| C.N. Douglas, comp. Forty Thousand Quotations: Prose and Poetical. 1917. | | | | Heywood |
| | | | All things on earth thus change, some up, some down; |
| Content’s a kingdom, and I wear that crown. |
| 1 |
| | Be of comfort, and your heavy sorrow |
| Part equally among us; storms divided, |
| Abate their force, and with less rage are guided. |
| 2 |
| | He makes a beggar first that first relieves him; |
| Not us’rers make more beggars where they live |
| Than charitable men that use to give. |
| 3 |
| | These are the lords |
| That have bought titles: men may merchandise |
| Wares, ay and traffic in all commodities |
| From sea to sea, and from shore to shore: |
| But in my thought, of all things that are sold. |
| ’Tis pity honor should be bought for gold: |
| It cuts off all desert. |
| 4 |
| At our wittes end. | 5 |
| By hooke or crooke. | 6 |
| God never sendeth mouth but he sendeth meat. | 7 |
| Have yee him on the hip? | 8 |
| Nought venter nought have. | 9 |
| Robbe Peter and pay Paule. | 10 |
| Rome was not built in one day. | 11 |
| Set the cart before the horse. | 12 |
| Tell tales out of schoole. | 13 |
| The fat is in the fire. | 14 |
| The more the merrier. | 15 |
| Two heads are better than one. | 16 |
| Went in at the one eare and out at the other. | 17 | | |
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