For everything there is a season.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Fight fire with fire.

You are never too old to learn.

You can't always get what you want.

You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.

Don't kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Hope springs eternal.

One half of the world does not know how the other half lives.

You can't fit a round peg in a square hole.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

One might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.

Silence is golden.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Let the dead bury the dead.

It's no use shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Big fleas have little fleas upon their back to bite 'em.

You can't have your cake and eat it too.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Good things come in small packages.

Seeing is believing.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Never tell tales out of school.

Talk of the Devil, and he is bound to appear.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

It's better to wear out, than to rust.

Live and let live.

Knowledge is power.

Talk is cheap.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

The more the merrier.

It's better to be poor and healthy, than sick and wealthy.

There are none so blind as those, that will not see.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

All roads lead to Rome.

One man's meat is another man's poison.

Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Youth is wasted on the young.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

'tis better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Learn to walk before you run.

Never go to bed on an argument.

It's all grist to the mill.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Seek and you shall find.

Love makes the world go round.

You win some, you lose some.

Different strokes for different folks.

What goes around comes around.

Needs must when the devil drives.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

One hand washes the other.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

The leopard does not change his spots.

While there is life, there is hope.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

God helps those who help themselves.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Enough is enough.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

All's well that ends well.

If at first you don't succeed try, try and try again.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Faith will move mountains.

Moderation in all things.

If a job is worth doing, it's worth doing well.

Take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves.

You can't win them all.

The exception which proves the rule.

There is no accounting for tastes.

The pen is mightier than sword.