Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Clothes do not make the man.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

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

You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Love makes the world go round.

East is east, and west is west.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

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

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

Good fences make good neighbours.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

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

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

A cat may look at a king.

Marriages are made in heaven.

The truth will out.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

One hand washes the other.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

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

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

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

Keep your chin up.

Hide in plain sight.

It goes without saying.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

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

There's an exception to every rule.

Don't rock the boat.

A golden key can open any door.

Bad money drives out good.

Charity begins at home.

Truth will out.

Waste not, want not.

Good talk saves the food.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

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

Seize the day.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Less is more.

Half a loaf is better than none.

God helps those who help themselves.

No pain, no gain.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Talk of the Devil, and he is bound to appear.

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

Don't upset the apple-cart.

There's safety in numbers.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Pride comes before a fall.

Give credit where credit is due.

A watched pot never boils.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Beware the Ides of March.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Every picture tells a story.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Don't get mad, get even.

Wonders will never cease.

Let the buyer beware.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Money makes the world go round.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

One swallow does not a summer make.

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

Time flies.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Time is money.

You are never too old to learn.

All good things come to those that wait.

Only fools and horses work.

There are none so blind as those, that will not see.

If ifs and ands were pots and pans there'd be no work for tinkers.

Two heads are better than one.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.