There is many a slip between the house and the church on a frosty morning.
You cannot make a respectable tradesman out of a grocer who offers tips to a working-housekeeper.
You may take a dustman's token to a stingy man's portal, but you can't get him to give you a Christmas-box.
A dun in need is a county court indeed.
It is a long dinner that has no earning.
People who live in glass houses should not throw away their coke and coals.
Deal with the Stores and the private accounts will look after themselves.
A penny saved by avoiding an omnibus is a florin lost by taking a Hansom cab.
A single swallow never represents a family Christmas dinner.
Enough is often dearer than a feast, especially if you take the last at the house of a friend.