Man and wife make one fool.
A woman loses a charm with every pin she takes out.
Old saws have no teeth.
An aphorism is a generalization, therefore not modern.
A spaniel, a woman, and a walnut tree, the more they're beaten the better they be.
For I am proverbed with a grandsire phrase.
A proverb is a short sentence based on long experience.
The proverb answers where the sermon fails.
Never look a gift horse in the mouth.
There is an ancient tribal proverb I once heard in India. It says that before we can see properly we must first shed our tears to clear the way.
