Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

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

Business before pleasure.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

First things first.

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

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

In the midst of life we are in death.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Accidents will happen.

What the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't want.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Home is where the heart is.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Don't kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.

It goes without saying.

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

Pride comes before a fall.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Wonders will never cease.

Quid pro quo.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Everyone has their price.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Put your best foot forward.

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

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

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Make love not war.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Get out while the getting is good.

Time is a great healer.

Fight fire with fire.

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

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Practice makes perfect.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Don't change horses in midstream.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Any port in a storm.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Never speak ill of the dead.

No pain, no gain.

Nothing succeeds like success.

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

Practice what you preach.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

You can't make bricks without straw.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

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

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

A bad penny always turns up.

Might is right.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

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

Don't get mad, get even.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

A stitch in time saves nine.

A man is known by his friends.

Each to their own.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Less said, soon mended.

Talk is cheap.

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

Let well alone.

All things must pass.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Money makes the world go round.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Moderation in all things.

All you need is love.

Cheats never prosper.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

The Devil is in the details.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

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

Blood is thicker than water.

Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

One swallow does not a summer make.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Even a worm will turn.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Make haste slowly.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Another day, another dollar.

Silence construes consent.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

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

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