Paddle your own canoe.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

All good things must come to an end.

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

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Time and tide wait for no one.

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

Slow and steady wins the race.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Beauty is only skin deep.

If the cap fits, wear it.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.

A bad penny always turns up.

For everything there is a season.

Where there's a will, there's a way.

Fortune favours the brave.

A person is known by the company they keep.

You reap what you sow.

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

Make haste slowly.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

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

Money isn't everything.

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

Stupid is as stupid does.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Good talk saves the food.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Even a worm will turn.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Speak as you find.

You can choose your friends, but you can't choose your family.

Hope springs eternal.

There's none so deaf as those who will not hear.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Life begins at forty.

Every stick has two ends.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Don't rock the boat.

Do as I say, not as I do.

There is many a good tune played on an old fiddle.

Honesty is the best policy.

God helps those who help themselves.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Time is a great healer.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

If you build it, they will come.

Misery loves company.

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

Christmas comes but once a year.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

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

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

To every thing there is a season.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

You can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Give a man a fish, feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, feed him for a lifetime.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Third time lucky.

Actions speak louder than words.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Count your blessings.

Learn to walk before you run.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Life is what you make it.

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

Let the buyer beware.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Let bygones be bygones.

Less said, soon mended.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Manners maketh the man.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

To live by the sword is to die by the sword.

Two heads are better than one.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Truth will out.

It never rains but it pours.

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

Patience is a virtue.

Money is the root of all evil.

If anything can go wrong, it will.