A dictionary of Proverbs (Oxford Paperback Reference)

hatred see malice
health
AFTER dinner rest a while..
an APPLE a day keeps the doctor away the best DOCTORS are Dr Diet..
EARLY to bed and early to rise..
we must EAT a peck of dirt before we die
FEED a cold and starve a fever
one HOUR’S sleep before midnight is worth two after LAUGHTER is the best medicine
there is NOTHING so good for the inside of a man . . SIX hours’ sleep for a man..
help see assistance; reciprocity
heredity see family
hindsight see under foresight and hindsight
hints
a NOD’S as good as a wink..
STRAWS tell which way the wind blows
a WORD to the wise is enough
history see also past
happy is the COUNTRY which has no
history HISTORY repeats itself
until the LIONS produce their own historian..
holidays see recreation
home
CHARITY begins at home
every COCK will crow upon his own dunghill
EAST, west, home’s best
an ENGLISHMAN’S house is his castle
FOOLS build houses and wise men live in them
GO abroad and you’ll hear news of home
HOME is home though it’s never so homely
HOME is where the heart is
there’s no PLACE like home
a WOMAN’S place is in the home
honesty and dishonesty
the DEVIL makes his Christmas pies of lawyers’ tongues..
HONESTY is the best policy
the more LAWS, the more thieves and bandits
OPPORTUNITY makes a thief
it’s a SIN to steal a pin
when THIEVES fall out, honest men come by their own
honour
an ENGLISHMAN’S word is his bond
there is HONOUR among thieves
the post of HONOUR is the post of danger
where MACGREGOR sits is the head of the table
a PROPHET is not without honour..
hope and despair see also disappointment; optimism be CAREFUL what you pray for, you might get it the DARKEST hour is just before the dawn whosoever DRAWS his sword against the prince .. a DROWNING man will clutch at a straw HOPE deferred makes the heart sick HOPE is a good breakfast but a bad supper HOPE springs eternal
if it were not for HOPE, the heart would break he who LIVES in hope dances to an ill tune
horse lore
a GOOD horse cannot be of a bad
colour NO foot, no horse one WHITE foot, buy him..
hospitality
the COMPANY makes the feast
FISH and guests smell after three days it is MERRY in hall when beards wag all the MORE the merrier