William Shakespeare on English proverbs (alphabetically by proverb)
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“Westward-ho!”
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“Honey of Hybla.”
“God save the mark!”
“I have you on the hip.”
“Harp not on that string.”
“Every why hath a wherefore.”
“'Tis neither here nor there.”
“Here's metal more attractive.”
“The short and the long of it.”
“All that glisters is not gold.”
“That was laid on with a trowel.”
Frequently appearing in literature from Shakespeare to Spenser, "Though last, not least in love" conveys the idea that importance isn't determined by order or sequence.
“Though last, not least in love.”
“Fast bind, fast find; A proverb never stale in thrifty mind.”