A house is not a home.

Keep your chin up.

While the cat's away, the mice will play.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

A fish always rots from the head.

Birds of a feather flock together.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Don't throw good money after bad.

The Devil is in the details.

Get out while the getting is good.

Better late than never.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Christmas comes but once a year.

You win some, you lose some.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

What goes around comes around.

Opposites attract.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Cold hands, warm heart.

You can't run with the hare, and hunt with the hounds.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Count your blessings.

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

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

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Beauty is only skin deep.

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

Pearls of wisdom.

One good deed deserves another.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Seize the day.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Fortune favours the brave.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Truth will out.

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

Those who do not learn from history, are doomed to repeat it.

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

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

The exception which proves the rule.

It's better to die on your feet than live on your knees.

Pride comes before a fall.

Moderation in all things.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Good things come to those who wait.

Another day, another dollar.

It goes without saying.

Every dog has its day.

There's none so deaf as those who will not hear.

Enough is enough.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

There's no smoke without fire.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Still waters run deep.

Among the blind, the one-eyed man is king.

Clothes do not make the man.

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

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Silence construes consent.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

The bigger, the better.

Dead men tell no tales.

All the world loves a lover.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

A stitch in time saves nine.

One law for the rich and another law for the poor.

Business before pleasure.

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

First impressions are the most lasting.

You can't take it with you.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Slow but sure.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Every stick has two ends.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

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

There are two sides to every question.

All's fair in love and war.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Live and learn.

Always put your best foot forward.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Keep your powder dry.

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