At length the fox turns monk.[ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]
The cowl does not make the monk.[ Proverb ]
The dress does not make the monk.[ Rabelais ]
It is not the habit that makes the monk.[ Proverb ]
Take heed of an ox before, of a horse behind, of a monk on all sides.[ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]
Offend but one monk, and the lappets of all cowls will flutter as far as Rome.[ German Proverb ]
Bad company,
muttered the thief, as he stepped to the gallows between the hangman and a monk.[ Dutch Proverb ]