Every stick has two ends.

Appearances can be deceptive.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Actions speak louder than words.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Many hands make light work.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Slow but sure.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

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

Never speak ill of the dead.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Time will tell.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

A thing begun is half done.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

The end justifies the means.

Great minds think alike.

Time is a great healer.

Fight the good fight.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

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

Paddle your own canoe.

Nothing new under the sun.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Get out while the getting is good.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Manners maketh the man.

Physician, heal thyself.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Might is right.

No pain, no gain.

Two heads are better than one.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

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

A leopard can't change its spots.

A bad penny always turns up.

Revenge is sweet.

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

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

There are two sides to every question.

Nine tailors make a man.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Keep your chin up.

There's no time like the present.

Everyone has their price.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Practice makes perfect.

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

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

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

Pride comes before a fall.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

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

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

Business before pleasure.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Cold hands, warm heart.

One swallow does not a summer make.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

It goes without saying.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Time is money.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

It's better to give than to receive.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Never go to bed on an argument.

You can't always get what you want.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

There's no smoke without fire.

All the world loves a lover.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

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

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Love makes the world go round.

One hand washes the other.

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

East is east, and west is west.

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

First things first.

It's no use shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Seize the day.

Good things come to those who wait.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.