There but for the grace of God, go I.

Great minds think alike.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Persuasion is better than force.

It's all grist to the mill.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

It's never too late to mend.

The wages of sin is death.

It ain't over, till it's over.

Cheats never prosper.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

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

No news is good news.

Fortune favours the brave.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Share and share alike.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

A picture paints a thousand words.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Different strokes for different folks.

Time is money.

Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

There's no smoke without fire.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Don't shoot the messenger.

To every thing there is a season.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Truth will out.

Paddle your own canoe.

There's a time and a place for everything.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

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

Make love not war.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

A thing begun is half done.

Among the blind, the one-eyed man is king.

Charity begins at home.

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

Into every life a little rain must fall.

It never rains but it pours.

It's the singer not the song.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Seize the day.

Live and let live.

Easy come, easy go.

One half of the world does not know how the other half lives.

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

You reap what you sow.

No rest for the wicked.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Big fish eat little fish.

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

Faint heart never won fair lady.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

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

Nine tailors make a man.

Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

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

All things must pass.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

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

First come, first served.

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

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

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

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

You can't have your cake and eat it too.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Each to their own.

Don't test the depth of water with both feet.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

To the victor go the spoils.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

The more the merrier.

It's the empty can that makes the most noise.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.