Let the dead bury the dead.

The pen is mightier than sword.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Live and learn.

Christmas comes but once a year.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

You are never too old to learn.

If ifs and ands were pots and pans there'd be no work for tinkers.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

All roads lead to Rome.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Nothing new under the sun.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Slow but sure.

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

Good fences make good neighbours.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Revenge is sweet.

To the victor go the spoils.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Don't spoil the ship for a ha'porth of tar.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Get out while the getting is good.

All good things must come to an end.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

All things must pass.

An army marches on its stomach.

It's all grist to the mill.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Keep your powder dry.

Hope springs eternal.

Manners maketh the man.

It ain't over, till it's over.

See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Charity begins at home.

There's none so blind as those who will not see.

Youth is wasted on the young.

You reap what you sow.

The more things change, the more they stay the same.