Do as I say, not as I do.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

East, west, home's best.

There's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip.

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

Put your best foot forward.

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

All's fair in love and war.

An man's home is his castle.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Love makes the world go round.

The end justifies the means.

You can't always get what you want.

No rest for the wicked.

Money isn't everything.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

To every thing there is a season.

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.

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

The best is the enemy of the good.

While the cat's away, the mice will play.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Never speak ill of the dead.

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

Time will tell.

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

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

There's safety in numbers.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Make love not war.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

East is east, and west is west.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

All's well that ends well.

Home is where the heart is.

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

First things first.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

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

Physician, heal thyself.

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

Tomorrow never comes.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

It's never too late to mend.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Life is what you make it.

Give the Devil his due.

Paddle your own canoe.

Moderation in all things.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Slow but sure.

Silence is golden.

Wonders will never cease.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Life begins at forty.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

First impressions are the most lasting.

The truth will out.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

One man's meat is another man's poison.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Time is money.

Bad money drives out good.

Fortune favours the brave.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

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

The show must go on.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

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

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Beware the Ides of March.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Great minds think alike.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

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

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

There's no place like home.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

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

All that glitters is not gold.

Another day, another dollar.

Misery loves company.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.