1614 American Proverbs / Page 26
501.
Don't make excuses, make good.502.
Don't marry a girl who wants strawberries in January.503.
Don't marry without love, but don't love without reason.504.
Don't measure your neighbor's honesty by your own.505.
Don't meddle in others' affairs unless you want your own nose scraped a little.506.
Don't mistake chicken dung for an egg.507.
Don't mortgage the future for the present.508.
Don't put all your eggs in one basket.509.
Don't put the fox to guard the henhouse.510.
Don't start economizing when you are down to your last dollar.511.
Don't swing on my gate if you don't like it.512.
Don't take any wooden nickels.513.
Don't throw away your dirty water until you get clean.514.
Don't throw dirt into the well that gives you water.515.
Don't throw out the baby with the bath water.516.
Don't throw out your dirty water until you get in fresh.517.
Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.518.
Don't upset the apple cart.519.
Don't use a lot where a little will do.520.
Don't value a gem by what it is set in.