The Gentleman's pocket library. Containing, 1. The principles of politeness. 2. The economy of human life. 3. Rochefoucauld's Moral reflections. 4. Lavater's Aphorisms on man. 5. The polite philosopher. 6. The way to wealth, by Dr. Franklin. 7. Select sentences. 8. Detached sentences. 9. Old Italian, Spanish and English proverbs. 10. A tablet of memory.

OLD ENGLISH PROVERBS.

In every work begin and end with God. The grace of God is worth a fair. He is a fool who cannot be angry; but he is a wise man who will not. So much of passion, so much of no|thing to the purpose. It is wit to pick a lock and steal a horse; but it is wisdom to let them alone. Sorrow is good for nothing but for sin. Love thy neighbour; yet pull not down thy hedge. Half an acre is good land. Cheer up, man, God is still where he was. Of little meddling comes great ease. Do well, and have well. He who perishes in a needless danger, is the devil's martyr. Better spare at the brim, than at the bottom. He who serves God is the true wise man. The hasty man never wants woe. There is a God in the almonry. He who will thrive must rise at five. He who has thriven may sleep till seven. Prayer brings down the first blessing, and praise the second. He plays best who wins. He is a proper man who hath proper conditions. Better half a loaf than no bread. Beware of HAD-I-WIST. Frost and fraud have always soul ends. Good words cost nought. A good word is as soon said as a bad one. Little said soon amended. Fair words butter no parsnips. That penny is well spent that saves four time its value to its master. Penny in pocket is a good companion. For all your kindred make much of your friends. He who hath money in his purse, cannot want a head for his shoulders. Great cry and little wool, quoth the devil when he shear'd his hogs. 'Tis ill gaping before an oven. Where the hedge is lowest all men go over. When sorrow is asleep wake it not. Upstart's a churl that gathered good. From whence did spring this noble blood. Provide for the worst, the best will save itself. A covetous man, like a dog in a wheel, roasts meat for others to eat. Speak me fair and think what you will. Serve God in thy calling; 'tis better than always praying. A child may have too much of his mother's blessing. He who gives alms makes the very best use of his money.

A wise man will neither speak, nor do, Whatever anger would provoke him to.

Heaven once named, all other things are trifles. The patient man is always at home. Peace with heaven is the best friendship. The worst of crosses is never to have had any. Crosses are ladders that do lead up to Heaven. Honour buys no beef in the market. Care-not would have. When it rains pottage you must hold up your dish. He that would thrive must ask leave of his wife. A wonder lasts but nine days. The second meal makes the glutton; and the second blow, or second ill word, makes the quarrel. A young serving man an old beggar. A pennyworth of ease is worth a penny at all times. As proud comes behind as goes be|fore. Bachelor's wives and maid's children are well taught. Be|ware of the geese when the fox preaches.

Rich men seem happy, great and wise, All which the good man only is.

Look not on pleasures as they come, but go. Love me little, and love me long. Fools build houses, and wise men buy them, or live in them. Opportunity makes the thief. Out of debt, out of deadly sin. Pride goes before, and shame follows after. That wealth is ill saved that shames its master. Quick believers need broad shoulders. Three may keep counsel, if two be away. He who weddeth ere he be wise, shall die ere he thrives. He who studies his content, wants it most. God hath often a great share in a little house, and but a little share in a great one. When prayers are done, my lady is ready.

He that buys a house ready wrought, Hath many a pin and nail for nought.

He that is warm thinks all are so. If every man will mend one, we shall all be mended. Marry your son when you will, your daughter when you can. None is a fool always, every one sometimes. Think of ease, but work on He that lies long in bed his estate feels it. The child said nothing but what it heard by the fire-side. A gentleman, a grey-hound, and a salt-box, look for at the fire-side. The son full and tattered, the daughter empty and fine. He who riseth betimes hath something in his head. Fine dressing is a foul house swept before the doors. Dis|content is a man's worst evil. He who lives well sees afar off. Love is not to be found in the market. He who seeks trouble never misseth it. Never was a strumpet fair in a wise man's eye. He that hath little is the less dirty. Good counsel breaks no man's head. Fly the pleasure that will bite to-morrow. Woe be to the house where there is no chiding. The greatest step is that out of doors. Poverty is the mother of health. Wealth, like rheum, falls on the weakest parts. If all fools wore white caps, we should look like a flock of geese. Living well is the best revenge we can take on our enemies. Fair words make me look to my purse. The shortest answer is doing the thing. He who would have what he hath not, should do what he doth not. He who hath horns in his bosom, needs not put them on his head. Good and quickly seldom meet. God is at the end when we think he is farthest off. He who contemplates hath a day without night. Time is the rider that breaks youth. Better suffer a great evil than do a little one. Talk much and err much. The persuasion of the fortunate sways the doubtful. True praise takes root, and spreads. Happy is the body which is blest with a mind not need|ing.

My house, my house, tho' tho•• art small, Thou art to me the Escurial.

Foolish tongues talk by the dozen. Show a good man his er|ror, and he turns it into a virtue; a bad man doubles his fault.

When either side grows warm in arguing, the wisest man gives over the first. In the husband wisdom, in the wise gentleness. A wise man cares not much for what he cannot have. Pardon others but not thyself. If a good man thrives, all thrive with him. Old prati••s die unless you feed it. That which two will, takes effect. He only is bright who shines by himself. Prosperity lets go the bridle. Take care to be what thou wouldst seem. Great busi|nesses turn on a little pin. He that will not have peace, God gives him war. None is so wise but the fool overtakes him. That is the best gown that goes most up and down the house. Silks and fauns put out the fire in the kitchen. The first dish pleaseth all. God's mill grinds slow, but sure. Neither praise nor dispraise thyself, thy actions serve the turn. He who sears death, lives not. He who preaches gives alms. He who pitteth another thinks on himself. Night is the mother of counsels. He who once hits will be ever shooting. He that cockers his c••ild provides for his enemy. The faulty stands always on his guard. He that is thrown would ever wrestle. Good swimmers are drowned at last. Courtesy on one side only, lasts not long. Wine counsels seldom prosper. Set good against evil. He goes not out of his way who goes to a good inn. It is an ill air where we gain nothing. Every one hath a fool in his sleeve. Too much taking heed is sometimes loss. 'Tis easier to build two chimnies than to maintain one. He hath no leisure who useth it not. The wife is the key of the house. The life of a man is a winter way, The least foolish is counted wise. Life is half spent before we know what it is to live. Wine is a turn-coat; first a friend, then an enemy. Wine ever pays for his lodging.

Wise men with pity do behold Fools worship mules that carry gold.

Time undermines us all. Conversation makes a man what he is. The dainties of the great are the tears of the poor. The great put the little on the hook. Lawyers houses are built on the heads of fools. Among good men two suffice. The best bred have the best portion. To live peaceably with all breeds good blood. He who hath the charge of souls transports them not in bundles. Pains to get, care to keep, fear to lose. When a lackey comes to hell, the devil locks the gates. He that tells his wife news is but newly married. He who will make a door of gold, must knock in a nail every day. If the brain sows not corn, it plants trusties. A woman conceals what she knows not. Some evils are cured by contempt. God deals his wrath by weight, but without weight his mercy. Follow not truth too near at the heels, lest it dash out your teeth. Say to pleasure, gentle Eve, I will have none of your apple. Marry your daughters betimes, lest they marry themselves. Every man's censure is usually first moulded in his own nature. Suspicion is the virtue of a coward. Stay a while, that we may make an end the sooner. Let us ride fair and softly that we may get home the sooner. Debtors are liars. Knowledge (or cunning) is no burden. Dearths fore••••en come not. A penny spared is twice got. Pension never enriched

young man. If things were to be done twice, all would be wise. If the mother had never been in the oven, she would not have looked for her daughter there. The body is sooner well dressed than the soul. Every one is a master and a servant. No profit to honour, no honour to virtue or religion. Every sin brings its punishment along with it. The devil divides the world between deism and superstition. Good husbandry is good divinity. Be reasonable and you will be happy. It is better to please a fool than to anger him. A fool, if he saith he will have a crab, he will not have an apple. Take heed you find not what you do not seek. The highway is never about. He lives long enough who hath lived well. Metal is dangerous in a blind horse. Win|ter never rots in the sky. God help the rich, the poor can beg.

He that speaks me fair, and loves me not, I will speak him fair, and trust him not.

He who preaches war is the devils' chaplain. The truest wealth is contentment with a little. A man's best fortune, or his worst, is a wife. Marry in haste, and repent at leisure. Sir John Barley|Corn is the strongest knight. Every ass thinks himself worthy to stand with the king's horses. A good beginning makes a good ending. One ounce of discretion, or of wisdom, is worth two pound of wit. The devil is good, or kind, when he is pleased. A fair face 〈◊〉〈◊〉 half a portion. To forget a wrong is the best revenge. Manners make the man. Man doth what he can, God doth what he pleases. Gold goes in at any gate except that of heaven. Knaves and fools divide the world. No great loss but may bring some little profit. When poverty comes in at the door, love leaps out at the window. That suit is best that best fits me. Self-love is a mote in every man's eye. That which is well done is twice done. Use soft words and hard arguments. There is no coward to an ill conscience. He who makes other men afraid of his wit, had need be afraid of their memories. Riches are but the baggage of virtue. He who defers his charities till his death, is rather libe|ral of anothers man's than of his own. A wise man hath more ballast than sail. Great men's promises, courtier's oaths, and dead men's shoes, a man may look for, but not trust to. Be wise on this side of heaven. The devil tempts others, an idle man tempts the devil. Good looks buy nothing in the market. He who will be his own master often hath a fool for his scholar. That man is well bought who costs you but a compliment. The great|est king must at last go to bed with a shovel or spade. He only truly lives who lives in peace. If wise men never erred, it would go hard with the fool. Great virtue seldom descends. One wise (in marriage) and two happy. Alms giving never made any man poor, nor robbery rich, nor prosperity wise. A fool and his money are soon parted. Fear of Hell is the true valour of a Christian. For ill do well, then fear not Hell.

Like blood, like good, and like age, Make the happiest marriage.

The best thing in this world is to live above it. Happy is he who knows his follies in his youth.

If I had revenged every wrong, I had not worn my shirts so long.

One pair of heels is sometimes worth two pair of hands. It is good sleeping in a whole skin. Enough is as good as a feast. A fool's bolt is soon shot. All is well that ends well. Ever drink, ever dry. He who hath an ill name is half hanged. Harm watch, harm catch. A friend's frown is better than a fool's smile. The easiest work and way is, To beware. If the best man's faults were written in his forehead, it would make him pull his hat over his eyes. A man may be great by chance; but never wise, or good, without taking pains for it. Success makes a fool seem wise. All worldly joys go less, to that one joy of doing kind|nesses. What fools say doth not much trouble wise men. Money is a good servant, but an ill master. Pleasure gives law to fools, God to the wise. He lives indeed who lives not to himself alone. Good to begin well, better to end well. There would be no ill language if it were not ill taken. Industry is fortune's right-hand, and frugality is her left. We shall lie all alike in our graves. When flatterers meet, the devil goes to dinner. It is a small fa|mily that hath neither a thief nor a harlot in it. To give and to keep there is need of wit. A man never surfeits of too much honesty. Honour and ease are seldom bed-fellows. Those hus|bands are in heaven whose wives do not chide. He can want nothing who hath God for his friend. Young men's knocks old men feel. He who is poor when he is married, shall be rich when he is buried. Of all tame beasts, I hate sluts. Giving much to the poor, doth increase a man's store. That is my good that doth me good. An idle brain is the devil's shop. God send us somewhat of our own, when rich men go to dinner.

A thousand pound, and a bottle of hay, Will be all one at doomsday.

Let your purse still be your master. Young men think old men fools; but old men know that young men are fools. Wit once bought, is worth twice taught. A wise head makes a close mouth. All foolish fancies are bought much too dear. Women's and children's wishes are the aim and happiness of the more weak men. Ignorance is better than pride with greater knowledge. The charitable man gives out at the door and God puts in at the window. Every man is a fool where he hath not considered or thought. He who angers others is not himself at ease. He dies like a beast who hath done no good while he lived. Heaven is not to be had by men's barely wishing for it. Patch and long sit, build and soon flit. One hour's sleep before midnight, is worth two hours sleep after it. Wranglers never want words. War is Death's feast. Idle lazy folks have most labour. Knavery may serve a turn, but honesty is best at the long-run. A quick

landlord makes a careful 〈◊〉〈◊〉. Look ever to the 〈◊〉〈◊〉. Will is the cause of woe. Welcome is the best cheer. I will keep no more cats than what will catch mice. Reprove others but correct thyself. Once a knave and ever a knave. It is more painful to do nothing than something. Any thing for a quiet life. It is great folly to want when we have it, and when we have it not too. Fly pleasure and it will follow thee. God's Providence is the surest and best inheritance. That is not good language which all understand not. Much better lose a just than a friend. Ill-will never said well. He that hath some land must have some labour.

Live so as you mean to die; Go not to Hell for company.

Show me a lyar and I will show you a thief. We must wink at small faults. Use legs and have legs. Keep your shop and your shop will keep you. Every one should sweep before his own door. Much coin usually much care. Good take 〈◊〉〈◊〉 doth always speed. He who gets, doth much; but he who 〈◊〉〈◊〉, doth more. A pound of gold is better than an ounce of honour. We think lawyers to be wise men, and they know us to be fools. Eaten bread is soon forgotten. When you see your friend, trust to yourself. Let my friend tell my tale. Mention not a rope in the house of one whose father was hanged. Speak the truth and shame the devil. God help the fool, quoth Pedley, (an Ideal) Lend, and lose my money; so play fools. Early to go to bed, and then early to rise, makes men more holy, more healthy, wealthy, and wife. Anger dies soon with a wise and good man. He who will not be counselled, cannot be helped. God hath provided no remedy for wilful obstinacy. All vice infatuates and corrupts the judgment. He who converses with nobody, knows nothing. There is no fool like the old fool. A good wife makes a good husband. It is much better to be thought a fool than to be a knave. One fool makes many. Penny, whence comest thou? Penny, whither goest thou? and, Penny, when wilt thou come again?

Religion hath true lasting joys; weigh all, and so If any thing have more, or such, let Heaven go.

It is worse to be an ill man, than to be thought to be one. A fool comes always short of his reckoning. A young saint, an old saint; and a young devil, an old devil. Wit is folly unless a wise man hath the keeping of it. Knowledge of God and of our|selves is the mother of true devotion, and the perfection of wis|dom. Afflictions are sent us from God for our good. Confession of a fault makes half amends. Every man can tame a shrew but he who hath her. It is better to die poor than to live poor. Craft brings nothing home at the last. Diseases are the interest of plea|sure. All covet, all lose. Plain dealing is a jewel; but he who useth it will die a beggar. Honour bought is temporal simony. Live, and let live, i. e. be a kind landlord. Children are certain

cares, but very uncertain comsorts. Giving begets love, lend|ing usually lessens it. He is the wise, who is the honest man. Take part with reason against thy own will or humour. Wit is a fine thing in a wise man's hand. Speak not of my debts except you mean to pay them. Words instruct, but examples persuade effectually. He who lives in hopes dies a fool. He who gives wisely fells to advantage. Years know more than books. All earthly joys are empty bubbles, and make men boys. Better un|born than untaught. If thou do ill, the joy fades, not the pains: if well, the pains do fade, the joy remains. Always refuse the advice which passion gives; nor lay nor do that thing which anger prompts you to. Bear and forbear is short and good philosophy. Set out wisely at first; custom will make every virtue more easy and pleasant to you than any vice can be. The best and noblest conquest is that of a man's own reason over his passions and his follies.

Whatever good thou dost, give GOD the praise; Who both the power and will first gave to thee.