Patience is a virtue.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

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

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

If you lie down with dogs, you will get up with fleas.

Practice makes perfect.

Seek and you shall find.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Horses for courses.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Different strokes for different folks.

Faith will move mountains.

There's an exception to every rule.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Ask a silly question and you'll get a silly answer.

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

Time is money.

Tomorrow is another day.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

The more the merrier.

Enough is as good as a feast.

A miss is as good as a mile.

You win some, you lose some.

A dog is a man's best friend.

A golden key can open any door.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Don't shoot the messenger.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Practice what you preach.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

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

Let well alone.

Truth will out.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

As you make your bed, so you must lie upon it.

Crime doesn't pay.

Time will tell.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

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

A stitch in time saves nine.

Live and learn.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

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

There's safety in numbers.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Love makes the world go round.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

All the world loves a lover.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Time and tide wait for no one.

If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Still waters run deep.

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

One good deed deserves another.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

He who hesitates is lost.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Give the Devil his due.

Money makes the world go round.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

There's none so deaf as those who will not hear.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Once a thief, always a thief.

The Devil is in the details.

Hide in plain sight.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Big fleas have little fleas upon their back to bite 'em.

Talk is cheap.

Learn to walk before you run.

Paddle your own canoe.

Don't rock the boat.

See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.

Seeing is believing.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

The more things change, the more they stay the same.

There is many a good tune played on an old fiddle.

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

An empty vessel makes much noise.

No man can serve two masters.