Accidents will happen.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

It takes one to know one.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Let bygones be bygones.

East is east, and west is west.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

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

Red sky at night shepherd's delight; red sky in the morning, shepherd's warning.

More haste, less speed.

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

You can have too much of a good thing.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

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

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

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

Nothing succeeds like success.

The bigger, the better.

Nothing new under the sun.

Home is where the heart is.

Take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Haste makes waste.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Knowledge is power.

Charity begins at home.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

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

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

A cat has nine lives.

Love makes the world go round.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

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

First things first.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

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

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

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Live and learn.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Better late than never.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Tomorrow never comes.

The end justifies the means.

Shrouds have no pockets.

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

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Where there's a will, there's a way.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

A word to the wise is enough.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

God helps those who help themselves.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

All things must pass.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

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

Into every life a little rain must fall.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

To every thing there is a season.

Might is right.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

One law for the rich and another law for the poor.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Slow and steady wins the race.

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

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Don't kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Good things come in small packages.

Pride comes before a fall.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

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

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

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

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

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

He that goes a-borrowing, goes a-sorrowing.

A bad penny always turns up.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.