It takes two to make a bargain.
It's a bad bargain where nobody gains.
He that will not stoop for a pin will never be worth a pound.
As well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.
Time is a file that wears and makes no noise.
The nearer the bone the sweeter the meat.
All is fair in love and war.
Fools build houses and wise men buy them.
He who is shipwrecked the second time cannot lay the blame on Neptune.
Desperate diseases require desperate remedies.
A Scotch mist may wet an Englishman to the skin.
If you dam a river it stagnates. Running water is beautiful water.
A fool may ask more questions in an hour than a wise man can answer in seven years.
What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.
There is but an hour a day between a good housewife and a bad one.
"Let us agree not to step on each other's feet " said the cock to the horse.
Sticks and stones will break my bones but names will never hurt me.
Affectation is a greater enemy to the face than smallpox.
It takes all sorts to make a world.
A nimble sixpence is better than a slow shilling.
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