Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

In the kingdom of the blind the one eyed man is king.

Physician, heal thyself.

Live and let live.

You reap what you sow.

There's a time and a place for everything.

An army marches on its stomach.

Never speak ill of the dead.

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

Time flies.

A golden key can open any door.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

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

Waste not, want not.

Persuasion is better than force.

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

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

The Devil looks after his own.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

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

The customer is always right.

Everyone wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Bad news travels fast.

You can't always get what you want.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Man does not live by bread alone.

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

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

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

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Seeing is believing.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

You win some, you lose some.

Faith will move mountains.

A watched pot never boils.

The wages of sin is death.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

No pain, no gain.

You are never too old to learn.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

In the midst of life we are in death.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

No rest for the wicked.

While there is life, there is hope.

For everything there is a season.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Time and tide wait for no one.

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

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

Do as I say, not as I do.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

If ifs and ands were pots and pans there'd be no work for tinkers.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

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

If you can't be good, be careful.

A house is not a home.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Forgive and forget.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Nine tailors make a man.

Slow but sure.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Pearls of wisdom.

Don't rock the boat.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

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

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Big fish eat little fish.

The best is the enemy of the good.

One man's meat is another man's poison.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Grief divided is made lighter.

All good things must come to an end.

Beware the Ides of March.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

All's well that ends well.

Might is right.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

No man can serve two masters.