CAN'T USE THEM OFTEN ENOUGH:

6. IF YOU'RE BORN TO BE HANGED THEN YOU'LL NEVER BE DROWNED

This is a way to qualify someone else's good luck. Also good for the situation where someone is gloating over escaping a near disaster. [...]

9. LET THE COBBLER STICK TO HIS LAST

Here, last means a metal or wooden model on which shoes are shaped by the shoemaker, or cobbler. In other words, stick to what you know. [...]

 

16. A POSTERN DOOR MAKES A THIEF

A postern door is a back door. If there's an opportunity to steal, someone is bound to take advantage of it.

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