Honesty is the best policy.

Small things amuse small minds.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

What can't be cured must be endured.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

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

Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Beggars can't be choosers.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

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

The customer is always right.

Misery loves company.

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

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

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

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Count your blessings.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Life is what you make it.

You can't win them all.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

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

The bread always falls buttered side down.

It's better to wear out, than to rust.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Every stick has two ends.

History repeats itself.

A good man is hard to find.

Clothes do not make the man.

First impressions are the most lasting.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

All the world loves a lover.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Let bygones be bygones.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

A bad penny always turns up.

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

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Let the dead bury the dead.

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

Less is more.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

If the mountain won't come to Muhammad, Muhammad must go to the mountain.

Moderation in all things.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Talk is cheap.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

A golden key can open any door.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

In the midst of life we are in death.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

What goes around comes around.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Life begins at forty.

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

If at first you don't succeed try, try and try again.

East is east, and west is west.

It's all grist to the mill.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

No pain, no gain.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

One hand washes the other.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

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

You can have too much of a good thing.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

All roads lead to Rome.

Once a thief, always a thief.

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

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

It takes two to tango.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

A thing begun is half done.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Hide in plain sight.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Don't test the depth of water with both feet.

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

The way to a man's heart is through his stomach.

Shrouds have no pockets.

The bigger, the better.