You can't talk a cat out of being in heat
Don't put the cart before the horse
Sweep your own porch before you complain about someone else's
If you lie down with dogs, you wake up with fleas
You can't teach an old dog new tricks
Don't start what you can't finish
What goes around comes around
You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear
Too many cooks spoil the broth
The apple doesn't fall far from the tree
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
Like looking for a needle in a haystack