1676. TRY. Try your friend before you trust him.
1677. TUB. Every tub must stand on its own bottom.
1678. TURN. One good turn deserves another.
1679. TURNED. Swine, women, and bees are not to be turned.
1680. TWELFTH DAY. At twelfth-day the days are lengthened a cock's stride.
1681. TWENTY. As good twenty as nineteen.
1682. TWICE. If things were to be done twice, all would be wise.
1683. TWO FACES. Never carry two faces under one hat.
1684. TWO HEADS. Two heads are better than one.
1685. TWO PLACES. One cannot be in two places at once.
1686. TWO SUNDAYS. When two Sundays come in one week--that is, never.
1687. UNHAPPY. An unhappy lad may make a good man.
1688. UNITS. The greatest number is made up of units.
1691. UNTAUGHT. Better untaught than ill-taught.
1693. USE. Use the means, and God will give the blessing.
1694. UTILITY. Utility is preferable to grandeur.
On Valentine's day will a good goose lay, If she be a good goose, her dame well to pay, She will lay two eggs before Valentine's day.
1696. VALLEY. He who stays in the valley will never get over the hill.
1697. VALOUR. Valour can do little without discretion.
1698. VALOUR. Valour that parleys is near yielding.
1699. VENTURE. Nothing venture nothing win.
1700. VENTURE. Venture a small fish to catch a great one.
1701. VENTURE. Venture not all in one ship.
1702. VERY LAST. Fools think themselves wise to the very last.
1703. VICAR OF BRAY. The vicar of Bray will be vicar of Bray still.
1704. VICE. Vice is nourished by being concealed.
1705. VINE. Make the vine poor, and it will make you rich.
1706. VINEGAR. The sweetest wine makes the sharpest vinegar.
1707. VIRTUES. Search others for their virtues, thyself for their faults.
1708. VOWS. Vows made in storms are forgotten in calms.
1709. WAGER. A wager is a fool's argument.
1710. WAGES. He who serves well need not be afraid to ask his wages.
1711. WAITS. He that waits on another man's trencher, makes many a late dinner.
1712. WANT. The worth of a thing is best known by the want of it.
1713. WANT OF. For want of a nail the shoe is lost; for want of a shoe the horse is lost; for want of a horse the rider is lost.
1714. WAR. War, hunting, and law, are as full of trouble as pleasure.
1716. WAR. Who preacheth war is the devil's chaplain.