1614 American Proverbs / Page 21
401.
Crowning a clown won't make him a king.402.
Cultivate friends who pray for you, not prey upon you.403.
Culture is one thing, and varnish is another.404.
Cunning is the ape of wisdom.405.
Cunning men deal in generalizations.406.
Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.407.
Custom is the great guide.408.
Custom surpasses nature.409.
Cut your losses and let your profits run.410.
Danger begets caution.411.
Danger is next neighbour to security.412.
Dare to be true; nothing can need a lie.413.
Dark days and storms heighten the appreciation of sunshine.414.
Darkness is the owl's desire.415.
Death and taxes may be hard to beat.416.
Death devours lambs as well as sheep.417.
Death fiddles and we dance.418.
Death keeps no calendar.419.
Death rides with the drinking driver.420.
Death to the wolf is life to the lamb.