English proverbs and sayings

Ask me no questions, I'll tell you no lies

People who live in glass houses should not throw stones.

If things were to be done twice all would be wise.

Speak fair and think what you like.

It is no use crying over spilt milk.

Use soft words and hard arguments.

Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over, it became a butterfly.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Believe not all that you see nor half what you hear.

Live and let live.

Let bygones be bygones.

Never cast dirt into that fountain of which you have sometime drunk.

The captain knows the condition of the ship, but the bilge rats know more.

No man loves his fetters, be they made of gold.

Repentance is good, but innocence is better.

Fools may sometimes speak to the purpose.