An old poacher makes the best gamekeeper.

The sun loses nothing by shining into a puddle.

Fair and softly goes far in a day.

Haste makes waste.

Three things are not to be trusted; a cow’s horn, a dog’s tooth, and a horse’s hoof.

Misfortunes never come singly.

There is a time for everything.

The higher the monkey climbs the more he shows his tail.

When Adam delved and Even span, who was then the gentleman?

If there were no receivers, there would be no thieves.

He that touches pitch shall be defiled.

A reed before the wind lives on, while mighty oaks do fall.

More haste, less speed.

Time flies.

It’s too late to shut the stable-door after the horse has bolted.

In vain the net is spread in the sight of the bird.

Do not throw pearls to swine.

Homer sometimes nods.

Much would have more.

We must learn to walk before we can run.

The more the merrier.

Out of the fullness of the heart the mouth speaks.

Enough is as good as a feast.

No smoke without fire.

Murder will out.

What must be, must be.

A guilty conscience needs no accuser.

The more you get the more you want.

The pitcher will go to the well once too often.

Every man for himself.

Nothing comes of nothing.

Never is a long time.

What you spend, you have.

The cowl does not make the monk.

The nearer the church, the farther from God.

When the wine is in, the wit is out.

Everything has an end.

Patience is a virtue.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

The dog returns to it’s vomit.

Art is long and life is short.

The nearer the bone, the sweeter the meat.

While the grass grows, the steed starves.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Practise what you preach.

Silence means consent.

Everyone stretches his legs according to the length of his coverlet.

Ask a silly question and you get a silly answer.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Be what you would seem to be.