828 Traditional Proverbs / Page 30
581.
Some evils are cured by contempt.582.
Some have been thought brave because they didn't have the courage to run away.583.
Some people are born hammers, others anvils.584.
Some who will not speak against another, in the end does them harm.585.
Something you don't want is dear at any price.586.
Soon enough is well enough.587.
Soon learned, soon forgotten.588.
Spare the rod and spoil the child.589.
Speak and the man shall be shown.590.
Speak little and to the purpose.591.
Speak the truth and shame the devil.592.
Speak when you are spoken to.593.
Speech is silver, silence is golden.594.
Speedy exception is the mother of good fortune.595.
St. Swithin's Day, if thou dost rain, for forty days it will remain; St. Swithin's Day, if thou be fair, for forty days 'twill rain no more.596.
Step by step one goes very far.597.
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.598.
Strike while the iron is hot.599.
Take a hair of the dog that bit you.600.
Take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves.