But now I see well the old proverb is true: That parish priest forgetteth that ever he was a clerk!
A fig for a care, a fig for a woe!
The cat would eate fish, and would not wet her feete.
Half a loaf is better than none.
It is a foul bird that filleth his own nest.
Be the day never so long, Evermore at last they ring to evensong.