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1734. WEAKEST. Let the weakest go to the wall.
1735. WEAKEST. Where it is weakest there the thread breaketh.
1736. WEALTH. Their folly pleads the privilege of wealth.
1737. WEARER. The wearer best knows where the shoe pinches.
1738. WEARING. Everything is the worse for wearing.
1739. WEARS. Constant dropping wears the stone.
1740. WEATHER. 'Tis pity fair weather should do any harm.
1741. WEATHER (CHANGE). Any flat can talk of change of weather.
1742. WEDDING. Wedding and ill-wintering tame both man and beast.
1743. WEDLOCK. Wedlock is a padlock.
1744. WEDS. Who weds ere he be wise shall die ere he thrive.
1745. WEEP. As great a pity to see a woman weep, as to see a goose go barefoot.
1746. WELCOME. As welcome as the flowers in May.
1747. WELCOME. "Welcome death," quoth the rat, when the trap fell down.
1748. WELCOME. Welcome is the best dish on the table.
1749. WELL. Let well alone.
1750. WELL. When the well is dug it is easy enough to pump.
1751. WELL-DOING. Be not weary of well-doing.
1752. WELL-ORDERED. All things are soon prepared in a well-ordered house.
1753. WELLS. Well-drawn wells give the sweetest water.
1754. WEPT. I wept when I was born, and every day shows why.
1755. WHET. A whet is no let [hindrance].
1756. WHISTLE. You may pay too dear for your whistle.
1757. WHY. There's ne'er a why, but there's a wherefore.
1758. WIDE. Wide will wear but narrow will tear.
1759. WIFE. Choose your wife on Sat.u.r.day, and not on a Sunday.
1760. WIFE. He that goes far from home for a wife, either intends to cheat or will be cheated.
1761. WIFE. A man's best fortune or his worst is his wife.
1762. WIFE. There is one good wife in the country, and every man thinks he hath her.
1763. WIFE (GOOD). A good wife makes a good husband.
1764. WIFE (GOOD).
A good wife and health Are a man's best wealth.
1765. WIFE (GOOD).
Saith Solomon the wise A good wife's a prize.
1766. WIFE (NEWS). He that tells his wife news is but newly married.
1767. WILD OATS. Happy is he who hath sown his wild oats betimes.
1768. WILES. Wise men are not caught by wiles.
1769. WILFUL. If wilful will to water, wilful must be drowned.
1770. WILFUL MAN. A wilful man never wants woe.
1771. WILL. Take the will for the deed.
1772. WILL. They that cannot do as they will, must do as they can.
1773. WILL. Will without reason is blind.
1774. WILL NOT. If one will not, another will.
1775. WILL (READY). Where the will is ready, the feet are light.
1776. WILL (WAY). Where there's a will there's a way.
1777. WILLING HORSE. All lay load on the willing horse.
1778. WILLING MIND. Nothing is impossible to a willing mind.
1779. WILLOWS. Willows are weak, yet they bend other wood.
1780. WIN. Win first, lose last.
1781. WIND (NORTH).
