Don’t talk Latin before the Franciscans, [23]

Don’t teach fishes to swim, [23]

Don’t throw away your dirty water till you have got clean, [160]

Don’t throw away your old shoes till you have got new ones, [318]

Don’t throw the handle after the bill, [333]

Don’t yoke the plough before the horses, [333]

Do what I say well, and not what I do ill, [224]

Do what the friar says, and not what he does, [224]

Do what thou doest (Age quod agis), [170]