There but for the grace of God, go I.

The leopard does not change his spots.

All you need is love.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Every dog has its day.

What goes up must come down.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Less said, soon mended.

No rest for the wicked.

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

One swallow does not a summer make.

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

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

Patience is a virtue.

One might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.

Let well alone.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Hope springs eternal.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Knowledge is power.

Oil and water don't mix.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Time is money.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Always put your best foot forward.

An army marches on its stomach.

First things first.

March comes in like a lion, and goes out like a lamb.

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

Keep your chin up.

To live by the sword is to die by the sword.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

There's no place like home.

Beware the Ides of March.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

More haste, less speed.

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

History repeats itself.

Among the blind, the one-eyed man is king.

Get out while the getting is good.

Learn to walk before you run.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

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

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Enough is enough.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Physician, heal thyself.

Variety is the spice of life.

There's one born every minute.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Honesty is the best policy.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

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

No news is good news.

Better the Devil you know than the Devil you don't.

You can't win them all.

It's better to give than to receive.

There's none so blind as those who will not see.

No pain, no gain.

It's the singer not the song.

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

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Don't get mad, get even.

All good things must come to an end.

A cat may look at a king.

Dead men tell no tales.

Charity begins at home.

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

Grief divided is made lighter.

Great minds think alike.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

A leopard can't change its spots.

The show must go on.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Those who do not learn from history, are doomed to repeat it.

Crime doesn't pay.

Many hands make light work.

Talk of the Devil, and he is bound to appear.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Slow and steady wins the race.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Ignorance is bliss.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.