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

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

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

To every thing there is a season.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Physician, heal thyself.

Don't rock the boat.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Only the good die young.

Business before pleasure.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink.

The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Speak as you find.

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

Blue are the hills that are far away.

What goes around comes around.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

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

Marriages are made in heaven.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

The customer is always right.

Patience is a virtue.

Give credit where credit is due.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

No man is an island.

All roads lead to Rome.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

A fish always rots from the head.

The more the merrier.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Life begins at forty.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Every stick has two ends.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

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

You can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs.

There are two sides to every question.

Look before you leap.

The age of miracles is past.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

You can't run with the hare, and hunt with the hounds.

He who hesitates is lost.

Faith will move mountains.

Good things come to those who wait.

Never tell tales out of school.

Put your best foot forward.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Time will tell.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

The early bird gets the worm.

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

Know which side your bread is buttered.

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

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Pearls of wisdom.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

All's fair in love and war.

Even a worm will turn.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

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

Children and fools tell the truth.

The leopard does not change his spots.

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

Still waters run deep.

Don't cut off your nose to spite your face.

There is honour among thieves.

Money isn't everything.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Better late than never.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Keep your chin up.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

God helps those who help themselves.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

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

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

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Procrastination is the thief of time.