It's a dirty bird that won't keep its own nest clean. Keep your shop and your shop will keep you. A bad workman quarrels with his tools. Unwillingness easily finds an excuse. Laziness is a heavy burden.
Poverty waits at the gates of idleness.
Young people don't know what old age is, and old people forget what youth was. The schoolhouse bell sounds bitter in youth and sweet in old age. The older the fiddle the sweeter the tune. As the old cock crows, the young cock learns. The old dog for the hard road and leave the pup on the path.