Christmas comes but once a year.

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

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

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

An army marches on its stomach.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

All that glitters is not gold.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Don't rock the boat.

The customer is always right.

Blood is thicker than water.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

It's an ill wind that blows no one any good.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Those who do not learn from history, are doomed to repeat it.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Tomorrow is another day.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Faith will move mountains.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Less is more.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

A picture paints a thousand words.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

A cat may look at a king.

The more the merrier.

Practice makes perfect.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Accidents will happen.

You are never too old to learn.

Speak as you find.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Two heads are better than one.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Home is where the heart is.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Horses for courses.

A house is not a home.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Wonders will never cease.

It goes without saying.

Half a loaf is better than none.

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

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Fight the good fight.

Time and tide wait for no one.

If at first you don't succeed try, try and try again.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Share and share alike.

It's all grist to the mill.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

There are more ways of killing a cat than choking it with cream.

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

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

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

History repeats itself.

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

Learn to walk before you run.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Keep your chin up.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

There's safety in numbers.

Bad news travels fast.

Crime doesn't pay.

One hand washes the other.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

The exception which proves the rule.

Better the Devil you know than the Devil you don't.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

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

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

There's more than one way to skin a cat.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Don't cross a bridge until you come to it.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

The best things in life are free.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

One good deed deserves another.

No man is an island.

If you lie down with dogs, you will get up with fleas.

Virtue is its own reward.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Grief divided is made lighter.

What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.

Do as I say, not as I do.

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

Don't meet troubles half-way.