An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Time will tell.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

You can't always get what you want.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Every stick has two ends.

Red sky at night shepherd's delight; red sky in the morning, shepherd's warning.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

To the victor go the spoils.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Time is a great healer.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Tomorrow never comes.

Silence construes consent.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Many hands make light work.

Look before you leap.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

A ship in the harbour is safe, but that is not what a ship is for.

Money is the root of all evil.

All things must pass.

It takes two to tango.

Misery loves company.

Small things amuse small minds.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Clothes do not make the man.

All good things must come to an end.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

It never rains but it pours.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

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

You can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

More haste, less speed.

Opposites attract.

Less is more.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

An man's home is his castle.

The exception which proves the rule.

Blood is thicker than water.

Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach.

A golden key can open any door.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Let well alone.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

No pain, no gain.

There is no accounting for tastes.

God helps those who help themselves.

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

Let the dead bury the dead.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

There's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip.

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

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Don't rock the boat.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

One good deed deserves another.

A picture paints a thousand words.

If you can't beat 'em, join 'em.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

The Devil is in the details.

Money makes the world go round.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

The end justifies the means.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Revenge is sweet.

Only fools and horses work.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

It's never too late to mend.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Don't shoot the messenger.