They that are booted are not always ready

You cannot have it both ways

Words and feathers the wind carries away

Words fly away, writing remains

Widows are always rich

Who greases his way travels easily

Things are not always what they seem [appear] to be

Where there is a will there is a way

Where there’s a will, there’s a way

Where we least think there goes the hare away

What the church takes not, the exchequer carries away

What a day may bring, a day may take away

Water always flows down, not up

Two dogs strive for a bone, and a third runs away with it

Trust makes way for treachery

Train up a child in the way he should

To fright a bird is not the way to catch her

To come away none the wiser

To bring a bit of wire and take away a bar

There are more ways to the wood than one

The world will not last always

The way to have a friend is to be one

The way (the road) to hell is paved with good intentions

The unspected always happens

The unexpected always happens

The tongue always turns to an aching tooth

The smell of garlic takes away the smell of onions

The shoemaker’s son always goes barefoot

The raven said to the rock: stand away, black-coat

The mischief comes by the pound and goes away by the ounce

The middle way of measure is ever golden

The longest way round is the shortest way home

The devil is not always at one door

The cuckoo comes in April, and stays the month of May; sings a song at midsummer, and then goes away

The camel never sees its own hump, but that of its brother is always before its eyes

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