Conscience makes cowards of us all.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Nothing venture, nothing gain.

Today you; tomorrow me.

Never let the sun go down on your anger.

None but the brave deserve the fair.

Every law has its own law.

Keep your shop and your shop will keep you.

Sing before breakfast, cry before night.

You cannot get blood from a stone.

Winter never rots in the sky.

Whom the Gods would destroy, they first make mad.

An idle brain is the devil’s workshop.

Good men are scarce.

Man’s extremity is God’s opportunity.

There are no birds in last year’s nest.

He who is absent is always in the wrong.

He who lives by the sword dies by the sword.

Corporations have neither bodies to be punished nor souls to be damned.

If you would be happy for a week take a wife; if you would be happy for a month kill a pig; but if you would be happy for all your life plant a garden.

Once a cheater, always a cheater.

Two of a trade never agree.

Nine tailors make a man. the literal meaning is that a gentleman must select his attire from various sources; it is now also associated with bell-ringing:

One half of the world does not know how the other half lives.

Every little helps.

Killing no murder.

Six hours sleep for a man, seven for a woman, and eight for a fool.

You cannot make bricks without straw.

As the day lengthens, so the cold strengthens.

Whosoever draws his sword against the prince must throw the scabbard away.

All things are possible with God.

A great book is a great evil.

March comes in like a lion, and goes out like a lamb.

There are tricks in every trade.

Idle people have the least leisure.

He who wills the end, wills the means.

Crosses are ladders that lead to heaven.

If you would be well served, serve yourself.

Once a whore, always a whore.

Union is strength.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Saint Swithun’s day, if thou be fair, for forty days it will remain; Saint Swithun’s day, if thou bring rain, for forty days it will remain.

Everybody’s business is nobody’s business.

A king’s chaff is worth more than other men’s corn.

Slow but sure.

All is grist that comes to the mill.

Barnaby bright, Barnaby bright, the longest day and the shortest night.

You never miss the water till the well runs dry.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

A green Yule makes a fat churchyard.