When the cat's away the mice will play.
If February give much snow A fine Summer it doth foreshow.
He is lifeless that is faultless.
Children should be seen and not heard.
Vengeance is a dish that should be eaten cold.
You may lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink.
He who is shipwrecked the second time cannot lay the blame on Neptune.
Time trieth truth.
There is but an hour a day between a good housewife and a bad one.
The mills of the gods grind slowly but they grind exceedingly fine.
He who despises his own life is soon master of another's.