Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

It's the empty can that makes the most noise.

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

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Put your best foot forward.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

It's better to give than to receive.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Beware the Ides of March.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Honesty is the best policy.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Live and learn.

Grief divided is made lighter.

First come, first served.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

A man who is his own lawyer has a fool for his client.

Every picture tells a story.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Let the buyer beware.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Slow but sure.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Fight the good fight.

Quid pro quo.

Great minds think alike.

Time is a great healer.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Money talks.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

It's better to die on your feet than live on your knees.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Good talk saves the food.

A cat has nine lives.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Misery loves company.

Silence construes consent.

Ignorance is bliss.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

All's fair in love and war.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Business before pleasure.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Let the dead bury the dead.

It takes one to know one.

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

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Seize the day.

One good deed deserves another.

Don't test the depth of water with both feet.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

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

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

It's the singer not the song.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

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

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Handsome is as handsome does.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Children and fools tell the truth.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Paddle your own canoe.

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

Man does not live by bread alone.

One who sups with the devil, should have a long spoon.

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

When the cat's away the mice will play.

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

Variety is the spice of life.

Bad money drives out good.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

All good things must come to an end.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Go the extra mile.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Less said, soon mended.

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

Money makes the world go round.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.