1386 Dutch Proverbs / Page 14
261. Casting the iron whilst it is hot.
262. Cats don't catch the old birds.
263. Caution is the parent of delicate beer-glasses.
264. Cent-wisdom and dollar-folly.
265. Claw me and I'll claw thee.
266. Clothes make the man.
267. Coffee has two virtues, it's wet and it's warm.
268. Coin a phrase.
269. Cold broth hot again, that loved I never; Old love renew'd again, that loved I ever.
270. Common fame seldom lies.
271. Common Goods, no goods.
272. Comparing apples with pears.
273. Correction bringeth fruit.
274. Counsel before action.
275. Counsel is as welcome to him as a shoulder of mutton to a sick horse.
276. Counsel is irksome when the matter is past remedy.
277. Coupled sheep drown one another.
278. Cover up the pot, there's an eel in it.
279. Covetousness is always filling a bottomless vessel.
280. Covetousness is never satisfied till its mouth is filled with earth.