Buttermilk is no milk, and a pudding’s no meat.
Though near to a man his coat, his shirt is nearer (i.e., blood is thicker than water).
Better a fistful of a man than a basketful of a woman.
What cannot be had is just what suits.
An unlearned king is a crowned ass.
’Tis the end of the little pot, the bottom to fall out of it.
A woman’s desire—the dear thing.
Twelve things not to be found—four priests not covetous, four Frenchmen not yellow, and four cobblers not liars.
Nora having a servant and herself begging (shabby gentility).
A man without dinner—two for supper.