1539. STOOP. He must stoop that hath a low door.
1542. STORY. One story is good until another's told.
1543. STRAIGHT TREES. Straight trees have crooked roots.
1544. STRATAGEM. By stratagem, not valour.
1545. STREAM. No striving against the stream.
1546. STRIFE. Weight and measure take away strife.
1547. STRIFE. Haste makes waste, and waste makes want, and want makes strife between the good man and his wife.
1548. STRIKE. Strike while the iron is hot.
1549. STROKES. Little strokes fell great oaks.
1550. STUDY. Morning is the time for study.
1551. STUMBLES. He that runs in the night stumbles.
1552. STUMBLES. He that stumbles twice over the same stone, deserves to break his shins.
1553. STUMBLES. 'Tis a good horse that never stumbles, and a good wife that never grumbles.
1554. SUBJECTS' LOVE. The subjects' love is the king's lifeguard.
1555. SUCCESS. Nothing succeeds like success.
'Tis not in mortals to command success, But we'll do more, Sempronius, we'll deserve it.
1557. SUCKERS. The young suckers drain the old tree.
1558. SUFFERANCE. Of sufferance comes ease.
1559. SUFFICIENT. Sufficient for the day is the evil thereof.
1560. SUIT. That suit is best that best fits me.
1561. SUNSHINE. No sunshine but hath some shadow.
1562. SUPPERLESS. Better go to bed supperless than to rise in debt.
1563. SUPPERS. Light suppers make long lives.
1565. SURGEON. A good surgeon must have an eagle's eye, a lion's heart, and a lady's hand.
1566. SWALLOW. One swallow does not make a summer.
1567. SWALLOW. One swallow makes not a spring, nor one woodcock a winter.
1570. SWEEP. They have need of a besom that sweep the house with a turf.
1571. SWEET. He deserves not the sweet that will not taste the sour.
1572. SWIM. He must needs swim that's held up by the chin.
1573. SWIM. Never trust yourself out of your depth till you can swim.
1574. SWORD. He that strikes with the sword shall be beaten with the scabbard.
1575. SWORD. Who draws his sword against his prince must throw away the scabbard.
1576. TABLE. A poor man's table is soon spread.
1577. TABLE. Who depends upon another man's table often dines late.
1578. TALE-BEARER. Remove the tale-bearer and contention ceaseth.
1579. TALE-BEARERS. Put no faith in tale-bearers.
1580. TALK. Talk of the devil and his imp appears.