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

Manners maketh the man.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Let the dead bury the dead.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Learn to walk before you run.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Good things come to those who wait.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Enough is enough.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

There's no smoke without fire.

All's fair in love and war.

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

You can have too much of a good thing.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Slow but sure.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

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

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Any port in a storm.

You can't always get what you want.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Fortune favours the brave.

One who sups with the devil, should have a long spoon.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Put your best foot forward.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

To the victor go the spoils.

All publicity is good publicity.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Honesty is the best policy.

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

Waste not, want not.

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

No man is an island.

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

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Small things amuse small minds.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

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

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

All you need is love.

Talk is cheap.

If you can't be good, be careful.

A man is known by his friends.

If you can't stand the heat get out of the kitchen.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Opposites attract.

There's none so deaf as those who will not hear.

Life begins at forty.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

All the world loves a lover.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

A new broom sweeps clean.

It never rains but it pours.

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

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

The more the merrier.

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

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

The end justifies the means.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

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

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Patience is a virtue.

Love makes the world go round.

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

Less is more.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

It's all grist to the mill.

Better safe than sorry.

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

Ask a silly question and you'll get a silly answer.

Every dog has its day.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

To every thing there is a season.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Another day, another dollar.

Big fish eat little fish.