The pen is mightier than sword.

He that goes a-borrowing, goes a-sorrowing.

The Devil is in the details.

If you lie down with dogs, you will get up with fleas.

Keep your powder dry.

Bad money drives out good.

Tomorrow never comes.

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

The exception which proves the rule.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

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

An army marches on its stomach.

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

Children should be seen and not heard.

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

Actions speak louder than words.

You are never too old to learn.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

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

Time is a great healer.

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

There's a time and a place for everything.

Don't get mad, get even.

Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Always put your best foot forward.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Charity begins at home.

Virtue is its own reward.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

It never rains but it pours.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

All that glitters is not gold.

Easy come, easy go.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Practice what you preach.

It's better to be poor and healthy, than sick and wealthy.

It takes one to know one.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

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

There is many a good tune played on an old fiddle.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

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

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

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

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

You can't have your cake and eat it too.

Dead men tell no tales.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

The truth will out.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

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

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

Curiosity killed the cat.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

God helps those who help themselves.

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

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Time will tell.

The show must go on.

Out of sight, out of mind.

The more the merrier.

If God had meant us to fly, he'd have given us wings.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

It takes two to tango.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Let bygones be bygones.

The early bird gets the worm.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

All's well that ends well.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

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

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

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

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Every stick has two ends.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

No man can serve two masters.

Might is right.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Less is more.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Do as I say, not as I do.

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

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

Don't upset the apple-cart.

There are two sides to every question.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.