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

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

A poor worker blames the tools.

No rest for the wicked.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Every picture tells a story.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

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

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

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

One good deed deserves another.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Make haste slowly.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Talk is cheap.

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

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Physician, heal thyself.

Possession is nine points of the law.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Love will find a way.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

All things must pass.

Forgive and forget.

Nothing succeeds like success.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Put your best foot forward.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Good things come in small packages.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Good talk saves the food.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Actions speak louder than words.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Love makes the world go round.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

The end justifies the means.

Walls have ears.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

God helps those who help themselves.

Look before you leap.

Even a worm will turn.

Haste makes waste.

Always put your best foot forward.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Different strokes for different folks.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Pearls of wisdom.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

What can't be cured must be endured.

An army marches on its stomach.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Money talks.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.

Don't rock the boat.

Time and tide wait for no one.

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

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Tomorrow never comes.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Slow but sure.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Beauty is only skin deep.

The show must go on.

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

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

You can't always get what you want.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Make love not war.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Each to their own.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

It never rains but it pours.

Manners maketh the man.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

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

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.