East is east, and west is west.

Laughter is the best medicine.

The best-laid plans go astray.

It's the singer not the song.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Waste not, want not.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

A stitch in time saves nine.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Time is a great healer.

If a job is worth doing, it's worth doing well.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

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

Another day, another dollar.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

The age of miracles is past.

No pain, no gain.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Revenge is sweet.

It's best to be on the safe side.

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

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

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

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach.

All good things come to those that wait.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

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

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

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

It never rains but it pours.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Only fools and horses work.

Persuasion is better than force.

The exception which proves the rule.

As you make your bed, so you must lie upon it.

In the midst of life we are in death.

A cat may look at a king.

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

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Money isn't everything.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Moderation in all things.

Let the buyer beware.

Do as I say, not as I do.

It's better to give than to receive.

Good talk saves the food.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Different strokes for different folks.

Forewarned is forearmed.

An man's home is his castle.

Paddle your own canoe.

A bad penny always turns up.

It's better to be poor and healthy, than sick and wealthy.

Strike while the iron is hot.

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

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

Pearls of wisdom.

Charity begins at home.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

To the victor go the spoils.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

All roads lead to Rome.

Good things come to those who wait.

Seek and you shall find.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Manners maketh the man.

Make love not war.

There's one born every minute.

Better the Devil you know than the Devil you don't.

Truth will out.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Patience is a virtue.

Get out while the getting is good.

Dead men tell no tales.

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

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Keep your powder dry.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Learn to walk before you run.

A cat has nine lives.

Like father, like son.

There's no smoke without fire.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Beat swords into ploughshares.