You win some, you lose some.

Accidents will happen.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

You can't take it with you.

You can't make bricks without straw.

More haste, less speed.

Make hay while the sun shines.

If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

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

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

A watched pot never boils.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die.

Seize the day.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

All things must pass.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

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

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Virtue is its own reward.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

A fish always rots from the head.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

No news is good news.

Let the dead bury the dead.

First impressions are the most lasting.

The early bird gets the worm.

A new broom sweeps clean.

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

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

Enough is enough.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Everyone wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

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

Opposites attract.

Let bygones be bygones.

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

God helps those who help themselves.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Many hands make light work.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Beauty is only skin deep.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

There's no time like the present.

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

Silence construes consent.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

If you can't stand the heat get out of the kitchen.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

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

Love makes the world go round.

The customer is always right.

Like father, like son.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

A cat has nine lives.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Fortune favours the brave.

Hide in plain sight.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Keep your chin up.

Great minds think alike.

The way to a man's heart is through his stomach.

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

It's all grist to the mill.

There's no smoke without fire.

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

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

A word to the wise is enough.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Home is where the heart is.

Haste makes waste.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

As you make your bed, so you must lie upon it.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Two heads are better than one.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Make love not war.

It takes one to know one.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Give credit where credit is due.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Less said, soon mended.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Let well alone.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.