Second thoughts are best.

When one door shuts, another opens.

One hand washes the other.

The wish is father to the thought.

Fish and guests stink after three days.

Do as I say, not as I do.

It is easier to pull down than to build up.

New lords, new laws.

There goes more to marriage than four bare legs in a bed.

You cannot put an old head on young shoulders.

Where God builds a church, the Devil will build a chapel.

After dinner rest awhile, after supper walk a mile.

All is fish that comes to the net.

Every man to his trade.

Like breeds like.

Other times, other manners.

Threatened men live long.

Home is home though it’s never so homely.

The post of honour is the post of danger.

A bad excuse is better than none.

Better one house spoiled than two.

He that will thrive must first as his wife.

Money makes money.

Seek and ye shall find.

When thieves fall out, honest men come by their own.

Set a beggar on horseback, and he’ll ride to the Devil.

The fish always stinks from the head downwards.

Four eyes see more than two.

Do as you would be done by.

It is easy to find a stick to beat a dog.

Night brings counsel.

There is an exception to every rule.

You cannot serve God and Mammon.

Whom the Gods love die young.

As you bake so shall you brew.

The devil can quote Scripture for his own ends.

Every tub must stand on its own bottom.

Like master, like man.

An ounce of practice is worth a pound of precept.

Time will tell.

Hope deferred makes the heart sick.

The quarrel of lovers is the renewal of love.

A barking dog never bites.

A bleating sheep loses a bite.

He who fights and runs away, may live to fight another day.

Morning dreams come true.

Short reckonings make long friends.

While there’s life there’s hope.

The shoemaker’s son always goes barefoot.

The half is better than the whole.