Translation, please!

[Singin' Stray Cat]

Actually, these phrases are in English, though they look more like Brainish to me... anyway, what follows is a list of common sayings. Can you tell what they are?

1) Scintillate, scintillate, asteroid diminutive.

2) Members of an avian species with identical plumage will congregate.

3) Surveillance should precede salientian endeavors.

4) Pulchritude possesses solely cutaneous profundity.

5) It is futile to become lacrymose over precipitately departed lacteal fluids.

6) Freedom from incrustations of grime is contiguous to asceticism.

7) The stylus is more potent than the claymore.

8) It is fruitless to indoctrinate a superanuated canine with innovative manuevers.

9) The temperature of aqueous content of an unremittingly ogled sauce pan does not attain caloric effervescence.

10) All articles which coruscate with resplendence are not truly auriferous.

[Jack]

2) Birds of a feather flock together
3) Look before you leap (?)
5) Don't cry over spilled milk
6) Cleanliness is next to godliness
8) You can't teach an old dog new tricks
9) A watched kettle never boils (I forgot the exact phrase)
10) Don't believe everything you read (?)


Jack

[Singin' Stray Cat]

All the ones you guessed are correct, except for the last one. But I'll give it to you anyway because I just realized I misspelled the last word! I'll go back and correct it in a minute, but the word is supposed to be auriferous, which means "having gold or bearing gold." Got any idea what the saying is now?

That just leaves #1, 4, and 7 ... which is strange because I thought they were the easiest ones!

[Joe Tully]

1) Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

4) Beauty is only skin deep.

7) The pen is mightier than the sword.

10) All that glitters is not gold.

[Singin' Stray Cat]

Way to go, guys! You got them all! So these should be no problem for you.

11) Where there are visible vapors in ignited carbonous materials, there is conflagration.

12) Sorting on the part of mendicants must be interdicted.

13) A plethora of individuals with expertise in culinary techniques vitiate the potable concoction produce by steeping certain comestibles.

14) Eleemosynary deeds have their incipience intramurally.

15) Male cadavers are incapable of yielding any testimony.

16) Individuals who reside in viterous edifices would be advised to refrain from catapulting projectiles.

17) Neophytes' serendipity.

18) Exclusive dedication to necessitous chores without interludes of hedonist diversions renders John a habetudinous fellow.

19) A revolving lithic conglomerate accumulates no congeries of bryophyte.

20) The person posessing the ultimate cachination thereby posesses the optimal risability.

21) Missiles of ligneous or petrous consistency have the potential of fracturing my osseus structure, but appellations will eternally remain innocuous. (So, nyaaah! )

And finally...

22) Abstention from any undertaking precludes of potential escalation of a lucrative nature.

[Jack]

Here are my guesses!

11) Where there's smoke, there's fire.

13) Too many chefs/cooks spoil the pot.

14) No good deed goes unheard. (I've also heard "No good deed goes unpunnished" too, though)

15) Dead men tell no tales.

16) People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

18) All work and no play make John a dull boy.

19) A rolling stone gathers no moss.

21) Sticks and stones may break my bones, but names will never hurt me (So, nyaaah! )

Jack

[Joe Tully]

Yikes, I'll make some guesses.

12) Beggars can't be choosers.

17) Beginner's luck

20) He who laughs last, laugs best

22) No pain, no gain.

I think that 22 is probably wrong, 12 might be wrong, but the middle two seem right.