A dictionary of Proverbs (Oxford Paperback Reference)

weakness see strength and weakness
wealth see riches
weather lore see also calendar lore
APRIL showers bring forth May flowers there is no such thing as BAD weather.. if CANDLEMAS day be sunny and bright.. as the DAY lengthens, so the cold strengthens a DRIPPING June sets all in tune if in FEBRUARY there be no rain ..
a GREEN Yule makes a fat churchyard LONG foretold, long last ..
MARCH comes in like a lion ..
so many MISTS in March, so many frosts in May NORTH wind doth blow ..
when the OAK is before the ash ..
a PECK of March dust is worth a king’s ransom
RAIN before seven, fine before eleven RED sky at night, shepherd’s delight .. ROBIN Hood could brave all weathers but a thaw wind if SAINT Paul’s day be fair and clear ..
SAINT Swithun’s day, if thou be fair, for forty days it will remain SEPTEMBER blow soft, till the fruit’s in the loft the SHARPER the storm, the sooner it’s over when the WIND is in the east, ‘tis neither good for man nor beast
weddings
happy is the BRIDE..
always a BRIDESMAID, never a bride DREAM of a funeral ..
MARRY in May, rue for aye
one WEDDING brings another
happy’s the WOOING that is not long a-doing
wilfulness see obstinacy
winners and losers see also gains and losses
let them LAUGH that win
he LAUGHS best who laughs last
he who LAUGHS last, laughs longest
what you LOSE on the swings ..
you cannot LOSE what you never had
what a NEIGHBOUR gets is not lost
the WEAKEST go to the wall
you WIN a few, you lose a few
you can’t WIN them all
wisdom
you cannot CATCH old birds with chaff
EXPERIENCE is the father of wisdom
FOOLS ask questions that wise men
cannot answer
KNOW thyself
KNOWLEDGE is power
one cannot LOVE and be wise
out of the MOUTHS of babes—
you cannot put an OLD head on young shoulders
a STILL tongue makes a wise head