Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

While there is life, there is hope.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Physician, heal thyself.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Get out while the getting is good.

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

Money isn't everything.

Time is a great healer.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Home is where the heart is.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

First impressions are the most lasting.

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

Rome wasn't built in a day.

The show must go on.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Two heads are better than one.

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

Let the buyer beware.

Silence construes consent.

Put your best foot forward.

Persuasion is better than force.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Patience is a virtue.

Business before pleasure.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

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

First come, first served.

Don't change horses in midstream.

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

You can't make bricks without straw.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Doubt is the beginning, not the end, of wisdom.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Never give a sucker an even break.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Paddle your own canoe.

The age of miracles is past.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Nine tailors make a man.

You are what you eat.

East, west, home's best.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

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

An eye for an eye; a tooth for a tooth.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Time is money.

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

A leopard can't change its spots.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

No pain, no gain.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Blood is thicker than water.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Seize the day.

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

If God had meant us to fly, he'd have given us wings.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Handsome is as handsome does.

All things must pass.

March comes in like a lion, and goes out like a lamb.

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

It takes two to tango.

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

There are two sides to every question.

If you lie down with dogs, you will get up with fleas.

Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die.

Love will find a way.

A golden key can open any door.

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

You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink.

There's one born every minute.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Clothes do not make the man.

Slow and steady wins the race.