Tis easy to build castles in the air.

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Tis easy to build castles in the air.

Proverb collected by Thomas Preston

Thomas Preston (compiler), A Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases, proverb 206. — https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/39281/pg39281-images.html#proverb_206

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Have not the cloak to make when it begins to rain.

Proverb collected by Thomas Preston · Thomas Preston (compiler), A Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases, proverb 266. — https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/39281/pg39281-images.html#proverb_266

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Be captain of your own ship.

Proverb collected by Thomas Preston · Thomas Preston (compiler), A Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases, proverb 197. — https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/39281/pg39281-images.html#proverb_197

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Business is the salt of life.

Proverb collected by Thomas Preston · Thomas Preston (compiler), A Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases, proverb 173. — https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/39281/pg39281-images.html#proverb_173

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