Brevity is the soul of wit.

Love makes the world go round.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

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

Never go to bed on an argument.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

There's one born every minute.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

East, west, home's best.

Every picture tells a story.

Waste not, want not.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Two heads are better than one.

A dog is a man's best friend.

All's well that ends well.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Once bitten, twice shy.

No news is good news.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Beware the Ides of March.

There's an exception to every rule.

Persuasion is better than force.

Wonders will never cease.

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

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

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

There is many a good tune played on an old fiddle.

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

It's better to give than to receive.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

It's never too late to mend.

Physician, heal thyself.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Many hands make light work.

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

Seeing is believing.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Nothing new under the sun.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Never tell tales out of school.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

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

Hope springs eternal.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Fortune favours the brave.

Dead men tell no tales.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

What can't be cured must be endured.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

There are more ways of killing a cat than choking it with cream.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

A bad penny always turns up.

Cheats never prosper.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

The early bird gets the worm.

The bigger, the better.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Faith will move mountains.

Grief divided is made lighter.

A word to the wise is enough.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

You can't have your cake and eat it too.

Haste makes waste.

Money isn't everything.

A cat has nine lives.

Only the good die young.

Look before you leap.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Less said, soon mended.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Good fences make good neighbours.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

A leopard can't change its spots.

The age of miracles is past.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.