When you do something you should do it as well as you can.

Laugh and the world laughs with you.

When someone is in a happy, cheerful mood, people like being with him.

Least said, soonest forgotten.

The less we say about it the sooner the incident will be forgotten.

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

We can help, show or encourage someone to do something but we can't make him do what he is unwilling or unable to do.

Like a bull in a china shop.

A clumsy or tactless person.

Lock the stable door after the horse has bolted.

Once a mistake has been made or an error committed, it's too late to take precautions to prevent it from happening.

The longest day must have an end.

All difficult jobs or situations also have an end.

Love me, love my dog.

If we want a person's friendship we must accept him totally, faults and all.

Many hands make light work.

Many people sharing a job or tasks make easier work of it.

Opportunity only knocks once.

Seize an opportunity when it occurs for it may never happen again.

Possession is nine points of the law.

In disputes over property ownership, the person in possession of something is sometimes

said to have nine-tenths a chance of winning it in a legal argument.

Promises are like pie crust.

Most promises cannot be kept.

The rain falls on the just and the unjust alike.

No matter how good or bad a person, he must still face the everyday problems that confront us all.

A stitch in time saves nine.

By taking immediate action we can prevent a fault, damage or trouble from getting worse.

A straw will show which way the wind blows.

A small incident can reveal an important event.

Teach an old dog new tricks.

It is impossible to change someone's ways or habits, especially if he is old and resists change.

That's where the shoe pinches (There's the rub).

That's the source or cause of a problem or an annoyance.

There are none so blind as those that will not see.

People ,who never admit they might be wrong, refuse to listen to the opinions or ideas of anyone.

There are none so deaf as those who will not hear.

People sometimes hear only what they want to hear.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

It means that though something beautiful may not last, the happy memory of it will live forever.

Time heals old wounds / Time is the best healer.

The passing of time helps us to forget things that have caused us pain or made us unhappy.

The truth will out.

Truth about something will eventually be discovered or made known.

Two wrongs do not make a right.

If a person does something to harm or offend us, that's wrong.

If we do something to harm them back, that's wrong too.

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

Most men love to eat so feed your husband well and he will always love you.

Wear out one's welcome.

One is no longer welcome, usually because he has become a nuisance.

When poverty comes in the door, love flies out the window.

As soon as a happily married couple begin having financial problems and the bills pile up their love will disappear.

Who keeps company with wolves, will learn to howl.

If we associate with bad companions we, too, will become bad.

Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them.

If you are rich and successful, you will attract many friends, but if you should suffer hardship or have misfortune ( adversity ), your friends will quickly depart.

History tends to repeat itself.

What has happened once is liable to happen again.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Don't make things difficult for yourself; always find the simplest means of achieving your objective.

It is useless to flog a dead horse.

It is no use spending your time and energy on an activity or belief that is already widely rejected or outdated.

Every oak must be an acorn.

Everything has to have a small beginning.

A good name is sooner lost than won.

It takes a long time to build up a good reputation which can be easily destroyed by misconduct.

The best fish swim near the bottom.

The best things are hard to come by.

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

You cannot change a person's real character.

It never rains but it pours.

Events, especially misfortunes, always come together and not one at a time.

The darkest hour is that before dawn.

Even when things seem at their very worst, they may shortly improve.

A light purse makes a heavy heart.

We cannot be cheerful when we have financial problems.

A nod is as good as a wink.

A hint or suggestion can be accepted and acted upon without further elaboration.

Do not ride the high horse.

Do not be arrogant.

Even Homer sometimes nods.

Even the best of us are liable to make mistakes.

There is no place like home.

Even a simple home is the best place in the world for the people who live in it.

A rose by any other name would smell just as sweet.

It is not what a thing is called that matters, but what it is.

A man's home is his castle.

You feel most secure, free and in control in your own home.

A pot of milk is ruined by a drop of poison.

Something bad no matter how small can ruin all your plans, successes etc.

A small leak will sink a great ship.

Small problems are worth the time to fix as they can eventually cause great damage.

A wise man changes his mind sometimes, a fool never.

It is wise to reconsider your plans, ideas, actions in the light of new information rather than to blindly stick to an earlier decision.

An army marches on its stomach.

You need to eat for energy to complete your tasks.

An empty bag will not stand upright.

Quality comes with effort.

Appearances are deceptive.

What looks good may not really be so.

April showers bring May flowers.

Unpleasant events can sometimes lead to better things.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Do not force a person into telling you a lie by forcing him to talk about something he does not want to talk about.

Avoid evil and it will avoid thee.

Stay out of trouble, and trouble will not follow you.

Bad news travels fast.

People seem to hear bad news very fast.

Bad is never good until worse happens.

A bad situation you have been complaining about will suddenly seem a blessing when something worse happens.

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

What you wish for may not really be what is good for you.

Beauty is only skin-deep.

Looks are not the most important thing about a person.

Behind every successful man is a woman.

A man's strongest and most loyal supporters are usually his mother and/or his wife.

Better a mouse in the pot than no meat at all.

To have something, no matter how little or poor in quality, is better than to have nothing at all.

Do as I saw, and not as I do.

Do something as you have seen it done although it may be different from your own way of doing it.

Doctors make the worst patients.

It is difficult advising people on matters they are supposed to be experts on because they believe they know better.