For everything there is a season.

It's no use shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted.

While the cat's away, the mice will play.

First come, first served.

The customer is always right.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

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

Make haste slowly.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

A thing begun is half done.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Virtue is its own reward.

God helps those who help themselves.

A word to the wise is enough.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Children and fools tell the truth.

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

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

The end justifies the means.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Never go to bed on an argument.

An eye for an eye; a tooth for a tooth.

Let well alone.

Time is a great healer.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

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

A new broom sweeps clean.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.

Life begins at forty.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

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

One hand washes the other.

Practice makes perfect.

Money is the root of all evil.

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

When the cat's away the mice will play.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Business before pleasure.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

The way to a man's heart is through his stomach.

All publicity is good publicity.

You reap what you sow.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

While there is life, there is hope.

Each to their own.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

No man can serve two masters.

Silence is golden.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

One person's trash is another person's treasure.

Count your blessings.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Time will tell.

Live and learn.

You are what you eat.

Pride comes before a fall.

A good man is hard to find.

March comes in like a lion, and goes out like a lamb.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Paddle your own canoe.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Don't kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Half a loaf is better than none.

If ifs and ands were pots and pans there'd be no work for tinkers.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.

All you need is love.

Love is blind.

All good things come to those that wait.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone.