Providence is always on the side of the strongest battalions.
2202
Punctuality is the soul of business.
2203
Purpose supposes foresight.
2204
Put not your hand between the bark and the tree.
2205
Put (or Lay or Set) one's shoulder to the wheel.
2206
Put the cart before the horse.
2207
Put the shoe on the right foot.
2208
Quality is better than quantity.
2209
Quality matters more than quantity.
2210
Quarrels of lovers but renew their love.
2211
Quick at meal, quick at work.
2212
Quick feet and busy hands fill the mouth.
2213
Quietness is best.
2214
Quietude is the crown of life.
2215
Rain before seven; fine before eleven.
2216
Rain comes after sunshine, and after a dark cloud, a clear sky.
2217
Rats leave (or desert or forsake) a sinking ship.
2218
Readiness is all.
2219
Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.
2220
Reading makes a full amn, meditation a profound man, discourse a clear man.
2221
Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man.
2222
Read not books alone, but men.
2223
Ready money is a ready medicine.
2224
Real knowledge, like everything else of value, is not to be obtained easily, it must be worked for, studied for, thought for, and more than all, must be prayed for.
2225
Reap as (or what) one has sown.
2226
Rear sons for help in old age; and store up grains against famine.
2227
Reason binds the man.
2228
Reason deceives us often, conscience never.
2229
Reason governs the wise man a cudgels the fool.
2230
Reason is the guide and light of life.
2231
Reason rules all things.
2232
Reckless youth makes rueful age.
2233
Remember thou are but a man.
2234
Repentance is good, but innocence is better.
2235
Repetition is the mother of knowledge.
2236
Reputation is often got without merit and lost without fault.
2237
Resolve to perform what you ought; perform without fail what you resolve.
2238
Respect yourself, or no one else will respect you.
2239
Responsibility must be shouldered; you cannot carry it under your arms.
2240
Rest breeds rust.
2241
Revolutions are not made with rose water.
2242
Riches do not always bring happiness.
2243
Riches either serve or govern the possessor.
2244
Riches have wings.
2245
Riches serve a wise man but command a fool.
2246
Rivers need a spring.
2247
Roll my log and I'll roll yours.
2248
Rome was not built in a (or one) day.
2249
Run (or Hold) with the hare and hunt (or run) with the hounds.
2250
Sadness and gladness succeed each other.
2251
Safe bind, safe find. Sail while the wind blows; wind and tide wait for no man.
2252
Salt water and absence wash away love.
2253
Satan always finds work for idle hands.
2254
Save a thief from gallows and he will help hang you.
2255
Save while you may, no morning sun lasts a whole day.
2256
Saving is getting.
2257
Saying and doing are two things.
2258
Saying is one thing, and doing another.
2259
Say not all that you know, believe not all that you hear.
2260
Say well is good, but do well is better。
2261
Science is organized knowledge.
2262
Score twice before you cut once.
2263
Scornful dogs will eat dirty puddings.
2264
Scratch a Russian, and you('ll) find a Tartar.
2265
Scratch me and I'll scratch you
2266
Scratch my back and I'll scratch yours.
2267
Second thoughts are best.
2268
Seeing is believing.
2269
Seeing much, suffering much, and studying much are the three pillars of learning.
2270
See, listen, and be silent, and you will live in peace.
2271
Seize (or Take) time by the forelock.
2272
Seldom seen, soon forgotten.
2273
Self-confidence is the first requisite to human greatness.
2274
Self-distrust is the cause of most of our failure.
2275
Self do, self have.
2276
Self-praise is no recommendation.
2277
Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control, these three alone lead life to sovereign power.
2278
Self-trust is the essence of heroism.
2279
Self-trust is the first secret of success.
2280
Serve somebody with the same sauce.
2281
Set a beggar on horseback and he'll ride to the devil.
2282
Set a thief to catch a thief.
2283
Shallow streams make most din.
2284
Sharp stomachs make short graces.
2285
Short accounts make long friends.
2286
Short acquaintance brings repentance.
2287
Short is my date, but deathless my renown.
2288
Show me a liar, and I'll show you a thief.
2289
Sickness is everyman's master.
2290
Sickness is felt, but health not at all.
2291
Sickness shows us what we are.
2292
Silence gives consent.
2293
Silence in times of suffering is the best.
2294
Silence is learnt by the may misfortunes of life.
2295
Silence is more eloquent than words.
2296
Silence is sometimes the severest criticism.
2297
Silent men, like still waters, are deep and dangerous.
2298
Silks and satins put out the fire in the kitchen.
2299
Sincerity, a deep genuine, heart-felt sincerity, is a trait of true and noble manhood.
