If anything can go wrong, it will.

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

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Children should be seen and not heard.

The leopard does not change his spots.

One might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.

All that glitters is not gold.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Persuasion is better than force.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

It takes two to tango.

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

The pen is mightier than sword.

Never give a sucker an even break.

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

There's no place like home.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Less said, soon mended.

Curiosity killed the cat.

It takes one to know one.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

It's better to give than to receive.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

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

Marriages are made in heaven.

Waste not, want not.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

It ain't over, till it's over.

Keep your powder dry.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

All you need is love.

It's all grist to the mill.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Quid pro quo.

Time will tell.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Tomorrow never comes.

Home is where the heart is.

Good talk saves the food.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

The wages of sin is death.

Practice what you preach.

The exception which proves the rule.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Go the extra mile.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

You can't always get what you want.

Every dog has its day.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

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

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Good fences make good neighbours.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

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

All good things must come to an end.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Silence construes consent.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

You can't win them all.

Even a worm will turn.

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

You can't get blood out of a stone.

A golden key can open any door.

All's well that ends well.

All's fair in love and war.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

It's never too late to mend.

Talk is cheap.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Don't get mad, get even.

Different strokes for different folks.

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

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Fight the good fight.

Forgive and forget.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

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

Enough is enough.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Give the Devil his due.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

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