Ill news comes apace (or travels fast), [77], [115]

Ill tidings come soon enough, [331]

Ill weeds are not hurt by frost, [262], [277]

Ill weeds grow apace, [38], [106], [331], [336]

Ill weeds grow the fastest and last the longest, [394]

In a calm sea every man is a pilot, [177]

In a golden sheath a leaden knife, [104]

In a smith’s house the knife is wooden, [221]

In a wood don’t walk behind another, [242]