English 16th Century Proverbs Quotations

When thieves fall out, honest men come by their own.

When things are at the worst they begin to mend.

You can drive out nature with a pitchfork but she keeps on coming back.

Where God builds a church, the Devil will build a chapel.

Truth lies at the bottom of a well.

Where the carcase is, there shall the eagles be gathered together.

The tongue always returns to the sore tooth.

Turkey, heresy, hops, and beer came into England all in one year.

You cannot have your cake and eat it.

You cannot put an old head on young shoulders.

You cannot shift an old tree without it dying.

The worth of a thing is what it will bring.

A young man married is a young man marred.

A woman and a ship ever want mending.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Young folks think old folks to be fools, but old folks know young folks to be fools.

Young men may die, but old men must die.

The fish always stinks from the head downwards.