Children should be seen and not heard.

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

The customer is always right.

There's no smoke without fire.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Needs must when the devil drives.

One man's meat is another man's poison.

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

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.

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

Let the dead bury the dead.

Birds of a feather flock together.

He who fights and runs away, lives to fight another day.

Virtue is its own reward.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Everyone wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

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

Christmas comes but once a year.

Another day, another dollar.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Half a loaf is better than none.

There is honour among thieves.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

There's no place like home.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

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

Faith will move mountains.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

A thing begun is half done.

Better late than never.

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

Live and learn.

If a job is worth doing, it's worth doing well.

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

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Life is what you make it.

Silence is golden.

All you need is love.

You can't take it with you.

Let the buyer beware.

Seek and you shall find.

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

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

The Devil is in the details.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

You are never too old to learn.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Give the Devil his due.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

The wages of sin is death.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Never speak ill of the dead.

All good things must come to an end.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

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

Tomorrow is another day.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Opposites attract.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Good fences make good neighbours.

The truth will out.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Money talks.

It's all grist to the mill.

Only fools and horses work.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Love will find a way.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.

Money is the root of all evil.

No man can serve two masters.

There's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Time is money.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

History repeats itself.

The age of miracles is past.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

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

Ignorance is bliss.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Every dog has its day.

All's fair in love and war.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

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

A ship in the harbour is safe, but that is not what a ship is for.