The apple never falls far from the tree.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Ask a silly question and you'll get a silly answer.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

First things first.

If you can't stand the heat get out of the kitchen.

Physician, heal thyself.

Practice what you preach.

Don't cut off your nose to spite your face.

Beggars can't be choosers.

The best things in life are free.

Easy come, easy go.

Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Persuasion is better than force.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

No news is good news.

A thing begun is half done.

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

Life's not all beer and skittles.

You can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs.

Paddle your own canoe.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Time is money.

Don't rock the boat.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Hide in plain sight.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Let bygones be bygones.

Faith will move mountains.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

It's never too late to mend.

Good talk saves the food.

Actions speak louder than words.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Walls have ears.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Let the dead bury the dead.

A house is not a home.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Children should be seen and not heard.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Manners maketh the man.

Look before you leap.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Time is a great healer.

A ship in the harbour is safe, but that is not what a ship is for.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

To every thing there is a season.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Never go to bed on an argument.

It takes one to know one.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Give a man a fish, feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, feed him for a lifetime.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

A miss is as good as a mile.

One hand washes the other.

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

Needs must when the devil drives.

To the victor go the spoils.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

There's more than one way to skin a cat.

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

Waste not, want not.

Let the buyer beware.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

All you need is love.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

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

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

If you can't beat 'em, join 'em.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Time will tell.

The end justifies the means.

Make haste slowly.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

In the kingdom of the blind the one eyed man is king.

You can't take it with you.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Put your best foot forward.

Live and learn.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.