There's an exception to every rule.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

All publicity is good publicity.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Money talks.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Waste not, want not.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Like father, like son.

Attack is the best form of defence.

There's no smoke without fire.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Moderation in all things.

A thing begun is half done.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

It's better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Time is a great healer.

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

Walls have ears.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

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

Easy come, easy go.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Quid pro quo.

Stupid is as stupid does.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Don't change horses in midstream.

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

It's better to die on your feet than live on your knees.

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

Do as I say, not as I do.

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

Many hands make light work.

Accidents will happen.

An eye for an eye; a tooth for a tooth.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Doubt is the beginning, not the end, of wisdom.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Each to their own.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Keep your powder dry.

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

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Seeing is believing.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

History repeats itself.

Might is right.

It's better to be poor and healthy, than sick and wealthy.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Youth is wasted on the young.

While the cat's away, the mice will play.

You are never too old to learn.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Practice makes perfect.

Nine tailors make a man.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Nothing new under the sun.

Crime doesn't pay.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Good things come in small packages.

To the victor go the spoils.

Pearls of wisdom.

It never rains but it pours.

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

Paddle your own canoe.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Small things amuse small minds.

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

The exception which proves the rule.

Fight the good fight.

Seek and you shall find.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

More haste, less speed.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Hide in plain sight.

Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die.

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

First come, first served.

Wonders will never cease.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

There's one born every minute.

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

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.