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

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

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

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

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

The wages of sin is death.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

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

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

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

The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.

Don't shoot the messenger.

The Devil looks after his own.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

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

Haste makes waste.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

All you need is love.

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

It's better to give than to receive.

A house is not a home.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

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

Pearls of wisdom.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Everyone has their price.

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

A golden key can open any door.

Walls have ears.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

First things first.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Fight fire with fire.

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

What goes up must come down.

Don't rock the boat.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Tomorrow never comes.

Business before pleasure.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

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

Don't cut off your nose to spite your face.

Every dog has its day.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

God helps those who help themselves.

While there is life, there is hope.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Time is a great healer.

Fight the good fight.

Marriages are made in heaven.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

All things must pass.

Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

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

Dead men tell no tales.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

The bigger, the better.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

The customer is always right.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Enough is as good as a feast.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Attack is the best form of defence.

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

He who hesitates is lost.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

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

If the cap fits, wear it.

Small things amuse small minds.

The truth will out.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

A stitch in time saves nine.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Don't get mad, get even.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

There are two sides to every question.

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

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

The age of miracles is past.

Might is right.