It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

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

Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.

Curiosity killed the cat.

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

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Still waters run deep.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Good fences make good neighbours.

He who hesitates is lost.

Don't get mad, get even.

Give the Devil his due.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Practice makes perfect.

Quid pro quo.

All that glitters is not gold.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Every picture tells a story.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Knowledge is power.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Always put your best foot forward.

Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

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

A leopard can't change its spots.

Persuasion is better than force.

Let well alone.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

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

Honesty is the best policy.

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

Only the good die young.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

As you make your bed, so you must lie upon it.

For everything there is a season.

You can't fit a round peg in a square hole.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Dead men tell no tales.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Get out while the getting is good.

The wages of sin is death.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

You win some, you lose some.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Each to their own.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

You can't win them all.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

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

The customer is always right.

A house is not a home.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

If the cap fits, wear it.

The bigger, the better.

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

Many hands make light work.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

If you can't beat 'em, join 'em.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Shrouds have no pockets.

You reap what you sow.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Money makes the world go round.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

The best defence is a good offence.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Time is a great healer.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

A word to the wise is enough.

Needs must when the devil drives.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Don't rock the boat.

Seeing is believing.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Out of sight, out of mind.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Never go to bed on an argument.

While there is life, there is hope.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Count your blessings.

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

It's an ill wind that blows no one any good.

The exception which proves the rule.