John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
137 John Heywood 1497?-1580? John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 137 |
| AUTHOR: | John Heywood (1497?–1580?) |
| QUOTATION: | Better one byrde in hand than ten in the wood. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Proverbes. Part i. Chap. xi. |
| Note 1. An earlier instance occurs in Heywood, in his “Dialogue on Wit and Folly,” circa 1530. [back] |