- YOu must lose a fly to catch a gnat.
- You shall know what a man is worth when he is dead.
- You come with your five egges and four of them addled.
- You may know what a man is by his company.
- You had as live go to Mill as to masse.
- Years know more then Books.
- Your thoughts close and your counte∣nance lose.
- Young men may die but old men must die.
- You need not sow weeds.
- You cannot see wood for trees.
- You cannot hide an ell in a sack.
- You are as seasonable as snow in winter.
- You cannot know Wine by the Bar∣rell.
- You cannot flea a stone.
- You must lose a fly to catch a Trout.
Proverbs English, French, Dutch, Italian, and Spanish. All Englished and alphabetically digested.: By N.R. Gent.
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- London :: Printed for Simon Miller at the Star in Pauls Church-yard,
- 1659.
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- Young Saint old Devil.
- You cannot make a fire so low but it will go out.
- Ynough is as good as a Feast.