Common fame is seldom to blame.

If Candlemas day be sunny and bright, winter will have another flight; if Candlemas day be cloudy with rain, winter is gone and won’t come again.

Nothing so bold as a blind mare.

Throw dirt enough, and some will stick.

My son is my son till he gets him a wife, but my daughter’s my daughter all the days of her life.

The mills of God grind slowly, yet they grind exceeding small.

Every Jack has his Jill.

Keep no more cats than will catch mice.

Promises, like pie-crust, are made to be broken.

You buy land, you buy stones; you buy meat, you buy bones.

When Greek meets Greek, then comes the tug of war.

Who won’t be ruled by the rudder must be ruled by the rock.

A cherry year, a merry year; a plum year, a dumb year.

A good horse cannot be of a bad color.

Love will find a way.

There are more ways of killing a dog than hanging it.

Haste is from the Devil.

Happy is the bride that the sun shines on.

Conscience makes cowards of us all.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Nothing venture, nothing gain.

Today you; tomorrow me.

Never let the sun go down on your anger.

None but the brave deserve the fair.

Every law has its own law.

Keep your shop and your shop will keep you.

Sing before breakfast, cry before night.

You cannot get blood from a stone.

Winter never rots in the sky.

Whom the Gods would destroy, they first make mad.

An idle brain is the devil’s workshop.

Good men are scarce.

Man’s extremity is God’s opportunity.

There are no birds in last year’s nest.

He who is absent is always in the wrong.

He who lives by the sword dies by the sword.

Corporations have neither bodies to be punished nor souls to be damned.

If you would be happy for a week take a wife; if you would be happy for a month kill a pig; but if you would be happy for all your life plant a garden.

Once a cheater, always a cheater.

Two of a trade never agree.

Nine tailors make a man. the literal meaning is that a gentleman must select his attire from various sources; it is now also associated with bell-ringing:

One half of the world does not know how the other half lives.