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

While there is life, there is hope.

No pain, no gain.

Time is money.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Look before you leap.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Walls have ears.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Give them an inch and they'll take a mile.

Speak as you find.

The end justifies the means.

Let bygones be bygones.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

A golden key can open any door.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Always put your best foot forward.

Don't get mad, get even.

Practice makes perfect.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

The leopard does not change his spots.

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

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Let well alone.

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

Life is what you make it.

Haste makes waste.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Beauty is only skin deep.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

You can't make bricks without straw.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

A leopard can't change its spots.

All that glitters is not gold.

You can have too much of a good thing.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

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

If you can't be good, be careful.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Talk is cheap.

A house is not a home.

Live and learn.

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

All publicity is good publicity.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

The exception which proves the rule.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

More haste, less speed.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Time is a great healer.

Fight the good fight.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Opposites attract.

Little pitchers have big ears.

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

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Count your blessings.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Appearances can be deceptive.

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

If ifs and ands were pots and pans there'd be no work for tinkers.

Money isn't everything.

Silence construes consent.

There's an exception to every rule.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Truth will out.

Manners maketh the man.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

It never rains but it pours.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Beware the Ides of March.

The best things in life are free.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Attack is the best form of defence.

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

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

A word to the wise is enough.

You can't run with the hare, and hunt with the hounds.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

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

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Nothing succeeds like success.