A bit of fun for the verbose.........

[bossybritches]

Shamelessly pinched from elsewhere

Can you work out what these well known sayings are?

1. Similar sire, similar scion.

1. Tenants of vitreous abodes ought to hurl no lithoidal fragments.

1. It is not proper for mendicants to be indicatrous of preferences.

1. Compute not your immature gallinaceans prior to their being produced.

1. It is fruitless to become lacrymous because of scattered lacteal fluid.

1. Glean gramineous matter for fodder during the period that the orb of the day is refulgent.

1. Pulchritude does not extend below the surface of the derma.

1. Not all coruscating articles are fashioned from aureate metal.

1. Each canine passes through his period of pre-eminence.

10. Freedom from guile or fraud constitutes the most excellent principle of procedure.

11. Consolidated, you and I maintain ourselves erect; separated, we defer to the law of gravity.

12. You cannot estimate the value of the contents of a bound, printed narrative or record from its exterior vesture.

13. Folks deficient in ordinary judgment scurryingly enter areas on which celestial beings dread to set foot.

14. A feathered creature clasped in the manual members is equal in value to a brace in the bosky growth.

15. The individual of the class Aves, arriving before the appointed time, seizes the invertebrate animal of the group Vermes.

16. Socially oriented individuals tend to congregate in gregariously homogeneous groupings.

17. One may address a member of the Equidae family toward aqueous liquid, but one is incapable of compelling him to quaff.

18. Forever refrain from enumerating the dental projections of a bequeathed member of the Equidae family.

19. One Pyrus Malus per diem restrains the arrival of the Hippocratic apostle.

20. Fondness for notes of exchange constitutes the tuberous structure of all satanically inspired principles.

21. Supposing one primarily fails to be victorious: bend further efforts in that direction.

22. Be adorned with the pedal encasement that gives comfort.

23. Prudence and sagacity are the worthier condiments of intrepid courage.

24. He who expresses merriment in finality expresses merriment excellent either in equal quality.

25. A beholden vessel never exceeds 212 degrees Fahrenheit.

26. A rotating lithoidal fragment never accrues bryophytic plants.

27. Everything is legitimate in matters pertaining to ardent affection and armed conflict between nations.

28. Exercise your visual faculty prior to executing a sudden transition in podiatrous position.

29. An excess of individuals skilled in the preparation of edibles impairs the quality of the fluid porridge-like fatty deposits retained in the vessel for steeping purposes.

30. An over-avid thirst for knowledge destroyed the life substances of a small, soft-furred, flesh-eating mammal often domesticated and kept as a companion.

31. A person who seldom has occasion to utilize his mental processes, plus his units of current exchange, are very shortly required to depart each other's company.

32. Circumstances sometimes compel a person who lives by relieving others of property and units of current exchange to seize and control one of his own kind.

33. An opportune application of a well-honed steel sliver penetrated by a fine, stringlike length of spun cotton preserves one from similar applications of an odd composite number.

Ta Ruby
32 no honor amongst thieves?

22. If the shoe fits wear it

wwb that makes more sense

< preens>
I'm quite clever for a thick chick!

I think wigwambam has it

It takes a thief to catch a thief

Nice one! I'm having a go without reading the other answers posted so far, so here goes:

1. Similar sire, similar scion.

= Like father like son

1. Tenants of vitreous abodes ought to hurl no lithoidal fragments.

= People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

1. It is not proper for mendicants to be indicatrous of preferences.

= Beggars can't be choosers.

1. Compute not your immature gallinaceans prior to their being produced.

= Don't count your chickens before they're hatched.

1. It is fruitless to become lacrymous because of scattered lacteal fluid.

= It's no use crying over spilt milk.

1. Glean gramineous matter for fodder during the period that the orb of the day is refulgent.

= Make hay while the sun shines.

1. Pulchritude does not extend below the surface of the derma.

= Beauty is only skin-deep.

1. Not all coruscating articles are fashioned from aureate metal.

= All that glisters is not gold.

1. Each canine passes through his period of pre-eminence.

= Every dog has his day.

10. Freedom from guile or fraud constitutes the most excellent principle of procedure.
    = Honesty is the best policy.

11. Consolidated, you and I maintain ourselves erect; separated, we defer to the law of gravity.
    = United we stand, divided we fall.

12. You cannot estimate the value of the contents of a bound, printed narrative or record from its exterior vesture.
    = You can't judge a book by its cover.

13. Folks deficient in ordinary judgment scurryingly enter areas on which celestial beings dread to set foot.
    = Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

14. A feathered creature clasped in the manual members is equal in value to a brace in the bosky growth.
    = A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

15. The individual of the class Aves, arriving before the appointed time, seizes the invertebrate animal of the group Vermes.
    = The early bird catches the worm.

16. Socially oriented individuals tend to congregate in gregariously homogeneous groupings.
    =

17. One may address a member of the Equidae family toward aqueous liquid, but one is incapable of compelling him to quaff.
    = You can take a horse to water but you can't make him drink.

18. Forever refrain from enumerating the dental projections of a bequeathed member of the Equidae family.
    = Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

19. One Pyrus Malus per diem restrains the arrival of the Hippocratic apostle.
    = An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

20. Fondness for notes of exchange constitutes the tuberous structure of all satanically inspired principles.
    = Love of money is the root of all evil.

21. Supposing one primarily fails to be victorious: bend further efforts in that direction.
    = If at first you don't succeed, try try again.

22. Be adorned with the pedal encasement that gives comfort.
    =

23. Prudence and sagacity are the worthier condiments of intrepid courage.
    =

24. He who expresses merriment in finality expresses merriment excellent either in equal quality.
    = He who laughs last laughs longest

25. A beholden vessel never exceeds 212 degrees Fahrenheit.
    = A watched pot never boils.

26. A rotating lithoidal fragment never accrues bryophytic plants.
    = A rolling stone gathers no moss.

27. Everything is legitimate in matters pertaining to ardent affection and armed conflict between nations.
    = All's fair in love and war.

28. Exercise your visual faculty prior to executing a sudden transition in podiatrous position.
    = Watch your step [?]

29. An excess of individuals skilled in the preparation of edibles impairs the quality of the fluid porridge-like fatty deposits retained in the vessel for steeping purposes.
    = Too many cooks spoil the broth.

30. An over-avid thirst for knowledge destroyed the life substances of a small, soft-furred, flesh-eating mammal often domesticated and kept as a companion.
    = Curiosity killed the cat.

31. A person who seldom has occasion to utilize his mental processes, plus his units of current exchange, are very shortly required to depart each other's company.
    = A fool and his money are soon parted.

32. Circumstances sometimes compel a person who lives by relieving others of property and units of current exchange to seize and control one of his own kind.
    =

33. An opportune application of a well-honed steel sliver penetrated by a fine, stringlike length of spun cotton preserves one from similar applications of an odd composite number.
    = A stitch in time saves nine.

Going to see what the ones I've missed are now...

Bugger - missed Wigwambam. Premature preening alert!

I also think 22 is very odd.

Something about a slipper, prob.

Maybe it's American? As there are hints of Stateside about this generally.

Ah no, have looked properly through responses. OK. But it would be normaller over her as "cap", no?

"over here" - not "over her". obv.

33 A stitch in time saves nine
32 Set a theif to catch a theif?
31 A fool and his money are soon parted
30 Curiosity killed the cat
29 Too many cooks spoil the broth
28 Look before you leap
27 All's fair in love and war
26 A rolling stone gathers no moss
25 A watched pot never boils
24 He who laughs last laughs longest

22 If the shoe fits, wear it.

23 Discretion is the better half of valour

(or something like that)

16. Birds Of a Feather flock together
17. Better safe than sorry