Rather mulberry than almond (the almond-tree is in blossom earlier than the mulberry), [200]

Rather the egg to-day than the hen to-morrow, [349]

Rats do not play tricks with kittens, [209]

Ravens do not peck out ravens’ eyes, [34], [89]

Ready money works great cures, [5]

Reason does not come before years, [172]

Reason lies between bridle and spur, [128]

Reason not with the great, ’tis a perilous gate, [55]

Reasonings banish reason, [36]