A dictionary of Proverbs (Oxford Paperback Reference)

1935 H. SPRING Rachel Rosing xxiv. He knew that he did not love her. .. What else, then?.. He was not going to pretend that this stolen fruit was not sweet. 1961 N. LOFTS House at Old Vine II. 137 Old men are like children, of whom they say ‘Stolen apples are sweetest’. 1971 E. H. COHEN Mademoiselle Libertine iii. The truth was that at the Minimes the show was better than in the Place Royale, perhaps because stolen fruits are sweeter. ■theft
STOLEN waters are sweet
With allusion to PROVERBS ix. 17 (AV) Stolen waters are sweet. Cf. c 1395 WYCLIF Bible Proverbs ix. 17 Stoln watris ben swettere. Less frequent than the preceding entry.

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  с 1548 Will of Devil (1863) 9 This saiyng of the retcheles [reckless] woman in Salomon (Stollen waters ar sweete). 1614 T. ADAMS Devil’s Banquet I. 3 Sinne shewes you a faire Picture—Stollen waters are sweet. 1721 J. KELLY Scottish Proverbs 298 Stoln Waters are sweet. People take great Delight in that which they can get privately. 1976 A. J. RUSSELL Pour Hemlock ii. Lucarelli, fond of quoting scripture, ended the memo with ‘Stolen waters are sweet’. "theft
  

stomach see an ARMY marches on its stomach; the WAY to a man’s heart is through his stomach.
stone see you cannot get BLOOD from a stone; you BUY land, you buy stones; CONSTANT dropping wears away a stone; DRIVE gently over the stones; those who live in GLASS houses shouldn’t throw stones; a ROLLING stone gathers no moss; STICKS and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.
STONE-dead hath no fellow
Predominantly used by advocates of the death penalty. Fellow here means ‘equal’ or ‘counterpart’.

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  c 1633 Soddered Citizen (1936) 1. 2618 ‘Is your ffather dead?’.. ‘Laid with both Leggs Sir, in one lynnen bootehose That has noe fellowe, stone dead. c 1641 CLARENDON Hist. Rebellion (1702) I. III. 191 The Earl of Essex.. answer’d, ‘Stone Dead hath no Fellow.’ 1828 MACAULAY Essays (1843) I. 144 Stonedead hath no fellow. 1926 Times 27 Aug. 11 The execution of the death sentence had been postponed for a week, an unusual period in a country where the adage ‘stone-dead hath no fellow’ wins general support. 1980 G. BLAKISTON Woburn & Russells v. Bedford, who was against the death penalty for Stratford, sought to moderate the violent opinions of some of his fellow peers, the Earl of Essex being heard to declare vehemently: ‘stone dead hath no fellow’. "death; finality