A small fire that warms you, is better than a large one that burns you, [366]

A small hatchet fells a great oak, [291]

A smart coat is a good letter of introduction, [317]

A smooth tongue is better than smooth locks, [350]

A soft answer turneth away wrath, [316]

A solitary man is either a brute or an angel, [131]

A son-in-law’s friendship is a winter’s sun, [199]

A sow is always dreaming of bran, [59]

A sow may find an acorn as well as a hog, [366]

A sow prefers bran to roses, [60]