Truth will out.

The bigger, the better.

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

Quid pro quo.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Always put your best foot forward.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

It's all grist to the mill.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Once bitten, twice shy.

East is east, and west is west.

Time will tell.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Variety is the spice of life.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

The Devil is in the details.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Hide in plain sight.

Every man for himself, and the Devil take the hindmost.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

There's no fool like an old fool.

You are what you eat.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Cheats never prosper.

All roads lead to Rome.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Moderation in all things.

Persuasion is better than force.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Do as I say, not as I do.

It's no use shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted.

You can't fit a round peg in a square hole.

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

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

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

Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Pearls of wisdom.

History repeats itself.

A cat has nine lives.

There's no smoke without fire.

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

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Look before you leap.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

The best is the enemy of the good.

'tis better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.

Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.

Children and fools tell the truth.

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

Only the good die young.

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

Enough is enough.

Tomorrow never comes.

Never go to bed on an argument.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

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

Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

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

A golden key can open any door.

A dog is a man's best friend.

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

Pride comes before a fall.

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

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

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Easy come, easy go.

Let bygones be bygones.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Like father, like son.

Good things come to those who wait.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Every dog has its day.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

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

Manners maketh the man.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

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

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Keep your chin up.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

All's fair in love and war.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

If the mountain won't come to Muhammad, Muhammad must go to the mountain.

What goes around comes around.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.