A dictionary of Proverbs (Oxford Paperback Reference)

mistress see like MASTER, like man.
So many MISTS in March, so many frosts in May

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  1612 A. HOPTON Concordancy of Years xxx. Some say, so many mistes in March, so many hoare frosts after Easter. 1678 J. RAY English Proverbs (ed. 2) 344 So many frosts in March so many in May. 1978 R. WHITLOCK Calendar of Country Customs iii. Many old country beliefs are not content with generalities but strive to be more precise. A well-known proverb is: So many mists in March, So many frosts in May. "weather lore
  

mixen see BETTER wed over the mixen than over the moor.
MODERATION in all things
A more recent formulation of the idea contained in there is MEASURE in all things. The Latin word modus can be translated as either ‘moderation’ or ‘measure’, but the former seems to be gaining currency at the expense of the latter, possibly because ‘measure’ has several meanings and so could be misunderstood. HESIOD Works & Days 1. 694 io-se, ._я.л«к,г.^«г <>’ «с™.-. observe _d№ measure; moderation is best in all
things; PLAUTUS Poenulus 1. 238 modus omnibus rebus.. optimus est habitu, moderation in all things is the best policy.

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  1849 H. MELVILLE Mardi II. Ixxvii. I am for being temperate in these things. .. All things in moderation are good; whence, wine in moderation is good. 1879 W. H. G. KINGSTON tr. Swiss Family Robinson ii. ‘Oh, father, sugar canes. .. Do let us take a lot home to mother.’.. ‘Gently there. .. Moderation in all things.’ 1980 S. T. HAYMON Death & Pregnant Virgin ii. Norfolk.. [is] on the same scale I am. No Niagaras, no hills higher than hills.. ought to be. Moderation in all things. 2002 Times Creme 3 July 5 It can hardly be described as good for you.. but all things in moderation, as they say. ■ moderation