A thing begun is half done.

Good fences make good neighbours.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

All things must pass.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Variety is the spice of life.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

It never rains but it pours.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Big fleas have little fleas upon their back to bite 'em.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

The early bird gets the worm.

Persuasion is better than force.

There's none so deaf as those who will not hear.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Oil and water don't mix.

Never tell tales out of school.

Clothes do not make the man.

A dog is a man's best friend.

It takes one to know one.

No rest for the wicked.

Grief divided is made lighter.

There is many a good tune played on an old fiddle.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Ignorance is bliss.

Horses for courses.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Silence is golden.

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

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Good things come to those who wait.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

A stitch in time saves nine.

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

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

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

When one door shuts, another opens.

While there is life, there is hope.

Every picture tells a story.

Practice what you preach.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

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

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

Small things amuse small minds.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

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

A good man is hard to find.

A house is not a home.

Easy come, easy go.

One person's trash is another person's treasure.

Money talks.

There are more ways of killing a cat than choking it with cream.

Pearls of wisdom.

Money is the root of all evil.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

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

Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone.

Count your blessings.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

A miss is as good as a mile.

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

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

You can't win them all.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Nothing succeeds like success.

All publicity is good publicity.

Every stick has two ends.

Faith will move mountains.

Let well alone.

Money isn't everything.

Youth is wasted on the young.

What goes up must come down.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

The best defence is a good offence.

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

Nature abhors a vacuum.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

No man is an island.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Wonders will never cease.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

He who hesitates is lost.

Manners maketh the man.

Don't get mad, get even.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.