The exception proves the rule.
It's better to give than to receive.
Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.
The way to a man's heart is through his stomach.
There's no such thing as a free lunch.
All cats love fish but hate to get their paws wet.
Six of one, half a dozen the other.
God may sende a man good meate, but the deuyll may sende an euyll coke to dystrue it.
The truth is in the wine.
Rome wasn't built in a day.
Don't have too many irons in the fire.