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A beane in liberty is better then a comfit in prison.

A broken Altar, Lord, thy servant rears, Made of a heart, and cemented with tears.

A coole mouth, and warme feet, live long.

A civil guest Will no more talk all, than eat all the feast.

A diligent Scholer, and the Master's paid. [A diligent scholar, and the master's paid.]

Advise none to marry or go to war.

A Dwarfe on a Gyants shoulder sees further of the two. [A dwarf on a giant's shoulder sees farther of the two.

A dwarf on a giant's shoulder, sees further of the two.

A faire death honours the whole life.

A fat house-keeper makes leane Executors. [A fat housekeeper makes lean executors.]

A feather in hand is better then a bird in the ayre.

A full belly neither fights nor flies well.

A good heart cannot lye

A good Judge conceives quickly, judges slowly.

A good pay-master starts not at assurances.

A good prayer is master of anothers purse.

A great dowry is a bed full of brables. [A great dowry is a bed full of brambles.]

A handful of good life is better than a bushel of learning.

Ah my deare God! though I am clean forgot, Let me not love thee, if I love thee not.

A holy habit clenseth not a foule soule.

A horse stumbles that hath foure legges. [A horse stumbles that has four legs.]

A hundredload of worry will not pay an ounce of debt.

A jade eates as much as a good horse.

A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit.

A litle wind kindles; much puts out the fire.

A little given seasonably excuses a great gift.

All beasts of prey are strong or treacherous.

All is well with him, who is beloved of his neighbours.

All things require skill but an appetite.

A long tongue is a signe of a short hand. [A long tongue is a sign of a short hand.]

Although the sun shine, leave not thy cloake at home.

A man is known to be mortal by two things, Sleep and Lust.

A married man turns his staffe into a stake.

A master of straw eates a servant of steele.

Amongst good men two men suffice.

A morning sunne, and a wine-bred child, and a latin-bred woman, seldome end well.

An Idle youth, a needy Age.

An ill agreement is better then a good judgement. [An ill agreement is better than a good judgment.]

An oath that is not to bee made is not to be kept.

An old cat sports not with her prey.

An old dog barks not in vain.

An old friend is a new house.

An old mans staffe is the rapper of deaths doore.

A pleasure long expected is deare enough sold.

A poore mans Cow dies a rich mans child.

Armour is light at table.

A rugged stone growes smooth from hand to hand.

A sad, wise valor is the brave complexion.

A scab'd horse cannot abide the comb.

A servant with this clause Makes drudgery divine; Who sweeps a room as forThy laws Makes it and th'action fine.