No man is an island.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Marriages are made in heaven.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Less said, soon mended.

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.

Business before pleasure.

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

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Laughter is the best medicine.

To every thing there is a season.

Get out while the getting is good.

Look before you leap.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Moderation in all things.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Fortune favours the brave.

A watched pot never boils.

There's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

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

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

Actions speak louder than words.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

He who fights and runs away, lives to fight another day.

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

All's fair in love and war.

Every stick has two ends.

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

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

What the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't want.

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

Fine words butter no parsnips.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

An man's home is his castle.

Manners maketh the man.

Might is right.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Every picture tells a story.

Early to bed and early to rise, makes one healthy, wealthy and wise.

Share and share alike.

The truth will out.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Don't kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.

Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

There's no time like the present.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

It's better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.

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

The leopard does not change his spots.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Pride comes before a fall.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

A stitch in time saves nine.

The best things in life are free.

Persuasion is better than force.

Bad money drives out good.

Money makes the world go round.

You are never too old to learn.

The bigger, the better.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

First impressions are the most lasting.

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

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Money isn't everything.

Less is more.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Time is money.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.

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

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

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Give credit where credit is due.