The pitcher doth not go so often to the well, but it comes home broken at last

It is not economical to go to bed early to save the candles if the result is twins

Let him who does not know what war is go to war

Don’t stand by the water and long for fish; go home and weave a net

Better do a kindness near home than go far to burn incense

Better go to heaven in rags than to hell in embroidery

To go beyond is as bad as to fall short

Better go than send

When the cat is gone, the mice come out to stretch

A rumour goes in one ear and out many mouths

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