A good beginning makes a good ending.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Pride comes before a fall.

Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

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

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

For everything there is a season.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

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

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

East, west, home's best.

Make haste slowly.

Another day, another dollar.

Good things come in small packages.

A golden key can open any door.

Good things come to those who wait.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

The best-laid plans go astray.

All that glitters is not gold.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

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

Shrouds have no pockets.

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

Manners maketh the man.

It never rains but it pours.

It's no use shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted.

Virtue is its own reward.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Business before pleasure.

Cheats never prosper.

Only fools and horses work.

Different strokes for different folks.

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

If at first you don't succeed try, try and try again.

Keep your chin up.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

If you can't beat 'em, join 'em.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Knowledge is power.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Keep your powder dry.

He who hesitates is lost.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Each to their own.

Better late than never.

You can't win them all.

To the victor go the spoils.

Great minds think alike.

You win some, you lose some.

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

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Fortune favours the brave.

Half a loaf is better than none.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

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

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Count your blessings.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

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

Tomorrow is another day.

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

Paddle your own canoe.

Time will tell.

Patience is a virtue.

It's the empty can that makes the most noise.

The truth will out.

Fight the good fight.

Love will find a way.

Forgive and forget.

While there is life, there is hope.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Honesty is the best policy.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

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

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

Persuasion is better than force.

Time is a great healer.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

You can't always get what you want.