Pearls of wisdom.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

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

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

A picture paints a thousand words.

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

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

It takes one to know one.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Better late than never.

Forgive and forget.

History repeats itself.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

The customer is always right.

Better safe than sorry.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

All the world loves a lover.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

One half of the world does not know how the other half lives.

He that goes a-borrowing, goes a-sorrowing.

Third time lucky.

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

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

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Any port in a storm.

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

Keep your powder dry.

Better the Devil you know than the Devil you don't.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Truth will out.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

It's an ill wind that blows no one any good.

No news is good news.

Every picture tells a story.

Live and let live.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Enough is enough.

Grief divided is made lighter.

It's all grist to the mill.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Let bygones be bygones.

Big fish eat little fish.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Love makes the world go round.

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

Ignorance is bliss.

Look before you leap.

Forewarned is forearmed.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Oil and water don't mix.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Slow but sure.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Each to their own.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Another day, another dollar.

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

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.

Dead men tell no tales.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

A good man is hard to find.

What goes around comes around.

Man does not live by bread alone.

A cat has nine lives.

Count your blessings.

Seize the day.

Don't spoil the ship for a ha'porth of tar.

You are never too old to learn.

Children should be seen and not heard.

To live by the sword is to die by the sword.

Don't kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.

Make haste slowly.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

A word to the wise is enough.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

The pen is mightier than sword.

A man is known by his friends.

Let well alone.

There's one born every minute.

Curiosity killed the cat.