Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases Part 17

763. HEAD. Man is the head, but woman turns it.

764. HEAD. He that hath no head, needs no hat.

765. HEAD. Better be the head of an a.s.s than the tail of a horse.

766. HEADACHE. When the head aches, all the body is the worse.

767. HEALED. A man is not so soon healed as hurt.

768. HEALETH. G.o.d healeth, and the physician hath the thanks.

769. HEALTH. Health is better than wealth.

770. HEART. What the heart thinketh, the tongue speaketh.

771. HEARTS. Hearts may agree though heads differ.

772. HEDGE. Where the hedge is lowest, men commonly leap over.

773. HEDGE. A low hedge is easily leapt over.

774. HEDGE.

A hedge between Keeps friends.h.i.+p green.

775. HEDGES. Hedges have eyes, and walls have ears.

776. HEED. Good take heed doth surely speed.

777. HEELS. One pair of heels is often worth two pair of hands.

778. HEN CROWS. It is a sad house where the hen crows louder than the c.o.c.k.

779. HID. Love and a cough cannot be hid.

780. HIDE. You cannot hide an eel in a sack.

781. HIDE. Hide nothing from thy minister, physician, and lawyer.

782. HIGH PLACES. High places have their precipices.

783. HIGH WINDS. High winds blow on high hills.

784. HIMSELF. Every man is best known to himself.

785. HIMSELF. He is not wise that is not wise for himself.

786. HIND. To fright a hind is not the way to catch her.

787. HINDERMOST DOG. The hindermost dog may catch the hare.

788. HOBBY. Happy is the man that has a hobby.

789. HOBBY-HORSE. Every man has his hobby-horse.

790. HOG. A hog in armour is still but a hog.

791. HOLLOA. Do not holloa till you are out of the wood.

792. HOME. Home is home, be it ever so homely.

793. HONESTY. Honesty is the best policy; but he who acts on this principle is not an honest man.

794. HONESTY. A man never surfeits of too much honesty.

795. HONOUR. Better poor with honour than rich with shame.

796. HONOUR. Honour and ease are seldom bed-fellows.

797. HONOUR. Where honour ceaseth, there knowledge decreaseth.

798. HOOP. He giveth one knock on the hoop, and another on the barrel.

799. HOPE. Hope deferred maketh the heart sick.

800. HOPE. Hope humbles more than despair.

801. HOPE. Hope is a good breakfast, but a bad supper.

802. HOPE. If it were not for hope, the heart would break.

803. HOPS.

Till St. James's day be come and gone, You may have hops, or you may have none.

804. HORN. All are not hunters that blow the horn.

805. HORSE. A good horse cannot be of a bad colour.

806. HORSE. A good horse often wants a good spur.

807. HORSE. 'Tis an ill horse will not carry his own provender.

808. HORSE. One man may lead a horse to water, but fifty cannot make him drink.

809. HOT LOVE. Hot love is soon cold.

810. HOT MAY. A hot May makes a fat churchyard.