Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887.
Keep
He who gets doth much, but he who keeps doth more.
Keep a thing seven years and you’ll find use for it.Gaelic.
Keep cool and you command everybody.St. Just.
Keep not two tongues in one mouth.Danish.
Keep out of a hasty man’s way for a while, out of a sullen man’s all the days of your life.
Keep out of brawls and you will neither be a principal nor a witness.Spanish.
Keep some till furthermore come.
Keep something for a sair fit.
Keep the common road and thou’rt safe.
Keep the feast to feast day.Scotch.
Keep the staff in your ain hand.
Keep your breath to cool your crowdie.
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.
Who shall keep the keepers? (Quis custodiet ipsos custodes.)
You may keep the wool until it is dirt and flax until it is silk.