A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Walls have ears.

Paddle your own canoe.

East is east, and west is west.

Tomorrow never comes.

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

Into every life a little rain must fall.

What the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't want.

Every picture tells a story.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Let well alone.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Business before pleasure.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Don't rock the boat.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

One swallow does not a summer make.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

You reap what you sow.

Faith will move mountains.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

The bigger, the better.

Enough is as good as a feast.

All the world loves a lover.

All good things must come to an end.

The best is the enemy of the good.

All publicity is good publicity.

Better late than never.

To the victor go the spoils.

You can't take it with you.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

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

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

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Put your best foot forward.

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

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

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

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

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Half a loaf is better than none.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Time will tell.

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

There's a time and a place for everything.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Clothes do not make the man.

Make haste slowly.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

A man is known by his friends.

You win some, you lose some.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

There's one born every minute.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

If you build it, they will come.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

It never rains but it pours.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Big fish eat little fish.

You can't fit a round peg in a square hole.

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

When one door shuts, another opens.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Make hay while the sun shines.

You can't run with the hare, and hunt with the hounds.

Silence is golden.

A thing begun is half done.

One hand washes the other.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

It's all grist to the mill.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

It's the singer not the song.

The more the merrier.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Cheats never prosper.

Charity begins at home.