, that turns all it touches into Gold."

"1131. Company in Misery makes it light."