1609 English Proverbs / Page 63
1241.
The devil finds work for idle hands.1242.
The Devil's children have the Devil's luck.1243.
The difference is wide that the sheets will not decide.1244.
The difficult is done at once, the impossible takes a little longer.1245.
The dog that fetches will carry.1246.
The eagle does not catch flies.1247.
The early bird catches the worm.1248.
The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.1249.
The early bird gets the worm.1250.
The end justifies the means.1251.
The English are a nation of shopkeepers.1252.
The exception proves the rule.1253.
The eyes are the window of the soul.1254.
The eyes have one language everywhere.1255.
The face is no index to the heart.1256.
The fairer the hostess the fouler the reckoning.1257.
The fall of a leaf is a whisper to the living.1258.
The fed hound never hunts.1259.
The fingers have got pretty close to the thumb.1260.
The first faults are theirs that commit them, the second theirs that permit them.