Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.

Red sky at night shepherd's delight; red sky in the morning, shepherd's warning.

Better the Devil you know than the Devil you don't.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Where there's a will, there's a way.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

A poor worker blames the tools.

One hand washes the other.

There's none so deaf as those who will not hear.

Children should be seen and not heard.

A cat has nine lives.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Money makes the world go round.

Seeing is believing.

Manners maketh the man.

There's an exception to every rule.

Those who do not learn from history, are doomed to repeat it.

There's no place like home.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

The truth will out.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

What goes up must come down.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Keep your powder dry.

Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone.

Better safe than sorry.

Fight fire with fire.

Tomorrow is another day.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Dead men tell no tales.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

A house is not a home.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Always put your best foot forward.

An man's home is his castle.

All that glitters is not gold.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

You can't always get what you want.

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

Virtue is its own reward.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

All publicity is good publicity.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Third time lucky.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

It's better to give than to receive.

If you can't beat 'em, join 'em.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

There's no smoke without fire.

If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

A picture paints a thousand words.

It takes two to tango.

Wonders will never cease.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Quid pro quo.

Talk of the Devil, and he is bound to appear.

The early bird gets the worm.

Fortune favours the brave.

Time will tell.

Opposites attract.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Let bygones be bygones.

The age of miracles is past.

Home is where the heart is.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Only the good die young.

Honesty is the best policy.

Grief divided is made lighter.

What the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't want.

Every dog has its day.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

East, west, home's best.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

It's an ill wind that blows no one any good.

What goes around comes around.

As you make your bed, so you must lie upon it.

Time flies.

Any port in a storm.

Waste not, want not.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Business before pleasure.

Give them an inch and they'll take a mile.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Let the buyer beware.

You can't see the forest for the trees.