See Wit and Humour in Proverbs: "Early rising is the first thing that puts a man to the door."

Fresh pork and new wine kill a man before his time. (Spanish).

Sometimes rendered: "Fresh pork and new wine send a Christian to the churchyard."

Good is wisdom to possess, and better still is cleverness. (Bulgarian).

Herring in the land, the doctor at a stand. (Dutch).

He that will not when he may, when he will shall have nay. (French).

Found in many forms:

"Hyt ys sayd al day, for thys skyl,

'He that wyl nat whan he may,

He shall nat, when he wyl.'"-Robert Mannyng.

He that would jest must take a jest, else to let it alone were best. (Dutch).

He who fain would marry, in choice should not tarry. (German).

He who forces love where none is found, remains a fool the whole year round. (German).

He who is always drinking and stuffing, will in time become a ragamuffin. (German).

"The full cup makes an empty purse, and a fat dish makes a lean bag. He that draws the wine out of the vessel, draws thy money out of thy hand. He that puts the meat into the dish, puts thy money into his own pocket."-Michael Jermin. This proverb may have been suggested by Solomon's warning found in Prov. xxiii : 20, 21.

He who is born to misfortune stumbles as he goes, and though he fall on his back will fracture his nose. (German).

He who would the daughter win, with the mother must begin. (German, English).

Idleness is hunger's mother and of theft it is full brother.

(Dutch).

"A sluggard lies not still more lazily than poverty travelleth hard and hasteth to come unto him; he sleepeth not more securely than want speedily arms itself to surprise and spoil him; and then in derision says, Sleep on, when there is nothing to sleep upon.

Michael Jermin. Commenting on Prov. vi : II. "Slothfulness is but a waking sleep and sleep is but a drowsy slothfulness; and, as sleep is the bed of slothfulness, so slothfulness is the bed of sleep. It is natural for sleep to cause slothfulness and it is natural for slothfulness to cause sleep. Not only the slothful soul which doeth nothing (shall suffer hunger), but the soul which, though the body be idle, yet worketh with his wit how to cozen, how to cheat, for such working is worse than idleness, even that soul, though he get never so much, yet shall not be filled, shall not be fed with it, but still shall be in misery, still shall suffer hunger."

Michael Jermin. Commenting on Prov., xix : 16.

If loaves of bread came, down as hail, the gypsies' hunger would not fail. (Bulgarian).

If you pay what you owe, what you're worth you'll know. (Spanish).

If you want to be dead, wash your head and go to bed. (Spanish).

In the garden more grows than the garden shows. (Spanish).

Make a bond with Satan too, while the bridge is under you. (Bulgarian).

Neither above nor below the ground, can Paradise or hell be found. (Bulgarian).

She is not his mate but his fate. (Telugu).

Someone died, someone cried.

(Tamil).

That from your life the sourness may depart, you must have sweetness come into your heart. (Bulgarian).

The oil of the cow without and within, if that won't heal the Gael, there's no cure for him. (Gaelic).

The oil of the cow is understood to include not only neat's-foot oil, but milk, cream, and butter.

What will last a twelvemonth round, to that my utmost wish I bound. (Bengalese).

Used to admonish those who impatiently desire immediate possession of that which comes after long effort.

You may laugh if you're a slave, you are dumb within the grave. (Bulgarian).

GROUPING PROVERBS

A bad man, gold, a drum, a bad woman, a bad horse, stalks of sugar cane, sesamur seed, and low people should be beaten to improve their qualities. (Sanskrit).

A blow in the eye, a blow on the knee, a blow on the elbow -the three hardest blows to bear. (Gaelic).

A buffalo delights in mud, a duck in a pond, a woman delights in a husband, a priest in the law. (Burmese).

A country-side smithy, a parish mill, and a public house— the three best places for news. (Gaelic).

A face shaped like the petals of the lotus, a voice as cool (pleasing) as sandal, a heart like a pair of scissors, and excessive humility-these are the signs of a rogue. (Sanskrit).

A father in debt is an enemy; a mother of bad conduct is an enemy; a beautiful wife is an enemy; an unlearned son is an enemy. (Sanskrit).

In the first and second instance the enmity is understood to be toward a son, in the third toward a husband, and in the fourth toward a parent.

A fence lasts three years, a dog lasts three fences, a house lasts three dogs, and a man three horses. (Ġerman).

A fly, the wind, a harlot, a beggar, a rat, the head of the village, and the village accountant-these seven are annoying to others. (Sanskrit).

A fool is honoured in his own house; a proprietor is honoured in his own village; a king is honoured in his own country; a learned man is honoured everywhere. (Sanskrit).

A foul-mouthed man, a man without employment, a low fellow, a revengeful man-these four are base from their evil deeds; the base born are better. (Sanskrit).

A garden without water, a house without a roof, a wife without love, and a careless husband. (Spanish). Four things that are considered undesirable.

A generous man is nigh unto God, nigh unto men, nigh unto Paradise, far from hell. (Arabian).

A girl, a vineyard, an orchard, and a bean field are hard to watch. (Portuguese).

A glaring sunny morning, a woman that talks Latin, and a child reared on wine never come to a good end. (French).

A heavy-handed joiner, a trembling-handed smith, and a soft-hearted leech do not suit. (Gaelic).

"A good surgeon must have an eagle's eye, a lady's hand, and a lion's heart." (English).

A hundred bakers, a hundred millers, and a hundred tailors are three hundred thieves. (Dutch).

The Spanish rendering of this proverb substitutes weavers for tailors.

A king is not satisfied with his wealth, a wise man with well uttered discourse, the eye in seeing a lover, and the sea with its water. (Burmese).

A king perceives by his ears, the learned by their intellect a beast by scent, and fools by the past. (Sanskrit).

A little dog, a cow with horns, and a short man are generally proud. (Danish).

A man of thirty years of age is like a lion, a man forty years old is like a torn, worn mat, and a man sixty years of age is a fool. (Kashmiri).

"At twenty years of age the will rules, at thirty years of age the intellect rules, and at forty years of age the judgment rules."-Bathasar Gracian. A Spanish proverb taken from the sayings of Gra