It's no use shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted.

Count your blessings.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Good things come to those who wait.

Fight the good fight.

There's no smoke without fire.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

The early bird gets the worm.

One person's trash is another person's treasure.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

There's an exception to every rule.

Don't cross a bridge until you come to it.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

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

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Be careful what you wish for. You might just get it.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

A picture paints a thousand words.

There are none so blind as those, that will not see.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

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

Talk is cheap.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

What goes around comes around.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Love will find a way.

No rest for the wicked.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

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

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Waste not, want not.

Any port in a storm.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Seeing is believing.

A leopard can't change its spots.

If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

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

There's safety in numbers.

While there is life, there is hope.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Truth will out.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Speak as you find.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

A thing begun is half done.

Hide in plain sight.

History repeats itself.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

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

Barking dogs seldom bite.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

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

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

Only the good die young.

Wonders will never cease.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

The age of miracles is past.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

The exception which proves the rule.

Good talk saves the food.

Faith will move mountains.

Live and let live.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

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

Don't meet troubles half-way.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Practice what you preach.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

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

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

A golden key can open any door.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Life is what you make it.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

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

Knowledge is power.

A fish always rots from the head.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

The best-laid plans go astray.