Flattery is sweet food for those who can swallow it, [398]
Flies are easier caught with honey than with vinegar, [43]
Flies don’t light on a boiling pot, [3], [69]
Flies flock to the lean horse, [66]
Flowers are the pledges of fruit, [351]
Flying from the bull he fell into the river, [225]
Folks say there is a lack of four sorts of people on earth: of priests, else one would not have six or seven benefices; of gentlemen, else every boor would not want to be a squire; of whores, else married women and nuns would not carry on the trade; of Jews, else Christians would not practise usury (Trench quotes this as the longest Proverb known), [160]
Follow the customs, or fly the country, [389]
Follow the river and you will reach the sea, [57]
Follow the road and you will reach an inn, [271]