A used plough shines, standing water stinks, [149]

A usurer, a miller, a banker, and a publican, are the four evangelists of Lucifer, [316]

A vagabond monk never spoke well of his convent, [110]

A vicious colt may make a good horse, [38]

A vicious dog must be tied short, [3]

A voluntary burthen is no burthen, [77]

A well-formed figure needs no cloak, [273]

A well-wisher sees from afar, [246]

A white wall is the fool’s paper, [39], [110]

A wicked dog must be tied short, [38]