A woman and a ship ever want mending.

There are as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Bear and forbear.

Call no man happy till he dies.

If Saint Paul’s day be fair and clear, it will betide a happy year.

A mouse may help a lion.

A shut mouth catches no flies.

There is truth in wine.

A young man married is a young man marred.

Be the day weary or be the day long, at last it ringeth to evensong.

Hanging and wiving go by destiny.

Don’t cry before you’re hurt.

It is never too late to mend.

No pain, no gain.

To err is human (to forgive divine).

Let the cobbler stick to his last.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Beggars can’t be choosers.

Give a thing, and take a thing, to wear the devil’s gold ring.

A false confessed is half redressed.

Little pitchers have large ears.

A peck of March dust is worth a king’s ransom.

A woman’s work is never done.

There is nothing new under the sun.

As you make your bed, so you must lie upon it.

A carpenter is known by his chips.

If two ride on a horse, one must ride behind.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Silence is a woman’s best garment.

There’s many a slip Itwixt cup and lip.

Young men may die, but old men must die.

Buy in the cheapest market and sell in the dearest.

He lives long who lives well.

Don’t cut off your nose to spite your face.

It’s an ill wind that blows nobody any good.

No penny, no paternoster.

Turkey, heresy, hops, and beer came into England all in one year.

Lookers-on see most of the game.

The tongue always returns to the sore tooth.

He that cannot obey cannot command.

God sends meat, but the Devil sends cooks.

Fine feathers make fine birds.

A little pot is soon hot.

Poverty is no disgrace, but it’s a great inconvenience.

You can drive out nature with a pitchfork but she keeps on coming back.

The third time pays for all.

Better to be an old man’s darling than a young man’s slave.

A cat in gloves catches no mice.

If you don’t work you shan’t eat.