Empty bags cannot stand upright.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Be careful what you wish for. You might just get it.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Don't cross a bridge until you come to it.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Every stick has two ends.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Better late than never.

Do as I say, not as I do.

A fish always rots from the head.

A bad penny always turns up.

Get out while the getting is good.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Money makes the world go round.

Silence is golden.

Knowledge is power.

Business before pleasure.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Stupid is as stupid does.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Moderation in all things.

Even a worm will turn.

There are two sides to every question.

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

A golden key can open any door.

Home is where the heart is.

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

No pain, no gain.

Make haste slowly.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

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

Haste makes waste.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

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

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Accidents will happen.

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

In the kingdom of the blind the one eyed man is king.

What you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

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

There is honour among thieves.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

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

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

Fight fire with fire.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

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

Learn to walk before you run.

A cat may look at a king.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

A house is not a home.

A leopard can't change its spots.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Shrouds have no pockets.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Practice makes perfect.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Patience is a virtue.

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

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

Money talks.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Waste not, want not.

If you build it, they will come.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Love makes the world go round.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

You are never too old to learn.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Look before you leap.

Let the dead bury the dead.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Love will find a way.

Hide in plain sight.

Horses for courses.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

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

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

There's safety in numbers.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

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

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

A watched pot never boils.

It's the singer not the song.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.