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

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

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Small things amuse small minds.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Walls have ears.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Good things come in small packages.

Needs must when the devil drives.

History repeats itself.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

It's the empty can that makes the most noise.

Make haste slowly.

One who sups with the devil, should have a long spoon.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Give the Devil his due.

Ignorance is bliss.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

What you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts.

Keep your powder dry.

Seize the day.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

You can't take it with you.

One good deed deserves another.

Let bygones be bygones.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Count your blessings.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

The wages of sin is death.

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

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

To live by the sword is to die by the sword.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Blood is thicker than water.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Cheats never prosper.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.

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

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

No news is good news.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Love will find a way.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Never tell tales out of school.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Where there's a will, there's a way.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

There's safety in numbers.

A word to the wise is enough.

Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die.

It's an ill wind that blows no one any good.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

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

There's one born every minute.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Many hands make light work.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Attack is the best form of defence.

There are two sides to every question.

Any port in a storm.

Time is a great healer.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

There's no smoke without fire.

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

You can't win them all.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Love is blind.

There is honour among thieves.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Don't shoot the messenger.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

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

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

You can choose your friends, but you can't choose your family.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

No rest for the wicked.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Better late than never.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

A miss is as good as a mile.

The early bird gets the worm.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

To the victor go the spoils.

Wonders will never cease.