| Calamity is man's true touchstone |
| Care killed the cat |
| Catch the bear before you sell his skin |
| Caution is the parent of safety |
| Charity begins at home |
| Cheapest is the dearest |
| Cheek brings success |
| Children and fools must not play with edged tools |
| Children are poor men's riches |
| Choose an author as you choose a friend |
| Christmas comes but once a year, (but when it comes it brings good cheer) |
| Circumstances alter cases |
| Claw me, and I will claw thee |
| Cleanliness is next to godliness |
| Company in distress makes trouble less |
| Confession is the first step to repentance |
| Counsel is no command |
| Creditors have better memories than debtors |
| Cross the stream where it is shallowest |
| Crows do not pick crow's eyes |
| Curiosity killed a cat |
| Curses like chickens come home to roost |
| Custom is a second nature |
| Custom is the plague of wise men and the idol of fools |
| Cut your coat according to your cloth |
| Death is the grand leveller |
| Death pays all debts |
| Death when it comes will have no denial |
| Debt is the worst poverty |
| Deeds, not words |
| Delays are dangerous |
| Desperate diseases must have desperate remedies |
| Diligence is the mother of success (good luck) |
| Diseases are the interests of pleasures |
| Divide and rule |
| Do as you would be done by |
| Dog does not eat dog |
| Dog eats dog |
| Dogs that put up many hares kill none |
| Doing is better than saying |
