1609 English Proverbs / Page 17
321. But an unwatched kettle over boils.
322. Butter is gold in the morning, silver at noon, lead at night.
323. Buy in the cheapest market and sell in the dearest.
324. Buying and selling is but winning and losing.
325. By learning you will teach; by teaching you will learn.
326. Caesar's wife must be above suspicion.
327. Cast not your pearls before swine.
328. Cats hide their claws.
329. Chains of gold are stronger than chains of iron.
330. Chance favors the prepared mind.
331. Character is easier kept than recovered.
332. Charity bread has hard crusts.
333. Cheat me in the price, but not in the goods.
334. Cheese and money should always sleep together one night.
335. Chickens have come home to roost.
336. Children and fools must not play with edged tools.
337. Children are certain cares, but uncertain comforts.
338. Children are poor men's riches.
339. Children suck the mother when they are young and the father when they are old.
340. Choose a wife rather by your ear than by your eye.