Every stick has two ends.

Ignorance is bliss.

To the victor go the spoils.

It's the singer not the song.

Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

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

Haste makes waste.

Good fences make good neighbours.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

All good things come to those that wait.

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

A penny saved is a penny earned.

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

Let sleeping dogs lie.

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

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

There's no time like the present.

Big fish eat little fish.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

A fish always rots from the head.

Any port in a storm.

Only the good die young.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

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

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

The best defence is a good offence.

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

The age of miracles is past.

It's the empty can that makes the most noise.

Bad news travels fast.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Seize the day.

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

Let bygones be bygones.

Home is where the heart is.

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

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Each to their own.

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

A nod's as good as a wink to a blind horse.

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

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Life is what you make it.

Revenge is sweet.

There's a time and a place for everything.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

First things first.

Children and fools tell the truth.

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

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

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

Don't sweat the small stuff.

There's no place like home.

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

Faith will move mountains.

A man is known by his friends.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Time flies.

It takes two to tango.

One law for the rich and another law for the poor.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Half a loaf is better than none.

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

Live and learn.

What can't be cured must be endured.

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

For everything there is a season.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Red sky at night shepherd's delight; red sky in the morning, shepherd's warning.

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

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Everyone has their price.

All's well that ends well.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Every dog has its day.

There's an exception to every rule.

Pride comes before a fall.

First come, first served.

Might is right.

You can't take it with you.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.