Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Better late than never.

Different strokes for different folks.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

If you build it, they will come.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Let bygones be bygones.

Silence construes consent.

First impressions are the most lasting.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

The wages of sin is death.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Two heads are better than one.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

The pen is mightier than sword.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

An man's home is his castle.

All's fair in love and war.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Good things come in small packages.

All things must pass.

Still waters run deep.

Talk is cheap.

To the victor go the spoils.

Grief divided is made lighter.

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

Hide in plain sight.

Speak as you find.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Fight fire with fire.

A new broom sweeps clean.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

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

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Blood is thicker than water.

More haste, less speed.

Waste not, want not.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Those who do not learn from history, are doomed to repeat it.

If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.

In the midst of life we are in death.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

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

Easy come, easy go.

Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Dead men tell no tales.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Children and fools tell the truth.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

You can't always get what you want.

Actions speak louder than words.

Everyone has their price.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

The Devil looks after his own.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

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

The more things change, the more they stay the same.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

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

The age of miracles is past.

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

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

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

All good things come to those that wait.

Seize the day.

Enough is enough.

Don't get mad, get even.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Home is where the heart is.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Always put your best foot forward.

Look before you leap.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

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