1609 English Proverbs / Page 56
1101.
Praise the sea but keep on land.1102.
Praise the sea but keep on land.1103.
Prayer knocks till the door opens.1104.
Prettiness dies first.1105.
Prevention is better than cure.1106.
Pride costs us more than hunger, thirst, and cold.1107.
Pride in prosperity turns to misery in adversity.1108.
Procrastination is the thief of time.1109.
Promise is debt.1110.
Proportion your expenses to what you have, not what you expect.1111.
Prosperity discovers vices, and adversity virtue.1112.
Prosperity gets followers, but adversity distinguishes them.1113.
Proverbs are the children of experience.1114.
Put not thy hand between the bark and the tree.1115.
Rain before seven; clear before eleven.1116.
Raining cats and dogs.1117.
Raise no more devils than you can lay.1118.
Rather weigh the will of the speaker, than the worth of the words.1119.
Rats desert a sinking ship.1120.
Raw cucumber makes the churchyards prosperous.