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.

Go further and fare worse.

Dog does not eat dog.

It is good to make a bridge of gold to a flying enemy.

No money, no Swiss.

There is a time and place for everything.

You cannot shift an old tree without it dying.

A word to the wise is enough.

Beauty draws with a single hair.

The devil makes his Christmas pies of lawyers’ tongues and clerks’ fingers.

Evil doers are evil dreaders.

Like people, like priest.

Pay beforehand was never well served.

Time works wonders.

It is the first step that is difficult.

September blow soft till the fruit’s in the loft.

Bear and forbear.

Call no man happy till he dies.

If Saint Paul’s day be fair and clear, it will betide a happy year.

A mouse may help a lion.

A shut mouth catches no flies.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

A tale never loses in the telling.

The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the Church.

Hanging and wiving go by destiny.

Don’t cry before you’re hurt.

It is never too late to mend.

No pain, no gain.

There is luck in odd numbers.

Young folks think old folks to be fools, but old folks know young folks to be fools.

The worth of a thing is what it will bring.

Beggars can’t be choosers.

Give a thing, and take a thing, to wear the devil’s gold ring.

A false confessed is half redressed.

Little pitchers have large ears.

A peck of March dust is worth a king’s ransom.