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| Be with a man deaf and hearing, silent and speaking. Hebrew. | 1 |
| Bind so as you may unbind. | 2 |
| Boldly nominate a spade a spade. Ben Jonson. | 3 |
| Cast not away what you have for what you are not sure of. | 4 |
| Cast not the helve after the hatchet (Don’t despair.) | 5 |
| Catch not at the shadow and lose the substance. | 6 |
| Clear and round dealing is the honor of man’s nature. | 7 |
| Commend not your wife, wine, nor house. | 8 |
| Conceal thy domestic ills. Thales. | 9 |
| Conquer thyself. Chinese. | 10 |
| Cry no herring till you have it in the net. Dutch. | 11 |
| Cultivate a chaste imagination. | 12 |
| Deride not the unfortunate. | 13 |
| Do all you can to be good and you’ll be so. | 14 |
| Do evil and look for the like. | 15 |
| Do good and care not to whom. Italian, Portuguese. | 16 |
| Do good and then do it again. | 17 |
| Do good if you expect to receive it. | 18 |
| Do good to a knave and pray God he may not do the same to thee. Danish. | 19 |
| Do not abandon the substance for the shadow. | 20 |
| Do not all you can, spend not all you have, believe not all you hear, tell not all you know. | 21 |
| Do not carry too much sail. | 22 |
| Do not change what you have said. Hindu. | 23 |
| Do not look upon the vessel but upon that which it contains. | 24 |
| Do not make fish of one and flesh of another. | 25 |
| Do not meddle with clandestine affairs. Hindu. | 26 |
| Do not neglect your own field and plough your neighbor’s. Hindu. | 27 |
| Do not publish people’s defects. Hindu. | 28 |
| Do not put in more warp than you can weave. Danish. | 29 |
| Do not rake up old grievances. | 30 |
| Do not rip up old sores. | 31 |
| Do not sail too near the wind. | 32 |
| Do not say go, but go thyself. | 33 |
| Do not take hold of a nettle, but if you do, grasp it tight. Afghan. | 34 |
| Don’t fall into the fire to be saved from the smoke. Turkish. | 35 |
| Don’t get so anxious that you kill yourself. North American Indian. | 36 |
| Don’t have too many irons in the fire or some will be sure to burn. | 37 |
| Don’t make yourself poor to one who won’t make you rich. Danish. | 38 |
| Don’t pull hard enough to break the rope. Portuguese. | 39 |
| Don’t put your finger in too tight a ring. French, Italian. | 40 |
| Don’t rely on the label of the bag. French. | 41 |
| Don’t scald your tongue in other people’s broth. | 42 |
| Don’t scuffle with the potter for he makes money by the damage. Spanish. | 43 |
| Don’t send away your cat for being a thief. Spanish. | 44 |
| Don’t shiver for last year’s snow. | 45 |
| Don’t show your teeth if you can’t bite. French. | 46 |
| Don’t speak to the man at the wheel. | 47 |
| Don’t take too big a chip on a saplin’. African American. | 48 |
| Don’t throw the handle after the bill. (Despair.) Dutch. | 49 |
| Don’t wake a sleeping dog. | 50 |
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| Don’t wake the drunken man. German. | 51 |
| Don’t yoke the plough before the horses. Dutch. | 52 |
| Drive not away what never came near you. Danish. | 53 |
| Drown not thyself to save a drowning man. | 54 |
| Either a man or a mouse. | 55 |
| Either Cæsar or nobody. | 56 |
| Either make a spoon or spoil a horn. | 57 |
| Employ thy time well, and since thou art not sure of a minute throw not away an hour. Franklin. | 58 |
| Hide not your light under a bushel. | 59 |
| However exalted our position, we should still not despise the powers of the humble. Phædrus. | 60 |
| If you cannot say it point to it with your finger. French. | 61 |
| If you cannot take it by the head take it by the tail. Arabian. | 62 |
| If you can’t get it in bushels take it by spoonfuls. German. | 63 |
| If you command wisely, you’ll be obeyed cheerfully. | 64 |
| If you do wrang mak amends. | 65 |
| If you intend to do a mean thing, wait until to-morrow; if a noble one, do it now. | 66 |
| If you pursue two hares both will escape from you. Modern Greek. | 67 |
| If you stir up the mire you must bear the smell. | 68 |
| If you wish a thing done, go; if not, send. | 69 |
| In a matter of life and death trust not even your mother, she might mistake a black bean for a white one. Alcibiades. | 70 |
| In a wood don’t walk behind another. | 71 |
| It is absurd for a man either to commend or depreciate himself. Plutarch. | 72 |
| Ne’er scad your lips in other fowk’s kale. | 73 |
| Ne’er tell your fae when your feet sleeps. | 74 |
| Never apologize for showing feeling. | 75 |
| Never be ashamed to eat your meat. | 76 |
| Never be too much elated. Latin. | 77 |
| Never be weary of well doing. | 78 |
| Never cast dirt into that fountain of which thou hast sometime to drink. | 79 |
| Never count four unless you have three in your bag. | 80 |
| Never cross a bridge until you come to it. | 81 |
| Never cry hallo till you are out of the woods. | 82 |
| Never deny your assistance, nor ever do any body any hurt. French peasant. | 83 |
| Never descend to vulgarity even in joking. Latin. | 84 |
| Never do anything of which you are ashamed. | 85 |
| Never do by proxy what you can do yourself. Italian. | 86 |
| Never give the skin when you can pay with the wool. German. | 87 |
| Never grieve over spilt milk. | 88 |
| Never insult people in distress. Fable of the wanton calf. | 89 |
| Never lose a tub for a ha’p-worth of tar. | 90 |
| Never make a mountain of a mole-hill. | 91 |
| Never mourn over the past nor mope over the future. Rev. Dr. Crowley. | 92 |
| Never neglect an opportunity for improvement. Sir William Jones. | 93 |
| Never neglect small matters or expenses. Italian. | 94 |
| Never order a man to do what you are afraid to do yourself. Chinese Gordon. | 95 |
| Never praise a ford till you are over. | 96 |
| Never put your arm out further than you can draw it back again. Baillie Jarvis. | 97 |
| Never put your thumb between your grinders. | 98 |
| Never quit certainty for hope. | 99 |
| Never refuse a good offer. Latin, Italian. | 100 |
| Never repent a good action. Danish. | 101 |
| Never revenge a private injury and hazard your life for the public. Henry, Prince of Condé, to his son. | 102 |
| Never rub against the grain. | 103 |
| Never say, Fountain, I will not drink of thy water. | 104 |
| Never sigh but send. | 105 |
| Never spread your corn to dry before the door of a saintly man. Spanish. | 106 |
| Never take anything for granted. Benjamin Disraeli. | 107 |
| Never tread on a sore toe. | 108 |
| Never trouble trouble till trouble troubles you. | 109 |
| Never venture out of your depth till you can swim. | 110 |
| Never howl till you’re hit. Ulster. | 111 |
| Not many things imperfectly but a few well. | 112 |
| Of what does not concern you, nothing good or bad. Italian. | 113 |
| One should always conciliate. German. | 114 |
| One should break his arm to save his neighbor’s neck. German. | 115 |
| Order and do it and you’ll be rid of anxiety. | 116 |
| Produce much, consume little, labor diligently, speak cautiously. Chinese. | 117 |
| Rather contend for valor with the brave, than for wealth with the rich, or in rapaciousness with the covetous. Cato. | 118 |
| Rule lust, temper the tongue, and bridle the belly. | 119 |
| Rule youth an’ eild will rule itself. | 120 |
| See that in avoiding cinders you step not on burning coals. Latin. | 121 |
| Tell no one what you would have known only to yourself. Dutch. | 122 |
| Tell not all you know, believe not all you hear, do not all you are able. Italian. | 123 |
| Tell not all you know nor judge of all you see if you would live in peace. Spanish. | 124 |
| With your superiors, eat, drink, and rise fasting. Modern Greek. | 125 |
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