1694. Utility. Utility is preferable to grandeur.

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1695. Valentine's day.

On Valentine's day will a good goose lay,
If she be a good goose, her dame well to pay,
She will lay two eggs before Valentine's day.

1696. Valley. He who stays in the valley will never get over the hill.

1697. Valour. Valour can do little without discretion.

1698. Valour. Valour that parleys is near yielding.

1699. Venture. Nothing venture nothing win.

1700. Venture. Venture a small fish to catch a great one.

1701. Venture. Venture not all in one ship.