Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases Part 34

1549. STROKES. Little strokes fell great oaks.

1550. STUDY. Morning is the time for study.

1551. STUMBLES. He that runs in the night stumbles.

1552. STUMBLES. He that stumbles twice over the same stone, deserves to break his s.h.i.+ns.

1553. STUMBLES. 'Tis a good horse that never stumbles, and a good wife that never grumbles.

1554. SUBJECTS' LOVE. The subjects' love is the king's lifeguard.

1555. SUCCESS. Nothing succeeds like success.

1556. SUCCESS.

'Tis not in mortals to command success, But we'll do more, Semp.r.o.nius, we'll deserve it.

1557. SUCKERS. The young suckers drain the old tree.

1558. SUFFERANCE. Of sufferance comes ease.

1559. SUFFICIENT. Sufficient for the day is the evil thereof.

1560. SUIT. That suit is best that best fits me.

1561. SUNs.h.i.+NE. No suns.h.i.+ne but hath some shadow.

1562. SUPPERLESS. Better go to bed supperless than to rise in debt.

1563. SUPPERS. Light suppers make long lives.

1564. SURE. Sure bind, sure find.

1565. SURGEON. A good surgeon must have an eagle's eye, a lion's heart, and a lady's hand.

1566. SWALLOW. One swallow does not make a summer.

1567. SWALLOW. One swallow makes not a spring, nor one woodc.o.c.k a winter.

1568. SWEAT. No sweat, no sweet.

1569. SWEEP. Sweep before your own door.

1570. SWEEP. They have need of a besom that sweep the house with a turf.

1571. SWEET. He deserves not the sweet that will not taste the sour.

1572. SWIM. He must needs swim that's held up by the chin.

1573. SWIM. Never trust yourself out of your depth till you can swim.

1574. SWORD. He that strikes with the sword shall be beaten with the scabbard.

1575. SWORD. Who draws his sword against his prince must throw away the scabbard.

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1576. TABLE. A poor man's table is soon spread.

1577. TABLE. Who depends upon another man's table often dines late.

1578. TALE-BEARER. Remove the tale-bearer and contention ceaseth.

1579. TALE-BEARERS. Put no faith in tale-bearers.

1580. TALK. Talk of the devil and his imp appears.

1581. TALKERS. The greatest talkers are always the least doers.

1582. TALKING. Talking pays no toll.

1583. TASTE. To him that hath lost his taste, sweet is sour.

1584. TEACHETH. He teacheth ill who teacheth all.

1585. TEARS. Nothing dries up sooner than tears.

1586. TEETH. A man may dig his grave with his teeth.

1587. TEMPERANCE. Temperance is the best physic.

1588. TEMPTER. The tempter is the greater rogue.

1589. THANKS. He loseth his thanks who promiseth and delayeth.

1590. THATCHED. When I have thatched his house he would throw me down.

1591. THIEF. Give a thief rope enough and he'll hang himself.

1592. THIEF. The thief's sorry because he is caught, not because he is the thief.

1593. THIEF. Set a thief to take a thief.

1594. THIEVES. All are not thieves that dogs bark at.

1595. THINK. One may think that dares not speak.