Ignorance of the law is no excuse for breaking it.

He that has an ill name is half hanged.

You cannot catch old birds with chaff.

Near is my kirtle, but nearer is my smock.

Least said soonest mended.

Much cry and little wool.

Empty vessels make the most sound.

Hear all, see all, say nowt, tak’all, keep all, gie not, and if tha ever does owt for nowt do it for thysen.

A postern door makes a thief.

No one should be judge in his own cause.

Do right and fear no man.

If the sky falls we shall catch larks.

Save us from our friends.

A prophet is not without honour save in his own country.

Do unto others as you would they should do unto you.

There is a remedy for everything except death.

Truth will out.

As you sow, so you reap.

Money is the root of all evil.

Things past cannot be recalled.

What everybody says must be true.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Hunger drives the wolf out of the wood.

Young saint, old devil.

What’s done cannot be undone.

Don’t throw out your dirty water until you get in fresh.

The voice of the people is the voice of God.

Idleness is the root of all evil.

What you have, hold.

Dreams go by contraries.

Those who hide can find.

You cannot run with the hare and hunt with the hounds.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Evil communications corrupt good manners.

Clothes make the man.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

While two dogs are fighting for a bone, a third runs away with it.

You can only die once.

Ill weeds grow apace.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Lend your money and lose your friend.

Example is better than precept.

You can’t please everyone.

Like will to like.

What’s bred in the bone will come out in the flesh.

Man proposes, God disposes.