Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887. Keep
He who gets doth much, but he who keeps doth more. 1 Keep a thing seven years and you’ll find use for it. Gaelic. 2 Keep cool and you command everybody. St. Just. 3 Keep not two tongues in one mouth. Danish. 4 Keep out of a hasty man’s way for a while, out of a sullen man’s all the days of your life. 5 Keep out of brawls and you will neither be a principal nor a witness. Spanish. 6 Keep some till furthermore come. 7 Keep something for a sair fit. 8 Keep the common road and thou’rt safe. 9 Keep the feast to feast day. Scotch. 10 Keep the staff in your ain hand. 11 Keep your breath to cool your crowdie. 12 Keep yourself from the anger of a great man, from the tumult of a mob, from a man of ill-fame, from a widow that has been thrice married, from a wind that comes in at a hole, and from a reconciled enemy. 13 Who shall keep the keepers? (Quis custodiet ipsos custodes. ) 14 You may keep the wool until it is dirt and flax until it is silk. 15
