Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Good fences make good neighbours.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

The end justifies the means.

It goes without saying.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

You can't always get what you want.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

One might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.

It's an ill wind that blows no one any good.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Money is the root of all evil.

A house is not a home.

Good things come in small packages.

There's safety in numbers.

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

It's better to give than to receive.

Let well alone.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

The best defence is a good offence.

A man is known by his friends.

Haste makes waste.

The age of miracles is past.

Opposites attract.

Money makes the world go round.

Shrouds have no pockets.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

History repeats itself.

Ignorance is bliss.

A golden key can open any door.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Give the Devil his due.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

More haste, less speed.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

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

Handsome is as handsome does.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

To the victor go the spoils.

Out of sight, out of mind.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

The wages of sin is death.

Go the extra mile.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

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

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Great minds think alike.

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

A leopard can't change its spots.

There is one law for the rich and another law for the poor.

Let the buyer beware.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Oil and water don't mix.

All good things must come to an end.

East is east, and west is west.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

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

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Tomorrow never comes.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Beware the Ides of March.

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

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

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

Speak as you find.

Once a thief, always a thief.

First come, first served.

Learn to walk before you run.

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

Always put your best foot forward.

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

Do as I say, not as I do.

Silence is golden.

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

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Never give a sucker an even break.

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

He who hesitates is lost.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?