Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Fight the good fight.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

The bigger, the better.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Good talk saves the food.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Shrouds have no pockets.

The early bird gets the worm.

Seeing is believing.

It's all grist to the mill.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Different strokes for different folks.

A man who is his own lawyer has a fool for his client.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

A nod's as good as a wink to a blind horse.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

You can't always get what you want.

Give credit where credit is due.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

A fish always rots from the head.

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

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

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

Let the buyer beware.

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

No news is good news.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Seek and you shall find.

Let well alone.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Red sky at night shepherd's delight; red sky in the morning, shepherd's warning.

Waste not, want not.

Don't change horses in midstream.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Go the extra mile.

Silence is golden.

To every thing there is a season.

Out of sight, out of mind.

A cat may look at a king.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.