1019. Maidens. Maidens must be seen and not heard.
1020. Malice. Malice is mindful.
1021. Malt. Slow fire makes sweet malt.
1022. Man. A man at five may be a fool at fifteen.
1023. Man. Man proposes, God disposes.
1024. Man. Man doth what he can, and God what He will.
1025. Manners. Manners often make fortunes.
1026. Many hands. Many hands make light work.
1027. March.
March wind and May sun,
Make clothes white and maids dun.
1028. March. March many weathers.
1029. March dust. A bushel of March dust is worth a king's ransom.
1030. Market. A man must sell his ware at the rate of the market.
1031. Market. Forsake not the market for the toll.
1032. Market. If fools went not to market, bad ware would not be sold.
1033. Market. Three women and a goose make a market.
1034. Marriage (ill). An ill marriage is a spring of ill fortune.
1035. Marriage. Marriage halves our griefs, and doubles our joys.
1036. Marriages. Marriages are made in heaven.
1037. Marries. He who marries for wealth sells his liberty.
1038. Marry. Marry in haste, repent at leisure.
1039. Marry.
Bachelors, before you marry,
Have a house wherein to tarry.
1040. Marry.
If you regard old saws, mind, thus they say,
'Tis bad to marry in the month of May.
1041. Master. Like master like man.
1042. Master. He that will too soon be his own master, will have a fool for his scholar.
1043. Master. No man is his craft's master the first day.
1044. Master. Marry above your match and you get a master.
1045. Master. One eye of the master sees more than four of the servants'.
1046. Master-craft. Of all the crafts honesty is the master-craft.
1047. Masters. No man can serve two masters.
1048. Master's eye. The master's eye makes the horse fat.
1049. Master's eye. The master's eye does more work than his hands.
1050. Matrimony. Matrimony's a matter of money.
1051. May be. Every "may be" hath a "may not be."
1052. May. A windy March and a rainy April make a beautiful May.
1053. May (cold).
A cold May,
Plenty of corn and hay.
1054. Meadow. A thin meadow is soon mowed.
1055. Measure. Good measure is a merry mean.
1056. Measure. With what measure ye mete it shall be measured to you again.
1057. Measure. Measure twice before you cut once.
1058. Measures. He measures your corn by his bushel.
1059. Meat. Much meat, much maladies.
1060. Meat. Meat is much, but manners is more.
1061. Medium. There's a medium between painting the face and not washing it.
1062. Medlars. Medlars are never good till they be rotten.
1063. Medlars. Time and straw make medlars ripe.
1064. Mend. It is never too late to mend.
1065. Mend. If every one would mend one, all would be mended.
1066. Mend. In the end things will mend.
1067. Mercy. Cry you mercy, who killed my cat?
1068. Merry. He that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast.
1069. Merry. It's good to be merry and wise.
1070. Merry. It is good to be merry at meat.
1071. Merry. Merry meet, merry part, merry meet again.
1072. Merry. As long lives a merry heart as a sad.
1073. Merry month. The merry month of May.
1074. Mettle. Mettle is dangerous in a blind horse.
1075. Milk. Milk which will not be made into butter must be made into cheese.
1076. Milk. Who would keep a cow when he may have a bottle of milk for a penny!
1077. Mill. No mill, no meal.
1078. Millstone. I can see as far into a millstone as the picker.
1079. Millstone. The lower millstone grinds as well as the upper.
1080. Mind. Out of sight, out of mind.
1081. Mind.
In the forehead and the eye,
The picture of the mind doth lie.
1082. Mind. A woman's mind and winter wind often change.
1083. Mind. A wise man changes his mind; a fool never.
1084. Mirth. A pennyworth of mirth is worth a pound of sorrow.
1085. Mischief. A little mischief is too much.
1086. Mischiefs. Mischiefs come by the pound and go away by the ounce.
1087. Misfortunes. Misfortunes seldom come alone.
1088. Miss. A miss is as good as a mile.
1089. Mists.
So many mists in March you see,
So many frosts in May will be.
1090. Misunderstanding. Misunderstanding brings lies to town.
1091. Mob. The mob has many heads, but no brains.
1092. Mocking. Mocking is catching.
1093. Modesty. Modesty is the handmaid of virtue.
1094. Monday.
Monday for wealth,
Tuesday for health,
Wednesday the best day of all;
Thursday for crosses,
Friday for losses,
Saturday no luck at all.
1095. Money. Money is more easily made than made use of.
1096. Money.
1097. Money. Money makes money.
1098. Money. Money often makes the man.
1099. Money. The abundance of money ruins youth.
1100. Money. A fool and his money are soon parted.
1101. Money. A fool may make money, but a wise man should spend it.
1102. Money. 'Tis money makes the mare to go.
1103. Money. He that hath no money needeth no purse.
1104. Moon.
In the old of the moon,
A cloudy morning bodes a fair afternoon.
1105. Moon.
A Saturday's moon
Always comes too soon.
1106. Moon. The moon's not seen where the sun shines.
1107. More. The more the merrier; the fewer the better cheer.
1108. Morning. Lose an hour in the morning, and you'll be all day hunting for it.
1109. Morning sun. The morning sun never lasts a day.
1110. Most. Do as most do, and fewest will speak ill of thee.
1111. Most. Most take all.
1112. Mother's breath. The mother's breath is always sweet.
1113. Mother's heart. A mother's heart never grows old.
1114. Mother-wit. An ounce of mother-wit is worth a pound of clergy.
1115. Mountain. Never make a mountain of a mole-hill.
1116. Mountain. If the mountain will not go to Mahomet, let Mahomet go to the mountain.
1117. Mouth civility. Mouth civility costs little but is worth less.
1118. Mouths. He that sends mouths sends meat.
1119. Much. A fool demands much, but he's a greater that gives it.
1120. Much. Much is expected where much is given.
1121. Much. Much would have more, and lost all.
1122. Muddles. Muddles at home make husbands roam.
1123. Muffled cats. Muffled cats are bad mousers.
1124. Murder. Murder will out.
1125. Music. Music helps not the toothache.
1126. Music. Where music is no harm can be.
1127. Musician. When a musician hath forgot his note, he makes as though a crumb stuck in his throat.
1128. Musk. It's no use looking for musk in a dog's kennel.
1129. Mute. They are as mute as fishes.
