He that follows freits (omens), freits will follow him.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Two is company, but three is none.

Those who play at bowls must look out for rubbers.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Don’t teach your grandmother to suck eggs.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Blessings brighten as they take their flight.

He who hesitates is lost.

Keep your own fish-guts for your own sea-maws.

Wanton kittens make sober cats.

Three removals are as bad as a fire.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

A door must be either shut or open.

If the shoe fits, wear it.

Half the truth is often a whole lie.

Hope springs eternal.

Lucky at cards, unlucky in love.

Waste not, want not.

Itis better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.

Better to war out than to rust out.

A dripping June sets all in tune.

On Saint Thomas the Divine kill all turkeys, geese and swine.

The cobbler to his last and the gunner to his linstock.

If a thing’s worth doing, it’s worth doing well.

A nod’s as good as a wink to a blind horse.

We must eat a peck of dirt before we die.

Turn about is fair play.

Variety is the spice of life.

Every man has his price.

One hand for oneself and one for the ship.