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)