Cave tibi cane muto, aqua silente = Beware of the silent dog and still water.
Semper graculus assidet graculo = A blackbird always sits close to a blackbird = Birds of a feather flock together.
Mortuo leoni et lepores insultant = The lion dies and even the hares insult him.
Felix ille tamen corvo quoque rarior albo = A happy man is rarer than a white crow.
Terretur minimo pennae stridore columba. Unguibus, accipiter, saucia facta tuis = O hawk, the dove that's been wounded by your talons is frightened by the least flutter of a feather = One bitten, twice shy.
Habet et musca splenem = Even a fly has a spleen.
Dum felis dormit, mus gaudet et exsilit antro = When the cats fall asleep, the mouse rejoices and leaps from his hole = When the cat's away, the mice will play.
Lucri bonus odor ex re qualibet = The smell of profits is good whatever it comes from.
Pecunia regina mundi Money is the queen of the world = Money makes the world go around.
Nec quicquam acrius quam pecuniae damnum stimulat = Nothing stings more deeply than the loss of money.
Absens haeres non erit The absent one will not be the heir.
Malum vas non frangitur = A bad vase doesn't break.
Sero venientibus ossa = Bones for those who come late = First come, first served; or The early bird catches the worm.
Rufos esse minus fideles = Redheads are less trustworthy.
Altissima quaeque flumina minimo sono labi = The deepest rivers flow with the least sound = Still waters run deep.
Inest sua gratia parvis = Even little things have their peculiar grace.
Dum vivimus, vivamus = While we live, let us live.
Ne sutor ultra crepidam = Let the cobbler stick to his sandals.
Multa cadunt inter calicem supremaque labra = Many things slip between cup and lip = There is many a slip between cup and lip.
Non est fumus absque igne = There's no smoke without fire = Where there is smoke, there is fire.
Bis dat qui cito dat = He give twice who gives quickly.
Saxum volutum non obducitur musco = A rolling stone is not covered with moss = A rolling stone gathers no moss.
Dictum sapienti sat est = A word to the wise is sufficient.
Quis vult vitare Charybdim incidit in Scyllam = He who wishes to avoid Charybdis falls into Scylla = Jump from the frying pan into the fire.
Cuiuslibet est solum, eius usque ad coelum = He who has property in the soil has the same up to the sky.
Exceptio probat regulam The exception proves the rule.
Corruptio optimi psessima = The corruption of the best is the worst.
Omnia vincit amor = Love conquers all.
De gustibus non est disputandum = Thjere is no disputing tastes = There is no accounting for taste.
Ignorantia legis neminum excusat = Ignorance of the law is no excuse.
Nimium ne crede colori = Don't trust too much in appearances = You can't tell a book by its cover.
Aegroto dum anima est, spes est = To the sick, while there is life, there is hope.
Praemonitus praemunitus = Forewarned, forearmed.
Qualis pater talis filius = Like father, like son.
Qui me amat, amat et canem meam = Who loves me, loves my dog.
Mulier cupido quod dicit amanti, in vento et rapida scribere oportet aqua = What a woman says to her fond lover should be written on air or the swift water.
Aperte mala cum est mulier, tum demum est bona = When a woman is openly bad she is then at her best.
And from Martial, Roman epigrammatist (AD 40 - 102):
Calvo turpius est nihil compto = There's nothing more contemptible than a bald man who pretends to have hair.
Si post fata venit gloria non propero = If fame comes after death, I'm in no hurry for it.