Contents -BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD

Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887.

Caution

Abundant caution does no harm.Coke.

Be cautious what you say, of whom and to whom.Fielding.

Be first at a feast and last at a fight.Tamil.

Caution is the mother of tender beer glasses.Dutch.

Fortunate is he whom the dangers of others have rendered cautious.Latin.

If thou canst not see the bottom wade not.

It is always well to have hold of your horse’s bridle.French.

Lock the stable door before the steed is stolen.

Much caution does no harm.Portuguese.

We know not which stone the scorpion lurks under.

Who sees not the bottom let him not pass the water.Italian.