1407. SEA. On the sea sail; on the land settle.
1408. SEASON. Everything is good in its season.
1409. SEASON. To everything there is a season; and a time to every purpose under heaven.
1410. SECOND BLOW. 'Tis the second blow that makes a fray.
1411. SECRET. He that revealeth his secret maketh himself a slave.
1413. SEEK. Seek till you find, and you'll lose no labour.
1414. SELDOM SEEN. Seldom seen, soon forgotten.
1416. SELF LOVE. Self love's a mote in every man's eye.
1417. SELF PRAISE. Self praise is no recommendation.
September blow soft, Till the fruit's in the loft.
1419. SERVANTS. Good servants make good masters.
1420. SHADOW. Catch not at the shadow and lose the substance.
1422. SHAVING. It's ill shaving against the wool.
Shear your sheep in May, And shear them all away.
1425. SHIPS. Ships fear fire more than water.
1426. SHOE. The finest shoe often hurts the foot.
1427. SHOE. To know where the shoe pinches.
1428. SHOOT. Every man will shoot at the enemy, but few will go to fetch the shaft.
1429. SHOP. Keep thy shop, and thy shop will keep thee.
1430. SHORN SHEEP. God tempers the wind to the shorn sheep.
1431. SHORT CUTS. Short cuts are sometimes longest.
1432. SHORT RECKONINGS. Short reckonings are soon cleared.
1433. SHORT AND SWEET. Short and sweet like a donkey's gallop.
1434. SHREW. Every one can tame a shrew but he that hath her.
1439. SILENCE. Silence is the best ornament of a woman.
1440. SILVER. White silver draws black lines.
1441. SILVER SPOON. He was born with a silver spoon in his mouth.
1442. SING. A bird that can sing and won't sing, must be made to sing.
1443. SING. None but fools and fiddlers sing at their meat.
1445. SIT STILL. As good sit still as rise up and fall.
1446. SLANDER. Few people are out of the reach of slander.
1447. SLANDER. Slander leaves a score behind it.
Account not that work slavery That brings in penny savoury.
1449. SLEEP. One hour's sleep before midnight is worth two hours after.
1450. SLEEPING. There is sleeping enough in the grave.
1451. SLEEPING DOG. Don't wake a sleeping dog.
1452. SLIP. Better that the feet slip than the tongue.
1453. SLOTH. Sloth turneth the edge of wit.
1454. SLOTH. Sloth is the mother of poverty.
The sluggard's guise, Loth to go to bed and loth to rise.