John Heywood: Trending quotes (page 5)

“And while I at length debate and beate the bushe,
There shall steppe in other men, and catche the burdes,
And by long time lost in many vayne wurdes.”

John Heywood

And while I at length debate and beat the bush,
There shall step in other men, and catch the birds,
And by long time lost in many vain words.
Part I, chapter 3.
Proverbs (1546)

Men , Time

“Marke ye, how she hitteth me on the thombis (quoth hée)
And ye taunt me tyt ouer thumb (quoth shée)
Sens tyt for tat (quoth I) on euen hand is set.”

John Heywood

Mark you, how she hits me on the thumbs, said he.
And you taunt me tit over thumb, said she.
Since tit for tat, said I, on even hand is set.
Part II, chapter 4.
Proverbs (1546)

“Set all at sixe and seven.”

John Heywood

Part I, chapter 11.
Proverbs (1546), Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)

“Who waite for dead men shall goe long barefoote.”

John Heywood

Part I, ch 9.
Proverbs (1546)

Men , Waiting , Dead

“Reckeners without their host must recken twice.”

John Heywood

Part I, chapter 8.
Proverbs (1546), Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)

“To robbe Peter and pay Poule.”

John Heywood

Part I, chapter 11.
Proverbs (1546), Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)

“… Be they wynners or loosers,
… beggers should be no choosers.”

John Heywood

… Be they winners or loosers,
… beggars should be not choosers.
Part I, chapter 10.
Proverbs (1546)

“The more hast the lesse speede.”

John Heywood

The more haste the less speed.
Part I, chapter 2.
Proverbs (1546)

Speed

“The wrong sow by th' eare.”

John Heywood

Part II, chapter 9.
Proverbs (1546), Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)

“Children and fooles cannot lye.”

John Heywood

Part I, chapter 11.
Proverbs (1546), Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
Variant: Children and fooles cannot lye.

Children , Fools , Lying

“Rome was not built in one day.”

John Heywood

Part I, chapter 11.
Proverbs (1546), Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)

“An ill wind that blows no man to good.”

John Heywood

Part II, chapter 9.
Proverbs (1546)

“The loss of wealth is loss of dirt,
As sages in all times assert;
The happy man's without a shirt.”

John Heywood

Be Merry Friends; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).

Loss , Time , Wealth , Happiness

“And also I shall to reueng former hurtis,
Hold their noses to grinstone, and syt on theyr skurtis.”

John Heywood

And also I shall to revenge former hurts,
Hold their noses to grindstone, and sit on their skirts.
Part I, chapter 5.
Proverbs (1546)

“While betweene two stooles my taile goe to the ground.”

John Heywood

Part I, chapter 3.
Proverbs (1546)

“Went in at the tone eare and out at the tother.”

John Heywood

Part II, chapter 9.
Proverbs (1546), Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)

“One swallow maketh not summer.”

John Heywood

Part II, chapter 5.
Proverbs (1546), Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)

Summer

“Beggars should be no choosers.”

John Heywood

Part I, chapter 10.
Proverbs (1546), Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)

“Better one byrde in hand than ten in the wood.”

John Heywood

Part I, chapter 11.
Proverbs (1546), Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)

“Weddyng is desteny,
And hangyng likewise.”

John Heywood

Wedding is destiny,
And hanging likewise.
Part I, chapter 3.
Proverbs (1546)

Wedding