The pot that boils too much loses its flavour, [291]

The pot upbraids the kettle that it is black, [306]

The pride of the poor does not endure, [368]

The priest errs at the altar, [97]

The priest loves his flock, but the lambs more than the wethers, [139]

The priest to his book, the peasant to his plough, [395]

The proof of the pudding is in the eating, [307]

The rat does not leave the cat’s house with a bellyful, [274]

The rat that has but one hole is soon caught, [198], [354], [299] (See The mouse)