The watch-dog does not get sweet milk unless there be drowned mice in it, [398]

The water breaks out where it is not expected, [94]

The water runs while the miller sleeps, [402]

The weakest goes to the wall, [125]

The weakest must hold the candle, [6]

The wedding feast is not made with mushrooms only, [237]

The weeping bride makes a laughing wife, [176]

The well-bred hound, if he does not hunt to-day will hunt to-morrow, [216]

The well-dressed woman draws her husband away from another woman’s door, [227]

The well-fed man does not believe in hunger, [103]