Wanton kittens make sober cats.

Three removals are as bad as a fire.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

A door must be either shut or open.

If the shoe fits, wear it.

Half the truth is often a whole lie.

Hope springs eternal.

Lucky at cards, unlucky in love.

Waste not, want not.

Itis better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.

Better to war out than to rust out.

A dripping June sets all in tune.

On Saint Thomas the Divine kill all turkeys, geese and swine.

The cobbler to his last and the gunner to his linstock.

If a thing’s worth doing, it’s worth doing well.

A nod’s as good as a wink to a blind horse.

We must eat a peck of dirt before we die.

Turn about is fair play.

Variety is the spice of life.

Every man has his price.

One hand for oneself and one for the ship.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

If in February there be no rain, Itis neither good for hay nor grain.

Care killed the cat.

What can you expect from a pig but a grunt.

Two blacks don’t make a white.

Be just before you’re generous.

Experience keeps a dear school.

He that will eat the fruit must climb the tree.

Extremes meet.

Learning is better than house and land.

The devil finds work for idle hands to do.

When all fruit fails, welcome haws.

Death is the great leveler.

Birds in their little nests agree.

A fool at forty is a fool indeed.

Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.

Lay-overs for meddlers.

Nothing for nothing.

Big fleas have little fleas upon their backs to bite them, and little fleas have lesser fleas, and so ad infinitum.

Jouk and let the jaw go by.

The devil looks after his own.

Brag is a good dog, but Hold fast is better.

Fools and bairns should never see half-done work.

Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves.

Length begets loathing.

Obey orders, if you break owners.

A money less man goes fast through the market.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Jack is as good as his master.