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A bird in the hand's worth two fleeing by.

What may be done at any time will be done at no time.

Forsake not God till you find a better master.

A child may have too much of his mother's blessing.

Better be ill spoken of by one before all than by all before one.

Be happy while you're living, for you're a long time dead.

It's sin and not poverty that makes men miserable.

Danger past, God forgotten.

Bees that have honey in their mouths have stings in their tails.

Children speak in the field what they hear in the house.

A cold needs the cook as much as the doctor.

The day has eyes, the night has ears.

He that loves the law will get his fill of it.

Twelve highlanders and a bagpipe make a rebellion.

Charity begins at home, but shouldn't end there.

False friends are worst than bitter enemies.

A bad wound may heal, but a bad name will kill.

When the heart is full the tongue will speak.