Beauty is only skin deep.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

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

Laughter is the best medicine.

Fight fire with fire.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Silence is golden.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

A cat may look at a king.

Every stick has two ends.

Hope springs eternal.

Money is the root of all evil.

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

A thing begun is half done.

Quid pro quo.

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

Any port in a storm.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

There's no time like the present.

Bad news travels fast.

Blood is thicker than water.

There's one born every minute.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Third time lucky.

Home is where the heart is.

It's all grist to the mill.

All the world loves a lover.

A bad penny always turns up.

Two heads are better than one.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Good things come in small packages.

Good things come to those who wait.

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

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

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

Seeing is believing.

For everything there is a season.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

No pain, no gain.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Patience is a virtue.

Early to bed and early to rise, makes one healthy, wealthy and wise.

Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Speak as you find.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Appearances can be deceptive.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Count your blessings.

Better safe than sorry.

Business before pleasure.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Talk is cheap.

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

Many hands make light work.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

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

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

It takes one to know one.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

What you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts.

Time flies.

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

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

The best things in life are free.

Fight the good fight.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

You reap what you sow.

A watched pot never boils.

A cat has nine lives.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

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

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

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

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Every dog has its day.

If at first you don't succeed try, try and try again.

Different strokes for different folks.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

East is east, and west is west.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Tomorrow never comes.