Fine words butter no parsnips.

Kissing goes by favour.

So many mists in March, so many frosts in May.

The best of men are men at best.

Better be out of the world than out of the fashion.

The better the day, the better the deed.

A bad workman blames his tools.

Hard words break no bones.

Marry in May, rue for aye.

There is no little enemy.

It is best to be on the safe side.

If the mountain will not come to Mahomet, Mahomet must go to the mountain.

Diamond cuts diamond.

It is a long lane that has no turning.

One might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.

Wedlock is a padlock.

The sea refuses no river.

Take the goods the gods provide.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Listeners never hear any good of themselves.

Sow dry and set wet.

Confession is good for the soul.

Better wed over the mixen than over the moor. better to marry a neighbor than a stranger.

The devil was sick, the Devil a saint would be; the Devil was well, the devil a saint was he.

Beauty is only skin deep.

He that cannot pay, let him pray.

Meat and mass never hindered man.

There is nothing like leather.

It is easier to raise the Devil than to lay him.

It is idle to swallow the cow and choke on the tail.

Divide and rule.

It is as cheap sitting as standing.

One wedding brings another.

What is new cannot be true.

Self-preservation is the first law of nature.

They that dance must pay the fiddler.

Fools ask questions that wise men cannot answer.

Little birds that can sing and won’t sing must be made to sing.

Stolen fruit is sweet.

The darkest hour is just before dawn.

Blessed are the dead that the rain rains on.

The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong.

A blind man’s wife needs no paint.

He who excuses, accuses himself.

A miss is as good as a mile.

There is safety in numbers.

It is ill sitting at Rome and striving with the Pope.

It is the last straw that breaks the camel’s back.

Dream of a funeral and you hear of a marriage.

It is better to be born lucky than rich.