A bad bush is better than an open field.

A bad day never hath a good night.

A bad excuse is better than none.

A bad mother wishes for good children.

A bad penny always turns up.

A bad worker quarrels with his tools.

A bad workman blames his tools.

A baker's wife may bite of a bun,
  A brewer's wife may drink of a tun,
    A fishmonger's wife may feed of a conger,
      But a servingman's wife may starve for hunger.

A bald head is soon shaven.

A barking dog never bites.

A barley corn is better than a diamond to a cock.

A beard once washed is half shaven.

A beetle is a beauty in the eyes of his mother.

A beggar can never be bankrupt.

A beggar's purse is bottomless.

A bellowing cow soon forgets her calf.

A belly full of gluttony will never study willingly.

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

A bird never flew on one wing.

A bit in the morning is better than nothing all day.