One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Make haste slowly.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Life begins at forty.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

One half of the world does not know how the other half lives.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

A house is not a home.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Forgive and forget.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Seeing is believing.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Forewarned is forearmed.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

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

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Money isn't everything.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

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

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

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

Practice makes perfect.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Horses for courses.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Accidents will happen.

Many hands make light work.

There's an exception to every rule.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

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

No man is an island.

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

History repeats itself.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Give the Devil his due.

A fish always rots from the head.

A thing begun is half done.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Look before you leap.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

A dog is a man's best friend.

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

Still waters run deep.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Nothing new under the sun.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

If the mountain won't come to Muhammad, Muhammad must go to the mountain.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

A cat may look at a king.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Every stick has two ends.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

While the cat's away, the mice will play.

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

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

All good things come to those that wait.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Waste not, want not.

All that glitters is not gold.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

While there is life, there is hope.

Blood is thicker than water.

Haste makes waste.

You are never too old to learn.

An army marches on its stomach.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

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

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

East, west, home's best.

Honesty is the best policy.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

The best-laid plans go astray.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

It's no use shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted.

Only fools and horses work.

You can't get blood out of a stone.