Seeing is believing.

A watched pot never boils.

Let the buyer beware.

If a job is worth doing, it's worth doing well.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Cheats never prosper.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Might is right.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

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

Silence construes consent.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

First impressions are the most lasting.

It's all grist to the mill.

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

What can't be cured must be endured.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Honesty is the best policy.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Forgive and forget.

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

Only the good die young.

No rest for the wicked.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

No pain, no gain.

Less said, soon mended.

Every dog has its day.

Little pitchers have big ears.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

The way to a man's heart is through his stomach.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

All good things come to those that wait.

The customer is always right.

It goes without saying.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Time is a great healer.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

You reap what you sow.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Laughter is the best medicine.

The show must go on.

A thing begun is half done.

Strike while the iron is hot.

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

Every man for himself, and the Devil take the hindmost.

He who fights and runs away, lives to fight another day.

Keep your chin up.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

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

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink.

The truth will out.

Crime doesn't pay.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

The wages of sin is death.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Let well alone.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

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

Go the extra mile.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Two heads are better than one.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

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

Misery loves company.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Ignorance is bliss.

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

Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.

Nothing new under the sun.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Half a loaf is better than none.

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

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

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

A nod's as good as a wink to a blind horse.

Patience is a virtue.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

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

Be careful what you wish for. You might just get it.

One swallow does not a summer make.

If you build it, they will come.

Give the Devil his due.

More haste, less speed.

Count your blessings.