Haddiscoe Church - Well Known Phrase, Saying Or Quotation C/D 31 July

[granny grump]

Initials with number of letters given. Please can you help with the following?

10. S W D N A P M - 5 5 2 3 1 5 4
12. R T N M E F E - 6 2 2 3 4 3 4
20. B O B - 2 4 4
23. P I A T C - 5 2 3 2 7
25. K I I P - 9 6 2 5
26. R B S F B E - 4 6 5 4 6 6
27. O A U - 7 3 7
28. T W M O - 3 6 4 6
30. G L A C G - 3 6 1 8 5
35. A B H - 1 7 7
39. H I A H D - 8 2 2 8 4

[granny grump]

Q.50 G C W C D - 4 6 5 7 4

I have 'Give credit where credit's due' but the letter count doesn't work

[JJ109]

35 A Busman's Holiday

[barry1010]

39.. handsome is as handsome does

[JJ109]

27 Onwards and Upwards

[barry1010]

20 Be one's best?

[barry1010]

25 Could it be 'knowledge - - power'?

[granny grump]

Sorry barry1010 - 20. should be B O B - 4 2 4

[barry1010]

20 Best of both?

[granny grump]

Q25 barry1010 -it could be if the letter count is wrong which I think that it is in Q50

[JimF]

20 Blue on blue?

[barry1010]

25 Knowledge itself is power

[barry1010]

10 Sweet words do not a ? make?

[petland]

12 Render to no man evil for evil
30 God loveth a cheerful giver

[elliemay1]

26 seen as Rain before seven fine before eleven

[elliemay1]

28 The world's mine oyster
//The proverb first appeared in Shakespeare's play 'The Merry Wives of Windsor' published in 1602. In Act II, a character named Falstaff says: “I will not lend thee a penny,” to which Pistol replied: “Why, then, the world's mine oyster, Which I with sword will open.”//

[barry1010]

10.Sweet words do not a promise make?

[granny grump]

Thank you all for your help Just left with:
10. S W D N A P M - 5 5 2 3 1 5 4 I’ve seen ‘Sweet words do not a promise make’ but the letters don’t fit

[TheWinner]

granny grump, can you ask the setter to check if the number count is correct for number 10.
My offer is: Stone walls do not a prison make.
but obvs. doesn't fit the count.

[granny grump]

Thank you TheWinner I will do