Possession is nine points of the law.

The pen is mightier than sword.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

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

Never give a sucker an even break.

Two heads are better than one.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

A fish always rots from the head.

Let bygones be bygones.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

It's better to give than to receive.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

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

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

No rest for the wicked.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

It's never too late to mend.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

The best things in life are free.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Seeing is believing.

A stitch in time saves nine.

It takes two to tango.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Accidents will happen.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Wonders will never cease.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Business before pleasure.

Truth will out.

Look before you leap.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

If a job is worth doing, it's worth doing well.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Handsome is as handsome does.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

All publicity is good publicity.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

A bad penny always turns up.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Don't cut off your nose to spite your face.

Make haste slowly.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

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

It's better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

A new broom sweeps clean.

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

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

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

'tis better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Paddle your own canoe.

Always put your best foot forward.

A watched pot never boils.

Less is more.

Ignorance is bliss.

It's all grist to the mill.

There's an exception to every rule.

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

The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

In the midst of life we are in death.

All things must pass.

Get out while the getting is good.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Clothes do not make the man.

Shrouds have no pockets.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Moderation in all things.

Never tell tales out of school.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Every stick has two ends.

Pearls of wisdom.

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

Hide in plain sight.

What goes around comes around.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Forewarned is forearmed.