The hand you cannot bite, kiss.

The heart of man and the bottom of the sea are unfathomable.

the higher the monkey climbs the more he shows his tail.

The more one knows, the less one believes.

The rich man has his ice in the summer and the poor man gets his in the winter.

The sea refuses no river.

The squeaking¹ wheel gets the oil.

There is no death, only a change of worlds.

There's a black sheep in every flock².

They that dance must pay the fiddler.

Things are not always what they seem.

Two dogs are fighting for a bone, a third runs away with it.

Two's company, but three's a crowd.

United we stand, divided we fall.

We are not so much concerned if you are slow as when you come to a halt³.

We do not inherit⁴ the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children.

What can't be cured must be endured⁵.

What you don't know can't hurt you.

When all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.

When the cat's away, the mice will play.

Yesterday is history, tomorrow is mystery.

You can lead a horse to water, but you cannot make him drink.

You cannot have your cake and eat it.

You cannot make an omelette without breaking eggs.

You can't tell a book by its cover.

You can't wake up a person who is pretending to be asleep.

You don't get something for nothing.

You never miss the water till the well runs dry.

You scratch my back, and I'll scratch yours.