Yorkshire born and Yorkshire bred, strong in the arm and weak in the head.

Tastes differ.

There are more ways of killing a cat than choking it with butter.

Where MacGregor sits at the head of the table.

No cure, no pay.

Trade follows the flag.

Cheats never prosper.

Youth must be served.

Clergyman’s sons always turn out badly.

Self-praise is no recommendation.

The sharper the storm, the sooner it’s over.

It’s a sin to steal a pin.

What the soldier said isn’t evidence.

He is a good dog who goes to church.

The bread never falls but on its buttered side.

Happy is the country that has no history.

Don’t go near the water until you learn how to swim.

A watched pot never boils.

Why should the devil have all the best tunes?

Nothing so bad but it might have been worse.

The unexpected always happens.

Easy does it.

When the furze is in bloom, my love’s in tune.

Coming events cast their shadow before.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Willful waste makes woeful want.

It’s dogged as does it.

When the gorse is out of bloom, kissing’s out of fashion.

He that would go to sea for pleasure would go to hell for a pastime.

If you want to live and thrive, let the spider run alive.

Lightning never strikes the same place twice.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Whatever man has done, man may do.

When the oak is before the ash, then you will only get a splash; when the ash is before the oak, then you may expect a soak.

Once a priest, always a priest.

The busiest men have the most leisure.

Fair play’s a jewel.

The best things come in small packages.

Councils of war never flight.

A stern chase is a long chase.

Blood will tell.

It takes three generations to make a gentleman.

A woman’s place is in the home.

He travels fastest who travels alone.

It is a poor heart the never rejoices.

The man who is born in a stable is not a horse.

If at first you don’t succeed, try ,try again.

When in doubt, do not.

The English are a nation of ship keepers.

One does not wash one’s dirty linen in public.