“Forgive and forget.”
“Forgive thyself nothing and others much.”
“Forgiven is not forgotten.”
“Fortune and misfortune are neighbors.”
“Fortune and misfortune are two buckets in a well.”
“Fortune and women are partial to fools.”
“Fortune give many too much, but no one enough.”
“Fortune gives her hand to a bold man.”
“Fortune is like women: loves youth and is fickle.”
“Free man, free goods.”
“Full vessels give the least sound.”
“Funeral sermon, lying sermon.”
“Gifts are according to the giver.”
“Everybody must wear out one pair of fool's shoes, if he wear no more.”
“Everybody thinks his own cuckoo sings better than another's nightingale.”
“Everybody's busy is nobody's business.”
“Everybody's companion is nobody's friend.”
“Everybody's friend, everybody's fool.”
“Everything would be well were there not a "but."”
“Except for the night, we could never know the stars.”
“Exchange is no robbery.”
“Fair flowers to not remain long by the wayside.”
“Fair hair may hae foul roots.”


“Fair words don't fill the pocket.”
“Fancy requires much, necessity but little.”
“Fat hens lay few eggs.”
“Fir and water are good servants, but bad masters.”
“Fire and faggot are but sad reformers.”
“Fire in the heart sends smoke into the head.”
“Fire is a good servant but a bad master.”
“First look at home, then censure me.”
“First weigh, then venture.”
“Fish begin to stink at the head.”
“Five fingers hold more than two forks.”
“Flatterers are cats that lick before and scratch behind.”
“Flatterers haunt not cottages.”

“Every hare may pluck the dead lion's mane.”
“Every herring must hang by its own gill.”
“Every labourer is worthy of his hire.”
“Every land has its own law.”
“Every light is not the sun.”
“Every man for himself, and God for us all.”
“Every man for himself, and the Devil take the hindmost.”
“Every man is dearest to himself.”
“Every man is the best interpreter of his own words.”
“Every man rides his own hobby.”


“Every mother's child is handsome.”
“Every one basteth the fat hog, while the lean one burneth.”
“Every one counts for as much as he has.”
“Every one has his master.”
“Every one is emperor on his own ground.”
“Every one is glad to see a knave caught in his own trap.”
“Every one is wise after the event.”
“Every one must pay his debt to nature.”
“Every one thinks his own a falcon.”
“Every one thinks that all the bells echo his own thoughts.”
“Every priestling conceals a popeling.”
“Every woman would rather be handsome than good.”
“Everybody is the architect oh is own fortune.”
“Everybody knows best where his own shoe pinches.”
“Everybody knows good counsel except him who has need of it.”

“Drive a rat into a corner, and he'll jump at you.”
“Drive gently over the stones.”
“Drive not a second nail till the first be clinched.”
“Ducats are clipped, pence are not.”
“Ducks quack loudly before a rain.”
“Dumb dogs and still water are dangerous.”
“Early marriage, long love.”
“Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.”
“Early to rise and late to bed, lifts again the debtor's head.”
“Eating and drinking holds body and soul together.”


“Either fight not with priests or beat them to death.”
“Empty casks make the most sound.”
“Enough is better than a sackful.”
“Entreat him in jackass fashion; if he won't carry the sack, give him a whack.”
“Envy eats nothing but its own heart.”
“Envy envies itself.”
“Erring is not cheating.”
“Even a hair casts its shadow.”
“Even the best hack stumbles once.”
“Even the lion must defend himself against the flies.”
“Ever one hair, only one, and the man is bald at last.”
“Every beginning is hard, said the thief, when he began by stealing an anvil.”
“Every clown can find fault, though it would puzzle him to do better.”
“Every cock crows best on his own dunghill.”
“Every fool is different.”
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