“The only difference between stumbling blocks and stepping stones is the way you use them.”

There is many a slip ‘twixt cup and lip.

A live dog is better than a dead lion.

Don’t clean your fish before you catch it.

Don’t cut off your nose to spite your face.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Anytime means no time.

There is a time to fish and a time to dry nets.

If the goat would not jump around, she wouldn’t break her leg.

Admitting error clears the score and proves you wiser than before.

Don’t buy a cow to get a glass of milk.

Any port in a storm.

There are three kinds of people; those that make things happen, those that watch things happen and those who don’t know what’s happening.

Don’t bite the hand that feeds you.

If the shoe fits, put it on.

A fellow can do anything if he lists.

Don’t ask a man for a favour before he has had his lunch.