Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases Part 7

306. CONQUEST. It is no small conquest to overcome yourself.

307. CONSCIENCE. A clear conscience is a sure card.

308. CONSTANT DROPPING. Constant dropping wears the stone.

309. CONSUMED. When all is consumed repentance comes too late.

310. CONTENT. Content is the true philosopher's stone.

311. CONTENTED. A contented mind is a continual feast.

312. CONTENTED. He that hath nothing is not contented.

313. CONTENTED. He may well be contented who needs neither borrow nor flatter.

314. CONTENTED. People are sometimes better contented full than fasting.

315. CONTENTMENT. The greatest wealth is contentment with a little.

316. CORN.

Look at your corn in May, You'll come weeping away; Look at the same in June You'll come home in another tune.

317. CORN. Corn is cleansed with the wind, and the soul with chastening.

318. COTTAGE. I'll not change a cottage in possession for a kingdom in reversion.

319. COUNSEL. Counsel is never out of date.

320. COUNSELS. Counsels in wine seldom prosper.

321. COUNSEL. In wiving and thriving men should take counsel of all the world.

322. COUNSEL. Three may keep counsel, if two be away.

323. COUNSELLED. He that will not be counselled cannot be helped.

324. COUNT. Count not your chickens before they be hatched.

325. COUNTRY. In every country the sun riseth in the morning.

326. COUNTRY. You must go into the country to hear what news at London.

327. COUPLE. Every couple is not a pair.

328. COURT. A friend at court is better than a penny in the purse.

329. COURT. Far from court, far from care.

330. COURTS. Courts have no almanacks.

331. COURTESY. Less of your courtesy, and more of your purse.

332. COURTESY. Courtesy on one side never lasts long.

333. COURTs.h.i.+P. Men dream in courts.h.i.+p but in wedlock wake.

334. COUSIN. Call me cousin; but cozen me not.

335. COVERLET. Stretch your legs according to your coverlet.

336. COVERS. He covers me with his wings, and bites me with his bill.

337. COVET. Covet nothing over much.

338. COVETOUSNESS. Covetousness brings nothing home.

339. COW. Many a good cow hath had a bad calf.

340. COW. Look to the cow, and the sow, and the wheat mow, and all will be well enow.

341. COWARDS. Cowards are always cruel.

342. COWARDICE. Cowardice is afraid to be known or seen.

343. CRABS. The greatest crabs are not always the best meat.

344. CRACK. He must crack the nut that would eat the kernel.

345. CRAFT. Craft bringeth nothing home.

346. CRAFTS. Of all crafts, to be an honest man is the master-craft.

347. CRAFTY. Crafty evasions save not the truth.

348. CRAZY s.h.i.+P. To a crazy s.h.i.+p all winds are contrary.

349. CREAKING GATE. A creaking gate hangs longest on its hinges.

350. CREAKS. The worst wheel of a cart creaks most.

351. CREDIT. Credit lost is a Venice gla.s.s broken.

352. CREDITORS. Creditors have better memories than debtors.

353. CREEP. First creep and then go.

354. CRITICS. Critics are like brushers of other men's clothes.