The Protestant School, Proverbs 1 – Proverbs 2
Several Proverbs Useful for Children.
A.
Anger dieth quickly with a good Man.
A Bit in the Morning, is better than nothing all Day.
After Dinner sit a while, after Supper walk a Mile.
Almost and very nigh, saves many a Lie.
A good Beginning, makes a good Ending.
A new Broom sweeps Clean.
B.
Better say here it is, then here it was.
Better Children Cry, than old Folks Weep
Butter is Gold in the Morning, Silver at Noon, Lead at Night.
Better see a Clout, than a Hole out
Birchen Twiggs, break no Ribbs.
Birth is much, but Breeding more.
C.
Children when they stand quiet, have done some Harm.
Confession of a Fault, makes half Amends for it.
Cloudy Mornings, turn to clear Evenings.
Comparisons are very Odious.
Count not your Chickens before they be hatcht.
Close Mouth catcheth no flies:
D.
Death keeps no Kalender.
Deeds are Fruits, Words are but Leaves.
Diseases are the Interests of Pleasure.
Diversity of Humors, breeds Tumours.
Dinners cannot be long where Dainties are wanting.
Do well, and you shall have well.
E.
Early up, and never the nearer.
Empty Vessells make the greatest sound.
Every thing hath an end, and a Pudding hath two
Evening Orts, are good morning Fodder.
Experience is the best Mistress.
Eating and drinking takes away the Stomach.
F.
Fair in the Cradle, and foul in the Saddle.
Fire and Water are good Servants, but bad Masters.
Fools make Feasts and wise folks Eat them.
Fore-cast is better than a sorry worker.
Friends may meet, but Mountains never Greet.
Fools build Houses, and wise Men buy'em.
G.
Go to bed with the Lamb and rise with the Lark.
Gentility without ability is worse than plain beggery.
Giving much to the poor doth encrease a man's store.
Grace will last, but favour will blast.
Good Will should be taken in part of Payment.
Good Wine needs no bush.
H.
Half an Acre is good Land.
Help hands, for I have no Lands.
Happy is he whose Friends were born before him.
Hard fare makes hungry bellies.
Hope well and have well.
Hunger will break through Stone-walls.
I.
Jack would be a Gentleman if he could but speak French.
Idle Folks lack no Excuses.
Ill Weeds grow a-pace.
Ill Will, never said well.
Ill luck is worse than found money.
Joan in the dark is as good as my Lady.
K.
A Knotty piece of Timber must have smooth Wedges.
Keep some till furthermore come.
King's Cheese goes half away in parings.
Kindness will creep where it cannot go.
Kissing goes by favour.
Kiln calls the Oven burnt house.
L.
Life lieth not in Living, but in liking.
Light Gains make a heavy Purse.
Little said soon amended.
Little strokes fell great Oaks.
Long look't for comes at last:
Lion, is not half so fierce as painted.
M.
Manners make a man, quoth William of Wickham.
Many hands make quick Work.
Meat is much, but Manners is more.
Mischiefs come by the pound, and go away by the ounce.
My Mind to me a Kingdom is.
Misunderstanding brings lies to Town.
N.
Necessity hath no Law.
Need makes the Old Wife trot.
New Lords, new Laws.
No longer pipe, no longer dance.
No Penny, no Pater Noster.
Nothing have, nothing crave.
O.
Old Friends, and old Wine are best.
One shoulder of Mutton drives down another.
Opportunity makes Thieves.
One Nail, drives out another.
One Slumber, invites another.
One Swallow makes no Summer.
P:
Patience is a Flower, grows not in every ones Garden.
Play, Women, and Wine, undoe men Laughing.
Providence is better than Rent.
Penny in Pocket, is a good Companion
Penny and Penny laid up, will be many.
Pride goes before, Shame follows after.
Q.
Quick at Meat, quick at Work.
Quake, like an aspen Leafe.
Quake, like an Oven.
Quandary, to be in
Quick we must live by, and not by the Dead
Quietness is best, though it cost dear.
R.
Remove an old Tree, and it will wither to Death.
Riches are but the Baggage of Fortune.
Raw Leather will stretch.
Rolling Stone gathers no Moss.
Rome was not built in one Day.
Receiver, is as bad as the Thief.
S.
Ships fear Fire more than Water.
Step after step, the Ladder is ascended.
Sorrow is good for nothing but Sin.
Spare the Rod, and spoil the Child.
Skie falls, we shall catch Larks.
Strike while the Iron is hot.
T.
Time is the Rider that breaks youth.
Time and Tyde stay for no Man.
Try before you Trust.
Trade is the Mother of Money.
Truth and Oyl are ever above.
Truth hath a good Face, but bad Cloaths.
V.
Valour can do little without Discretion.
Venture a small Fish to catch a great one.
Use makes Perfectness.
Use Leggs, and have Leggs.
Valour that Parlies, is near yeilding.
Under Water, Famine, under Snow, Bread.
W.
War makes Thieves, and Peace hangs them.
Weight and Measure take away Strife.
Willows are weak, yet they bind other Wood.
Welcom Death quoth the Rat, when the Trap fell down.
Wolves loose their Teeth, but not their Memory.
Words are but Sands, it's Money buys Lands.
Y.
Youth and white Paper take any Impression.
You cannot make Velvet of a Sow's Ear.
Young serving-Man, an old Beggar.
Young Men may Die, but old Men must Die.
Young Lambs-skin goes as soon to the Market as the old Ewe.
Youth, if it knew, what Age would Crave,
It would in time both get and save.
PROVERBS in Rhime.
By Cardinal Woolsey.
A Whip for a Fool, and a Rod for a School
Is always in good season.
By Will Summers.
A Halter and a Rope for him that will be Pope
Without all Right or Reason.
Snow is white and lies in the Dike,
And every man lets it lie:
Pepper is black, and hath a good smack,
And every man doth it buy.
The higher the Plum-tree, the riper the Plum;
The richer the Cobler, the blacker his Thumb.
Bounce Buckram, Velvet's dear,
Christmass comes but once a Year;
And when it comes it brings good Chear,
But when it's gone it's never the near.
He that buys Land, buys many Stones;
He that buys Flesh, buys many Bones;
He that buys Eggs, buys many Shells;
But he that buys good Ale, buys nothing else▪
He that hath it, and will not keep it;
He that wants it, and will not seek it;
He that drinks, and is not dry,
Shall want money, as well as I.
Children pick up words, as Pidgeons Pease,
And utter them again, as God shall please.
Say well and do well, end with one Letter,
Say-well is good, but do well is better.
FINIS.
Graces.
Grace before Meat.
GOod Lord we beseech thee to bless us, and our meeting at this time, and all thy good Creatures provided for us, and grant that we may use them soberly, as in thy presence, and receive them thankfully, as from thine hand, to the glory of thy holy name, Amen.
Grace after Meat.
WE thank thee, O Lord, for all thy good Creatures which thou at this time hath bestowed upon us, and as thou hast fed our Bodies with that food which is convenient and necessary for them, so we beseech feed our Souls with that food which perisheth not, but endureth to Eternal Life, thy holy name be blessed and praised now and for ever, Amen.
Grace before Meat.
LOrd bless us in the use of all thy good Creatures, that now we shall receive at thy bountiful hands, giving strength to them to nourish us, and giving hearts unto us to be thankful unto thee for the same, to the glory of thy holy name, Amen.
Grace after Meat.
WE return thee hearty thanks, O Lord, that thou hast bountifully refreshed and comforted us with thy good Creatures, and hast bestowed many other Benefits upon us, which thou hast denied to many others of thy Servants, to whom be ascribed all Honour, Power and Glory, now and forevermore, Amen.
End of the text · James Ussher, The Protestant School (1681)