661. Gains. No gains without pains.
662. Galled horse. Touch a galled horse, and he will wince.
663. Gapeth.
He that gapeth until he be fed
Well may he gape until he be dead.
664. Garden. Many things grow in the garden that were never planted there.
665. Gardening.
This rule in gardening never forget,
To sow dry and set wet.
666. Garland. One flower makes no garland.
667. Gems. Gems must not be valued by what they are set in.
668. Gentility. Gentility without ability is worse than plain beggary.
669. Gentle strokes. Gentle strokes make the sweetest harmony.
670. Get.
Get what you can, and what you get, hold,
'Tis the stone which will turn your lead into gold.
671. Gift horse. Look not a gift horse in the mouth.
672. Gift. A gift with a kind countenance is a double gift.
673. Give. To give and keep there is need of wit.
674. Giveth. He giveth twice who gives in a trice.
675. Giving.
Giving to the poor
Increaseth your store.
676. Gladness. A man of gladness seldom falls into madness.
677. Glass. What your glass tells you will not be told by counsel.
678. Glass.
Who loves his glass without a G,
Take away L and that is he.
679. Glass houses. Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones.
680. Glasses. The more women look in their glasses, the less they look to their houses.
681. Glitters. All that glitters is not gold.
682. Gnats. Men strain at gnats, and swallow camels!
683. Go. If you want a thing done, go; if not, send.
684. Go about. Better go about than fall into the ditch.
685. God. God sends meat, and the devil sends cooks.
686. God. One God, no more; but friends good store.
687. Godfathers. When the child is christened, you may have godfathers enough.
688. God wills. When God wills, all winds bring rain.
689. Gold. A man may buy gold too dear.
690. Gold. Gold alone makes not prosperity.
691. Gold. As good as gold.
692. Gold. Gold goes in at any gate, except Heaven's.
693. Gold.
No lock will hold
'Gainst the power of gold.
694. Golden. We must not look for a golden life in an iron age.
695. Gold dust. Gold dust blinds all eyes.
696. Good. Do all the good you talk of; but talk not of all the good you do.
697. Good. Good and quickly seldom meet.
698. Good. No man knows better what good is than he that has an endured evil.
699. Good. Though good be good yet better carries it.
700. Good cheer. When good cheer is lacking our friends will be packing.
701. Good word. A good word is as soon said as an ill one.
702. Good counsel. Good counsel never comes too late.
703. Good friend. He's a good friend that speaks well of us behind our backs.
704. Good harvests. Good harvests make men prodigal, bad ones provident.
705. Good maxim. A good maxim is never out of season.
706. Good money. It is no use throwing good money after bad.
707. Good name.
The wife that expects to have a good name
Is always at home as if she were lame,
And the maid that is honest her chiefest delight
Is still to be doing from morning to night.
708. Goods. A man may lose his goods for want of demanding them.
709. Good things. God reacheth us good things with our own hands.
710. Good thing. One can never have too much of a good thing.
711. Good turns. One never loseth by doing good turns.
712. Good Turn. One good turn deserves another.
713. Good words.
Good words without deeds
Are rushes and reeds.
714. Gown. The gown is hers who wears it, and the world is his who enjoys it.
715. Grasp. Grasp no more than thy hand will hold.
716. Grain. Never split timber against the grain.
717. Grasp. Grasp all, lose all.
718. Grass. March grass never did good.
719. Grass.
If the grass grow in Janiveer,
It grows the worse for't all the year.
720. Grass. While the grass grows the steed starves.
721. Grass. Grass grows not upon the highway.
722. Graves. We shall lie all alike in our graves.
723. Great dowry. A great dowry is a bed full of troubles.
724. Great marks. Great marks are soonest hit.
725. Great ones. There would be no great ones if there were no little.
726. Great ship. A great ship needs deep waters.
727. Green wood. Green wood makes a hot fire.
728. Green wound. A green wound is soon healed.
729. Green winter. A green winter makes a fat churchyard.
730. Grey hairs. Gray hairs are death's blossoms.
731. Grief. Grief pent up will burst the heart.
732. Grind. The mill cannot grind with the water that is past.
733. Guest. An unbidden guest must bring his own stool with him.
734. Guest. 'Tis an ill guest that never drinks to his host.
735. Guilty conscience. A guilty conscience needs no accuser.
