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811. HOUNDS. Hold not with the hounds and run with the hare.
812. HOUSE.
He that buys a house ready wrought, Hath many a pin and nail for nought.
813. HOUSE. Better one's house too little one day, than too big all the year round.
814. HOUSEHOLDERS. Wishers and woulders are never good householders.
815. HOUSEKEEPER. A n.o.ble housekeeper needs no doors.
816. HUMOUR. Every man has his humour.
817. HUMOURS. The stillest humours are always the worst.
818. HUNDRED YEARS. It is all one a hundred years hence.
819. HUNG. As well be hung for a sheep as a lamb.
820. HUNGER. Hunger costs little; daintiness much.
821. HUNGER. Hunger will break through stone walls.
822. HUNGER. Hunger makes short devotion.
823. HUNGER. Hunger makes hard bones sweet beans.
824. HUNGER. Hunger is the finest sauce.
825. HUNGRY FLIES. Hungry flies bite sore.
826. HUNGRY HORSE. A hungry horse makes a clean manger.
827. HUNGRY MAN. A hungry man, an angry man.
828. HUNGRY MEN. Hungry men think the cook lazy.
829. HUNGRY MEN. Bitter is sweet to hungry men.
830. HUSBAND. Be a good husband, and you will get a penny to spend, a penny to lend, and a penny for a friend.
831. HUSBAND. In the husband wisdom, in the wife gentleness.
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832. IDLE BRAIN. An idle brain is the devil's workshop.
833. IDLE FOLK. Idle folk have the least leisure.
834. IDLE FOLK. Idle folk take the most pains.
835. IDLE. A young man idle, an old man needy.
836. IDLE. Better be idle than ill employed.
837. IDLENESS. Idleness is the key of beggary.
838. IDLENESS. Of idleness comes no goodness.
839. IDLENESS. Idleness is the root of all evil.
840. IDLENESS. Idleness must thank itself if it goes barefoot.
841. IGNORANT. The ignorant think all things wrong which they cannot understand.
842. ILL BIRD. It is an ill bird that defiles its own nest.
843. ILL DOG. 'Tis an ill dog that deserves not a bone.
844. ILL FORTUNE. He who hath no ill fortune, is dazed with good.
845. ILL GOT. Ill got, ill spent.
846. ILL GOTTEN. Ill gotten gains seldom prosper.
847. ILL LUCK. When ill luck falls asleep, let n.o.body wake her.
848. ILL NEWS. Ill news comes apace.
849. ILL WEEDS. Ill weeds grow apace.
850. ILL WORD. One ill word asketh another.
851. IMPOSSIBLE. Nothing is impossible to a willing mind.
852. IMPUDENCE. Impudence is not courage.
853. INCH. Give him an inch, and he'll take an ell.
854. INCHES. G.o.d never measures men by inches.
855. INDUSTRY. Industry is fortune's right hand and frugality her left.
856. INFIRMITIES. Jest not at another's infirmities.
857. INGRAt.i.tUDE. Ingrat.i.tude is the daughter of pride.
858. INJURY. Pocket an injury.
