Give a dog a bad name and hang him.

Half the truth is often a whole lie.

Keep your own fish-guts for your own sea-maws.

Three removals are as bad as a fire.

Those who play at bowls must look out for rubbers.

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

Don't halloo till you are out of the wood.

A fool at forty is a fool indeed.

A door must be either shut or open.