“Ka me, ka the, one good tourne askth an other.”
Serve me, serve thee, one good turn asks another.
Part I, chapter 11.
Proverbs (1546)
Variant: One good turne asketh another.
Proverbs (1546)
Variant: And ones their hastie heate a littell controlde,
Than perceiue they well, hotte love soone colde.
And whan hasty witlesse mirth is mated weele,
Good to be mery and wise, they thinke and feele.
“Enough is as good as a feast.”
Part II, chapter 11.
Proverbs (1546), Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
“She is nether fish nor flesh, nor good red herring.”
Part I, chapter 10.
Proverbs (1546), Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
“Now for good lucke, cast an old shooe after me.”
Part I, chapter 9.
Proverbs (1546), Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
Though you love not to buy the pig in the poke,
Yet snatch you at the poke, that the pig is in,
Not for the poke, but the pig good cheap to win.
Part II, chapter 9.
Proverbs (1546)
“Well aunt (quoth Ales) all is well that endes well.
Ye Ales, of a good begynnyng comth a good end.”
Well aunt, said Ales, all is well that ends well.
Yes Ales, of a good beginning comes a good end.
Part I, chapter 10.
Proverbs (1546)
Naught venture naught have. spare to speak spare to speed.
Unknown unkissed. it is lost that is unsought.
As good seek nought, said I, as seek and find naught.
Part I, chapter 11.
Proverbs (1546)