Of hasty counsel take good heed, for haste is very rarely speed, [321]

Of judgment every one has a stock on hand for sale, [91]

Of listening children have your fears, for little pitchers have great ears, [331]

Of little cloth but a short cloak, [15]

Of oil, wine, and friends, the oldest, [268]

Of other men’s leather large thongs, [212] (See Good thongs)

Of soup and love, the first is the best, [228], [268]

Of the good man a good pledge, and of the bad neither pledge nor surety, [275]

Of the great and of the dead either speak well or say nothing, [90]

Of the malady a man fears, he dies, [211]