Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Oil and water don't mix.

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

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Practice what you preach.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

The Devil looks after his own.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

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

It's better to wear out, than to rust.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Get out while the getting is good.

All the world loves a lover.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Patience is a virtue.

The age of miracles is past.

The exception which proves the rule.

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

It goes without saying.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

There's none so blind as those who will not see.

Money makes the world go round.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Even a worm will turn.

Charity begins at home.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Bad news travels fast.

A thing begun is half done.

Hide in plain sight.

East is east, and west is west.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

All roads lead to Rome.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Let well alone.

Let the buyer beware.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Great minds think alike.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Opposites attract.

History repeats itself.

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

A leopard can't change its spots.

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

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

Count your blessings.

Silence is golden.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

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

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

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

What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.

Beggars can't be choosers.

It takes one to know one.

It's the empty can that makes the most noise.

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

Big fleas have little fleas upon their back to bite 'em.

Wonders will never cease.

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

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

There are two sides to every question.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

He who hesitates is lost.

Another day, another dollar.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Might is right.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

You can choose your friends, but you can't choose your family.

Live and let live.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Go the extra mile.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Tomorrow is another day.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Every dog has its day.

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

Waste not, want not.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Many hands make light work.

Quid pro quo.

The bigger, the better.