The course of true love never did run smooth.

Doubt is the beginning, not the end, of wisdom.

First come, first served.

You can't always get what you want.

Let bygones be bygones.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

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

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

A rising tide lifts all boats.

No news is good news.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Seek and you shall find.

Life begins at forty.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Keep your chin up.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

All roads lead to Rome.

The best is the enemy of the good.

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

Don't change horses in midstream.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

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

Bad money drives out good.

Horses for courses.

Give the Devil his due.

One might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.

Home is where the heart is.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Haste makes waste.

The end justifies the means.

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

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

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

No man is an island.

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

You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

No rest for the wicked.

In the kingdom of the blind the one eyed man is king.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Love makes the world go round.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Life is what you make it.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

It never rains but it pours.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Time flies.

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

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

A new broom sweeps clean.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

A ship in the harbour is safe, but that is not what a ship is for.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Give credit where credit is due.

Handsome is as handsome does.

A house is not a home.

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

Like father, like son.

Everyone has their price.

There is honour among thieves.

You reap what you sow.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Revenge is sweet.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

All the world loves a lover.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

A cat has nine lives.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

To every thing there is a season.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Money is the root of all evil.

Big fish eat little fish.

Only the good die young.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Beware the Ides of March.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

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

It's better to give than to receive.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Every dog has its day.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

A word to the wise is enough.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Each to their own.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Go the extra mile.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.