A crow thinks its own young white.
Putting on the mill the straw of the kiln (i.e., robbing Peter to pay Paul).
Truth is bitter, but a lie is savoury at times.
’Tis a bad hound that is not worth whistling for.
Better to-day than to-morrow morning.
Patience is the cure of an old complaint.
Have your own will, like the women have.
It is not the same thing to go to town (or to court) and to come from it.
An old cat does not burn himself.
A foolish woman knows the faults of a foolish man.