Persuasion is better than force.

Make love not war.

Any port in a storm.

One good deed deserves another.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

If the cap fits, wear it.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

It's better to be poor and healthy, than sick and wealthy.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

East, west, home's best.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

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

Fine words butter no parsnips.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Time will tell.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Good talk saves the food.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

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

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

It's all grist to the mill.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

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

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Practice what you preach.

Might is right.

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

The best-laid plans go astray.

The customer is always right.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Another day, another dollar.

All you need is love.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

One might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Misery loves company.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Keep your powder dry.

You win some, you lose some.

All good things must come to an end.

Less said, soon mended.

The early bird gets the worm.

Seize the day.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Curiosity killed the cat.

There's no fool like an old fool.

An man's home is his castle.

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

Live and learn.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Charity begins at home.

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

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

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

The best defence is a good offence.

Manners maketh the man.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Revenge is sweet.

God helps those who help themselves.

To every thing there is a season.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Every stick has two ends.

Beggars can't be choosers.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Forgive and forget.

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

A word to the wise is enough.

You reap what you sow.

You can't take it with you.

The Devil is in the details.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Better late than never.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

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

Beware the Ides of March.