To quarrel over a straw, [336]
To quench fire with fire, [255]
To rain upon the wet, [272]
To reckon without the hostess, [223], [277]
To rise at five, dine at nine, sup at five, go to bed at nine, makes a man live to ninety-nine, [36]
To rise at six, eat at ten, sup at six, go to bed at ten, makes a man live years ten times ten, [36]
To rob a robber is not robbing, [64]
To rude words deaf ears, [4]
To save at the spiggot, and let it run out at the bung-hole (Also Scotch), [160]
To save for old age, earning one maravedi and drinking three, [195]