Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

He who fights and runs away, lives to fight another day.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

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

Let the punishment fit the crime.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink.

What goes around comes around.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Every man for himself, and the Devil take the hindmost.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

He that goes a-borrowing, goes a-sorrowing.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

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

Don't spoil the ship for a ha'porth of tar.

Horses for courses.

Moderation in all things.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

There's one born every minute.

The Devil looks after his own.

Clothes do not make the man.

Life is what you make it.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

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

A penny saved is a penny earned.

He who hesitates is lost.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Tomorrow never comes.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

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

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Only the good die young.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

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

Time flies.

What goes up must come down.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

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

Go the extra mile.

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

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

A bad penny always turns up.

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

Fortune favours the brave.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Seize the day.

Money makes the world go round.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Business before pleasure.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

All roads lead to Rome.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Nine tailors make a man.

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

Give them an inch and they'll take a mile.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

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

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

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

It's better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.

Another day, another dollar.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Patience is a virtue.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Beggars can't be choosers.

History repeats itself.

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

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

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

Every stick has two ends.

Hope springs eternal.

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

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Physician, heal thyself.

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

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

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

It's better to give than to receive.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

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

If you can't beat 'em, join 'em.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Attack is the best form of defence.