Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases Part 33

1500. SPENDS. You may know by a penny how a s.h.i.+lling spends.

1501. SPENDTHRIFT. It is the thrift of a spendthrift which ruins him most effectually.

1502. SPICE. Who hath spice enough may season his meat as he pleaseth.

1503. SPITE. Don't cut your nose off to spite your face.

1504. SPITS. Who spits against the wind spits in his own face.

1505. SPLIT. He would split a hair.

1506. SPOIL. Too many cooks spoil the broth.

1507. SPOIL. Spoil not the s.h.i.+p for a penn'orth of tar.

1508. SPOKEN OF. Better be ill spoken of by one before all, than by all before one.

1509. SPORT. It's poor sport that is not worth the candle.

1510. SPORT. No sport, no pie.

1511. SPOTS. Rich men's spots are covered with money.

1512. SPRAT. Throw a sprat to catch a whale.

1513. SPUR. Do not spur a free horse.

1514. STABLE. Being born in a stable does not make a man a horse.

1515. STAKE. An ill stake standeth longest.

1516. STANDERS BY. Standers by see more than the gamesters.

1517. STANDING. The higher the standing the lower the fall.

1518. STANDING POOLS. Standing pools gather filth.

1519. STARS. Stars are not seen during suns.h.i.+ne.

1520. STARVE. He would starve in a cook-shop.

1521. STEAL. He that will steal an egg will steal an ox.

1522. STEAL. He that will steal a pin will steal a better thing.

1523. STEAL. One man may better steal a horse than another look over the hedge.

1524. STEED. When the steed is stolen the stable door shall be shut.

1525. STEP BY STEP. Step by step the ladder is climbed.

1526. STICKS. Little sticks kindle the fire, but great ones put it out.

1527. STILE. He that will not go over the stile must be thrust through the gate.

1528. STILL WATER. Trust not still water nor a silent man.

1529. STILL WATER. Keep me from still water; from that which is rough I can keep myself.

1530. STILL WATERS. Still waters run deep.

1531. STINKING FISH. Never cry "Stinking fish."

1532. St.i.tCH. A st.i.tch in time saves nine.

1533. STOCK. Whoso lacketh a stock, his gain's not worth a chip.

1534. STOLEN KISSES. Stolen kisses are sweet.

1535. STOMACH. The full stomach loatheth the honeycomb, but to the hungry every bitter thing is sweet.

1536. STOMACH. With stomach, wife, and conscience keep on good terms.

1537. STONE WALL.

Hard upon hard makes a bad stone wall; But soft upon soft makes none at all.

1538. STOOLS. Between two stools he comes to the ground.

1539. STOOP. He must stoop that hath a low door.

1540. STORM. After a storm comes a calm.

1541. STORE. Store is no sore.

1542. STORY. One story is good until another's told.

1543. STRAIGHT TREES. Straight trees have crooked roots.

1544. STRATAGEM. By stratagem, not valour.

1545. STREAM. No striving against the stream.

1546. STRIFE. Weight and measure take away strife.

1547. STRIFE. Haste makes waste, and waste makes want, and want makes strife between the good man and his wife.

1548. STRIKE. Strike while the iron is hot.