Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Whatever man has done, man may do.

When the oak is before the ash, then you will only get a splash; when the ash is before the oak, then you may expect a soak.

Once a priest, always a priest.

The busiest men have the most leisure.

Fair play’s a jewel.

The best things come in small packages.

Councils of war never flight.

A stern chase is a long chase.

Blood will tell.

It takes three generations to make a gentleman.

A woman’s place is in the home.

He travels fastest who travels alone.

It is a poor heart the never rejoices.

The man who is born in a stable is not a horse.

If at first you don’t succeed, try ,try again.

When in doubt, do not.

The English are a nation of ship keepers.

One does not wash one’s dirty linen in public.

The difficult is done at once, the impossible takes a little longer.

First things first.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

A dog that will fetch a bone will carry a bone.

Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.

Don’t change horses in mid stream.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

History repeats itself.

It is the pace that kills.

The only good Indian is a dead Indian.

It is not spring until you can plant your foot upon twelve daisies.

Who says A must say B.

Where ignorance is bliss, Itis folly to be wise.

One white foot, buy him; two white feet, try him; three white feet, look well about him; four white feet, go without him.

Don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater.

From clogs to clogs is only three generations.

Dogs bark, but the caravan goes on.

Do not meet troubles half-way.

Talk is cheap.

East, west, home’s best.

Little fish are sweet.

Better the devil you know than the devil you don’t know.

If ifs and ands were pots and pans, there’d be no work for tinkers’ hands.

Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone.

Speech is silver, but silence is golden.

A willful man must have his way.

A whistling woman and a crowing hen are neither fit for God nor men.

Politics makes strange bedfellows.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Hard cases make bad law.