"By hook or by crook."

"The rolling stone never gathereth mosse."

"It is a deere collop That is cut out of th' owne flesh."

"Throw no gyft agayne at the geuers head, For better is halfe a lofe than no bread."

"The still sowe eats up all the draffe."

"Ill weede growth fast."

"To robbe Peter and pay Poule."

"Beggars should be no choosers."

"The loss of wealth is loss of dirt, As sages in all times assert; The happy man's without a shirt."

"Every cocke is proud on his owne dunghill."