The tree falls not at the first stroke.
He who pays the piper can call the tunes.
He that uses many words for explaining any subject, doth, like the cuttlefish, hide himself for the most part in his own ink.
Though thou has never so many counselors, yet do not forsake the counsel of your soul.
The horse thinks one thing and he that rides him another
The charitable give out at the door, and God puts in at the window.