Empty bags cannot stand upright.

It's all grist to the mill.

It's the singer not the song.

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

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

A man is known by his friends.

Speak as you find.

Fight the good fight.

Forgive and forget.

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

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Less is more.

Early to bed and early to rise, makes one healthy, wealthy and wise.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

The bigger, the better.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

A cat has nine lives.

It takes one to know one.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Everyone has their price.

Stupid is as stupid does.

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

Every man for himself, and the Devil take the hindmost.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Another day, another dollar.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

The best things in life are free.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Marriages are made in heaven.

There's no fool like an old fool.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Virtue is its own reward.

Go the extra mile.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Always put your best foot forward.

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

Pearls of wisdom.

To the victor go the spoils.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Only fools and horses work.

East, west, home's best.

What goes around comes around.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Give them an inch and they'll take a mile.

Love is blind.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

It's better to give than to receive.

Money is the root of all evil.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Put your best foot forward.

For everything there is a season.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Many hands make light work.

East is east, and west is west.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

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

Nothing succeeds like success.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

The more the merrier.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Manners maketh the man.

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

There's none so blind as those who will not see.

Live and let live.

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

Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.

A bad penny always turns up.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Practice makes perfect.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Don't get mad, get even.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Never give a sucker an even break.

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

There's an exception to every rule.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Bad money drives out good.

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

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Accidents will happen.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

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

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Time flies.