In cloths cheap handsomeness, doth bear the bell.
I had rather aske of my sire browne bread, then borrow of my neighbour white.
Great almes-giving lessens no mans living.
To seek these things is lost labour; Geese in an oyle pot, fat Hogs among Jews, and Wine in a fishing net.
A shippe and a woman are ever repairing.
Keep not ill men company, lest you increase the number.