All good things come to those that wait.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Strike while the iron is hot.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Bad news travels fast.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

A miss is as good as a mile.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

There's one born every minute.

God helps those who help themselves.

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

No man can serve two masters.

What can't be cured must be endured.

To every thing there is a season.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Everyone has their price.

Opposites attract.

Less is more.

A thing begun is half done.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Clothes do not make the man.

Virtue is its own reward.

Big fish eat little fish.

Put your best foot forward.

All's fair in love and war.

It's the singer not the song.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Only the good die young.

Pride comes before a fall.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

It's better to wear out, than to rust.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

It's all grist to the mill.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Third time lucky.

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

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

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

One hand washes the other.

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

The end justifies the means.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Nine tailors make a man.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Ignorance is bliss.

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

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

He who hesitates is lost.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Waste not, want not.

There's a time and a place for everything.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Faith will move mountains.

Let the buyer beware.

You can't make bricks without straw.

All roads lead to Rome.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

A watched pot never boils.

There's an exception to every rule.

Love will find a way.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

One man's meat is another man's poison.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Revenge is sweet.

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Time is a great healer.

A cat has nine lives.

There's no smoke without fire.

The exception which proves the rule.

Live and learn.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Horses for courses.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

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

Blood is thicker than water.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

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

Every picture tells a story.

There are none so blind as those, that will not see.

Man does not live by bread alone.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

A nod's as good as a wink to a blind horse.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.