1609 English Proverbs / Page 6
101. A man that will fight will find a cudgel in every hedge.
102. A man who is his own lawyer has a fool for a client.
103. A man without a wife is but half a man.
104. A man without religion is a horse without a bridle.
105. A man's first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own heart, his next to escape the censures of the world.
106. A man's home is his castle.
107. A merry heart goes all the way.
108. A merry heart makes a long life.
109. A merry host makes merry guests.
110. A miss by an inch is a miss by a mile.
111. A miss is as good as a mile.
112. A mother never thinks her baby is ugly.
113. A new broomsweeps clean.
114. A nod's as good as a wink to a blind horse.
115. A penny saved is a penny earned.
116. A penny saved is very grateful.
117. A person is known by the company he keeps.
118. A picture is worth a thousand words, and yet picture books are for infants.
119. A pig never smells its own stink.
120. A place for everything and everything in its place.