A crooked stick will have a crooked shadow.

A dead man has neither relations nor friends.

A dead mouse feels no cold.

A deaf husband and a blind wife are always a happy couple.

A dealer in onions is a good judge of scallions.

A dog may look at a bishop.

A door must either be open or shut.

A drowning man clings to a blade of grass.

A drowning man will catch at a straw.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

A fair promise binds a fool.

A father is a banker provided by nature.

A fault denied is twice committed.

A fault once denied, is twice committed.

A favour ill placed is great waste.

A fence between makes love more keen.

A fine cage won't feed the bird.

A fine girl and a tattered gown always find something to hook the them.

A fine quotation is a diamond on the finger of a man of wit, and a pebble in the hand of a fool.

A fool is always beginning.

A fool's head never whitens.

A fool's heart dances on his lips.

A fool's speech is a bubble of air.

A fool's tongue is long enough to cut his own throat.

A fool's voice is known by a multitude of words.