A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

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

Less said, soon mended.

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

March comes in like a lion, and goes out like a lamb.

Business before pleasure.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Money talks.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

It's best to be on the safe side.

East, west, home's best.

Honesty is the best policy.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Nine tailors make a man.

Accidents will happen.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

'tis better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.

Share and share alike.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

A bad penny always turns up.

There's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip.

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

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

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

There but for the grace of God, go I.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.

God helps those who help themselves.

Persuasion is better than force.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Manners maketh the man.

Crime doesn't pay.

Once a thief, always a thief.

One man's meat is another man's poison.

Let bygones be bygones.

It's better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.

Horses for courses.

There are two sides to every question.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Look before you leap.

A cat may look at a king.

You can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs.

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

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

A cat has nine lives.

Patience is a virtue.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Where there's a will, there's a way.

The more the merrier.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Handsome is as handsome does.

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

Don't test the depth of water with both feet.

The leopard does not change his spots.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

There's one born every minute.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.

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

There's an exception to every rule.

Bad money drives out good.

Don't cross a bridge until you come to it.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Possession is nine points of the law.

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

Every cloud has a silver lining.

There is one law for the rich and another law for the poor.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

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

There's more than one way to skin a cat.

Life begins at forty.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Time is money.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Still waters run deep.

No pain, no gain.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Haste makes waste.

You can't take it with you.

If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

It's an ill wind that blows no one any good.

Pearls of wisdom.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

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