The tail does often catch the fox. （1814）
The thread breaks where it is weakest. （438）
The three foundations of learning: seeing much, suffering much, and studying much. （540）
The tiger that has once tasted blood is never sated with the taste of it. （1833）
The tongue breaks bone, though itself has none. （692）
The tongue ever turns to the aching teeth. （2127）
The tongue is not made of steel, yet it cuts. （687）
The tongue is not steel, yet it cuts. （693）
The tongue of idle persons is never idle. （1480）
The tortoise wins the race while the hare is sleeping. （1798）
The tree is known by its [his] fruit. （445）
The tree must be bent while it is young. （297）
The true university of these days is a collection of books. （526）
The truth is always green. （495）
The truths we least like to hear are those which it is most to our advantage to know. （510）
The truth will out. （499）
The unrighteous penny corrupts the righteous pound. （835）
The used key is always bright. （317）
The valiant never tastes of death but once. （789）
The weakest goes to the wall. （1246）
The wealth of the mind is the only true wealth. （1008）
The wife is the key of the house. （226）
The wise hand doth not all that the foolish mouth speaks. （890）
The wise man is always a good listener. （917）
The wise man knows he knows nothing, the fool thinks he knows all. （904）
The wish is father to the thought. （2128）
The wolf and fox are both privateers. （1817）
The wolf may lose his teeth, but never his nature. （1818）
The words once spoken can never be recalled. （629）
The world is a ladder for some to go up and others to go down. （1037）
The worse luck now, the better another time. （1353）
They that do nothing learn to do ill. （1511）
They that marry in green, their sorrow is soon seen. （200）
They that reckon without their host are to reckon twice. （2129）
They who cannot do as they would, must do as they can. （322）
They [People] who live in glass houses should not throw stones. （1289）
They who live longest will see most. （1121）
Things are seldom what they seem. （1435）
Things done cannot be undone. （2130）
Things past cannot be recalled. （42）
Things unreasonable are never durable. （2131）
Those that make the best use of their time have none to spare. （58）
Those who are quick to promise are generally slow to perform. （2132）
Those who believe money can do everything are frequently prepared to do everything for money. （993）
Those who eat best and drink best often do worst. （1512）
Those whom the gods love die young. （1166）
Though a lie be well drest, it is ever overcome. （1607）
Though malice may darken truth, it cannot put it out. （509）
Though the fox run, the chicken hath wings. （1680）
Though the mills of God grind slowly, yet they grind exceedingly small. （711）
Though thy enemy seem a mouse, yet watch him like a lion. （1945）
Thrift is a great revenue. （850）
Thrift is good revenue. （851）
Thrift is the philosopher’s stone. （852）
Time and tide wait for no man. （3）
Time cures all things. （14）
Time dissolves all things. （19）
Time flies. （1）
Time heals all wounds. （15）
Time is a great healer. （11）
Time is money. （2）
Time is the best healer. （12）
Time is the great physician. （13）
Time lost cannot be recalled. （35）
Time marches on. （4）
Time past cannot be called back again. （32）
Times change. （18）
Time tames the strongest grief. （10）
Time tries all (the things). （7）
Time tries truth. （8）
Time will show [tell]. （9）
Time works great changes. （17）
Time works wonders. （16）
’Tis altogether vain to learn wisdom and yet live foolishly. （1594）
’Tis the early bird that catches the worm. （1652）
To ask well is to know much. （354）
To a wise man one word is enough. （912）
To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace. （750）
To be virtuous is to do good. （757）
To deceive oneself is very easy. （1635）
To Err is Humane. （1262）
To him that does everything in its proper time, one day is worth three. （45）
To know everything is to know nothing. （2133）
Tomorrow comes never. （20）
Too many cooks spoil the broth. （2134）
Too much knowledge makes the head bald. （552）
Too much liberty spoils all. （2135）
Too much pudding will choke a dog. （1775）
Too much spoils, too little is nothing. （2136）
To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting. （372）
To save time is to lengthen life. （83）
To say is one thing; to do is quite another. （659）
Touch pitch, and you will be defiled. （2137）
Tread on a worm and it will turn. （473）
Troubles never comes singly. （1366）
True friendship is like sound health, the value of which is seldom known until it be lost. （1935）
True friendship lasts forever. （1928）
True love is giving, not taking.（146）
True love never grows old. （153）
True love shows itself in time of need. （152）
True praise roots and spreads. （2139）
Trust not a great weight to a slender thread. （960）
Trust not a new friend nor an old enemy. （1936）
Trust thyself only, and another shall not betray thee. （964）
Truth and roses have thorns about them. （506）
Truth fears no colours. （490）
Truth has no answer. （492）
Truth hath a good face, but ill clothes. （503）
Truth is a lion. （493）
Truth is the daughter of time. （497）
Truth lies [is] at the bottom of a well. （500）
Truth may be blamed, but shall never be shamed. （508）
Truth needs no colours. （504）
Truth never grows old. （496）
Truth’s best ornament is nakedness. （505）
Truth shines in the dark. （491）
Truth will out, even if buried in a golden coffin. （501）
Truth will prevail [conquer]. （489）
Try your friend ere you trust him. （1880）
Two blacks do not make a white. （1305）
Two dogs strive for a bone, the third runs away with it. （1778）
Two of a trade seldom [never] agree. （1460）
Two is company, (but) three is none. （232）
Two negatives make an affirmative. （461）
Two of a trade can never agree. （1461）
Two wrongs don’t make a right. （1306）
Union is strength. （488）
Unkindness destroys love. （172）
Unprofitable eloquence is like the cypress, which is great and tall, but bears no fruit. （662）
Use is (a) second nature. （573）
Vain glory blossoms but never bears. （1443）
Vanity is the food of fools. （954）
Venture a small fish to catch a great one. （2140）
Vice rules where gold reigns. （1517）
Virtue and courtesy go hand in hand. （771）
Virtue and happiness are mother and daughter. （772）
Virtue flies from the heart of a mercenary man. （777）
Virtue is a jewel of great price. （766）
Virtue is beyond price. （767）
Virtue is fairer far than beauty. （768）
Virtue is her [its] own reward. （764）
Virtue is the only true nobility. （763）
Virtue is to herself the best reward. （765）
Virtue is like a rich stone, best plain set. （769）
Virtue never grows old. （770）
Vows made in storms are forgotten in calms. （2141）
Walls have ears. （2142）
War is death’s feast. （741）
War is the sport of kings. （742）
War makes thieves, and peace hangs them. （743）
Wash your dirty linen at home. （249）
Waste not, want not. （874）
Water afar quencheth not fire. （482）
Wealth is best known by want. （991）
Wealth is easier gained than guided. （1020）
Wealth is not his who has it, but his who enjoys it. （989）
Wealth is nothing without health. （1072）
Wealth is the test of a man’s character. （988）
Wealth makes worship. （986）
Wealth of words is not eloquence. （584）
Weapon bode [breed] peace. （751）
We are not born for ourselves. （1119）
We die but once. （1140）
Wedlock is a padlock. （206）
Weeds want no sowing. （1644）
We knows not what is good until we have lost it. （1212）
We learn not at school, but in life. （359）
We lose in hake, but gain in herring. （1232）
Well begun is half done. （2143）
Well fed, well bred. （2144）
We must not lie, and cry, God help us. （2145）
We never know the worth of water till the well is dry. （2146）
We see not what is in the wallet behind. （1287）
We shall lie all alike in our graves. （1153）
We shall never have friends if we expect to find them without fault. （1892）
We should never remember the benefits we have offered nor forget the favour received. （761）
What can’t be cured must be endured. （1104）
Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well. （311）
What is learned in the cradle is carried to the grave [tomb]. （364）
What is learned in the cradle lasts [is carried] till [to] the grave [tomb]. （363）
What is lost in the hundred will found in the shire. （1230）
What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander. （1694）
What is soon learnt is soon forgotten. （371）
What is wealth good for, if it brings melancholy? （1023）
What may be done at any time will be done at no time. （339）
What’s lost is lost. （1222）
What the heart thinks the tongue speaks. （636）
What the king wills, that the law wills. （704）
What we lose in hake we shall have in herring. （1231）
What youth is used to, age remembers. （572）
When a dog is drowning, every one offers him drink. （1797）
When a man is going down-hill, everyone will give him a push. （1384）
When anger blinds the mind, truth disappears. （1450）
When angry, count ten before you speak; if very angry, count a hundred. （1451）
When an opportunity is neglected, it never comes back to you. （64）
When a proud man hears another praised, he thinks himself injured. （1554）
When Greek meet Greek, then comes the tug of war. （754）
When Greeks joined Greeks, then was the tug of war. （755）
When guns speak it is too late to argue. （745）
When in Rome, do as the Romans do. （578）
When I lent I had a friend; when I asked he was unkind. （1034）
When love puts in, friendship is gone. （154）
When poverty comes in at the door, love flies out of the window. （171）
When pride rides, shame lacqueys. （1549）
When the belly is full, the bones would be at rest. （1048）
When the calf is stolen, the farmer mends the stall. （94）
When the cat’s away, the mice will play. （1758）
When the fox preacheth, then beware your geese. （1806）
When the heart is afire, some sparks will fly out at the mouth. （643）
When the horse is stolen, (you) lock the stable door. （93）
When the owl sings, the nightingale will hold her peace. （1669）
When the tree is fallen, every one runs to it with his axe. （1385）
When the weasel and the cat make a marriage, it is a very ill presage. （1766）
When the well is full, it will run over. （484）
When the wolf grows old, the crows ride him. （1830）
When war begins, then hell openeth. （744）
When you are at Rome, do as Rome does. （579）
When you go to Rome, do as Rome does. （580）
Where drums beat, laws are silent. （717）
Wherever an ass falleth, there will he never fall again. （1749）
Where love fails, we espy all faults. （166）
Wheresoever the carcase is, there will the ravens be gathered together. （1678）
Where the deer is slain, some of her blood will lie. （1841）
Where there are reeds, there is water. （1646）
Where there is a will, there is a way. （2147）
Where there is life, there is hope. （1055）
Where the water is shallow, no vessel will ride. （2148）
While the dog gnaws bone, companions would be none. （1777）
While you trust to the dog, the wolf slips into the sheepfold. （1823）
Who holds the purse rules the house. （977）
Who keeps company with the wolf will learn to howl. （1828）
Who knows most, says [speaks] least. （616）
Who loses liberty loses all. （1239）
Who makes everything right must rise early. （1043）
Who marrieth for love without money, hath good nights and sorry days. （202）
Whom a serpent has bitten a lizard alarms. （1341）
Whom a serpent has bitten fears a lizard. （1342）
Whom an adder bites, dreads a lizard. （1343）
Whom the gods love die young. （2149）
Whom we love best to them we can say least. （147）
Who repairs not his gutter repairs his whole house. （47）
Who shows mercy to an enemy denies it to himself. （1947）
Whoso learns young, forgets not when he is old. （365）
Who swims in sin shall sink in sorrow. （1495）
Who waits for time, loses time. （98）
Wickedness does no go altogether unrequited. （1490）
Wine in the bottle does not quench thirst. （486）
Wisdom in the mind is better than money in the hand. （548）
Wisdom is a good purchase though we pay dear for it. （551）
Wisdom is better than gold or silver. （549）
Wisdom is more to be envied than riches. （550）
Wisdom is only found in truth. （502）
Wisdom is to the mind what health is to the body. （553）
Wise men are silent; fools talk. （902）
Wise men become wiser as they grow older, ignorant men more ignorant. （903）
Wise men change their minds; fools never do. （895）
Wise men have their mouth in their heart, fools their heart in their mouth. （901）
Wise men learn by other men’s mistakes, fools by their own. （898）
Wise men love truth, whereas fools shut it. （900）
Wit bought is better than wit taught. （928）
Without a friend, the world is wilderness. （1899）
Without confidence there is no friendship. （1929）
Without health life is no life. （1084）
Without learning, without eyes. （541）
Without respect, love cannot go far. （168）
With time and patience the leaf of the mulberry becomes satin. （806）
Wit once bought is worth twice taught. （1316）
Wits are wealth. （924）
Wit without learning is like a tree without fruit. （930）
Woe to him that is alone. （1402）
Wonders are many, and nothing is more wonderful than man. （462）
Words are but wind. （649）
Words are the voice of the heart. （644）
Words are the wise man’s counters and the fool’s money. （620）
Words cut [hurt] more than swords. （691）
