Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Don't rock the boat.

Get out while the getting is good.

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

Brevity is the soul of wit.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

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

It takes one to know one.

Make hay while the sun shines.

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

The wages of sin is death.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Pearls of wisdom.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

There's no time like the present.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

A word to the wise is enough.

Nine tailors make a man.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Silence construes consent.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

If God had meant us to fly, he'd have given us wings.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

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

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

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

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

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

No man is an island.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Love is blind.

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

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Every dog has its day.

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

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Still waters run deep.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

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

It's easy to be wise after the event.

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

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Good fences make good neighbours.

See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Make haste slowly.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

No man can serve two masters.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

All's fair in love and war.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Children should be seen and not heard.

All that glitters is not gold.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

There are two sides to every question.

Enough is enough.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

It's never too late to mend.

The bigger, the better.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Money is the root of all evil.

Appearances can be deceptive.

First things first.

All the world loves a lover.

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

A man who is his own lawyer has a fool for his client.

Manners maketh the man.

Life is what you make it.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Another day, another dollar.

Big fish eat little fish.

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

Talk of the Devil, and he is bound to appear.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Hope springs eternal.

Hide in plain sight.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

The more the merrier.

One who sups with the devil, should have a long spoon.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Fight fire with fire.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

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