1386 Dutch Proverbs / Page 33
641. Ill tidings come soon enough.
642. Ill vessels seldom miscarry.
643. Ill weed grows fast.
644. Ill weeds grow apace.
645. Ill-matched horses draw badly.
646. In eating 'tis good to begin, one morsel helps the other in.
647. In prosperity caution, in adversity patience.
648. In prosperity think of adversity.
649. In small boxes the best spice.
650. In small woods may be caught large hares.
651. In the company of the good we become good.
652. In the courtroom of the conscience, a case is always in progress.
653. In the division of inheritance, friendship standeth still.
654. In the land of promise a man may die of hunger.
655. In the land of the blind, one-eye is king.
656. In time a mouse will gnaw through a cable.
657. It flows like a fountain from a broomstick.
658. It grieveth one dog that another goeth into the kitchen.
659. It hangs upon a silken thread.
660. It hits like a grip on a pig.