Great Throughts Treasury

"An ill wound is cured, not an ill name."

"An old Physician, and a young Lawyer."

"An old dog barks not in vain."

"An old friend is a new house."

"An old cat sports not with her prey."

"An old wise man’s shadow is better than a young buzzards sword."

"An old man’s staff is the rapper of deaths door."

"An Ox is taken by the horns and a Man by the tongue."

"An upbraided morsel never choaked any."

"As he that sees a dark and shady grove, Stays not, but looks beyond it on the sky So when I view my sins, mine eyes remove More backward still, and to that water fly."

"And wither'd in my hand."

"Another’s bread costs dear."

"Armor is light at table."

"Ask much to have a little."

"Assail who will, the valiant attends."

"Art thou a magistrate? Then be severe: if studious, copy fair what time hath blurr'd, redeem truth from his jaws: if a soldier, chase brave employments with a naked sword throughout the world. Fool not, for all may have if they dare try, a glorious life, or grave."

"As the year is, your pot must seeth."

"At court, everyone for himself."

"Astrology is true, but the Astrologers cannot find it."

"At dinner my man appears."

"Be not a baker if your head be of butter."

"At length the Fox is brought to the Furrier."

"At length I heard a ragged noise and mirth of thieves and murderers there I him espied, ‘Who straight, Your suit is granted,' said, and died."

"At Length the Fox turns Monk."

"Autumnal Agues are long, or mortal."

"At the games end we shall see who gains."

"Be not idle and you shall not be longing."

"Be thrifty, but not covetous."

"Be what thou wouldst seem to be."

"Be not too presumptuously sure in any business for things of this world depend on such a train of unseen chances that if it were in man's hands to set the tables, still he would not be certain to win the game."

"Become a verse? Is there in truth no beauty? Is all good structure in a winding stair?"

"Before you make a friend, eat a bushel of salt with him."

"Bear with evil, and expect good."

"Bees work for man, and yet they never bruise their Master's flower, but leave it having done, as fair as ever and as fit to use; so both the flower doth stay and honey run."

"Beauty draws more than oxen."

"Beat the dog before the Lion."

"Being on sea, sail; being on land, settle."

"Bells call others, but themselves enter not into the Church."

"Benefits please like flowers while they are fresh."

"Better a bare foot then none."

"Better a snotty child, then his nose wip'd off."

"Better never begin than never make an end."

"Better be a fool than a knave."

"Better suffer ill than doe ill."

"Better good afar than evil at hand."

"Better the feet slip than the tongue."

"Better to be blind, then to see ill."

"Better speak truth rudely then lye covertly."

"Better spare to have of thine own than ask of other men."

"Between the business of life and the day of death, a space ought to be interposed."