Well fed but ill taught, [8]

Well-regulated charity begins with one’s self (or at home), [13]

Were all adulterers to wear grey coats the cloth would be dear, [169]

Were every one to sweep before his own house, every street would be clean, [298]

Were fools silent they would pass for wise, [345]

Were he to throw a groat on the roof it would come down a dollar, [188]

Were I a hatter, men would come into the world without heads, [174]

Were it a wolf it would spring at your throat, [56]

Were it not for “if” and “but,” we should all be rich for ever, [56]

Were the devil to come from hell to fight, there would forthwith be a Frenchman to accept the challenge, [56]