Silence means consent.

Everyone stretches his legs according to the length of his coverlet.

Ask a silly question and you get a silly answer.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Be what you would seem to be.

It is better to give than to receive.

Pride goes before a fall.

Soon ripe, soon rotten.

Fortune favours the brave.

The rotten apple injures its neighbour.

Far-fetched and dear-bought is good for ladies.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

It is merry in hall when beards wag all.

A short horse is soon curried.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

He who sups with the Devil should have a long spoon.

After a storm comes a calm.

A fool may give a wise man counsel.

Light come, light go.

Look before you leap.

So many men, so many opinions.

Of two evils choose the less.

Red sky at night, shepherd’s delight; red sky in the morning, shepherd’s warning.