Business before pleasure.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

The exception which proves the rule.

A dog is a man's best friend.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

There's no smoke without fire.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

The bigger, the better.

All good things come to those that wait.

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

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

You win some, you lose some.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Actions speak louder than words.

A house is not a home.

You reap what you sow.

A stitch in time saves nine.

The customer is always right.

Good talk saves the food.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

All that glitters is not gold.

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

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

Live and let live.

A fish always rots from the head.

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

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Fortune favours the brave.

To the victor go the spoils.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

No news is good news.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Always put your best foot forward.

Waste not, want not.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Seize the day.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

First come, first served.

Clothes do not make the man.

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

Forewarned is forearmed.

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

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Truth will out.

There's no time like the present.

The Devil looks after his own.

You can't take it with you.

It's the singer not the song.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

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

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Life begins at forty.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

There's one born every minute.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Speak as you find.

Make love not war.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Red sky at night shepherd's delight; red sky in the morning, shepherd's warning.

What the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't want.

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

Any port in a storm.

Strike while the iron is hot.

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

Talk is cheap.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

It takes two to tango.

It's better to wear out, than to rust.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

A thing begun is half done.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Pearls of wisdom.

Hope springs eternal.

Love makes the world go round.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

He that goes a-borrowing, goes a-sorrowing.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

The early bird gets the worm.

Never speak ill of the dead.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

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

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

If you lie down with dogs, you will get up with fleas.

When one door shuts, another opens.

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

Paddle your own canoe.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.