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

Practice what you preach.

A thing begun is half done.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

A nod's as good as a wink to a blind horse.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

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

If anything can go wrong, it will.

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

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

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

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

Count your blessings.

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

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Patience is a virtue.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

There's an exception to every rule.

Never speak ill of the dead.

What goes around comes around.

The way to a man's heart is through his stomach.

Speak as you find.

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

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

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

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

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

Crime doesn't pay.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

You are what you eat.

Blood is thicker than water.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

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

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Seek and you shall find.

Love makes the world go round.

Misery loves company.

Moderation in all things.

Still waters run deep.

A bad penny always turns up.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

A fish always rots from the head.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

It's an ill wind that blows no one any good.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Time is money.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

You reap what you sow.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

The Devil looks after his own.

It's never too late to mend.

Time will tell.

Fight fire with fire.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

A miss is as good as a mile.

More haste, less speed.

Virtue is its own reward.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

A new broom sweeps clean.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

It's better to give than to receive.

Live and learn.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Less said, soon mended.

Might is right.

Enough is enough.

Talk is cheap.

Time flies.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Two heads are better than one.

Wonders will never cease.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Haste makes waste.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Money talks.

Ignorance is bliss.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Slow but sure.

One half of the world does not know how the other half lives.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Silence construes consent.