The rich man has his ice in the summer and the poor man gets his in the winter.
The church is an anvil which has worn out many hammers.
What you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts.
Better a good cow than a cow of a good kind.
All's for the best in the best of all possible worlds.
Work expands so as to fill the time available.
Two boys are half a boy, and three boys are no boy at all.
There is nothing so good for the inside of a man as the outside of a horse.
Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.
See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.
When all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.
The good is the enemy of the best.
The going gets tough, the tough get going.
The gods send nuts to those who have no teeth.
The female of the species is more deadly than the male.