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.