Haste makes waste.

It's the singer not the song.

Youth is wasted on the young.

The show must go on.

Walls have ears.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Nine tailors make a man.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Attack is the best form of defence.

The Devil is in the details.

Big fish eat little fish.

In the kingdom of the blind the one eyed man is king.

A fish always rots from the head.

Revenge is sweet.

You win some, you lose some.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Third time lucky.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

One person's trash is another person's treasure.

You can't make bricks without straw.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

An army marches on its stomach.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Once bitten, twice shy.

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

East is east, and west is west.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

No news is good news.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Make love not war.

What goes up must come down.

Early to bed and early to rise, makes one healthy, wealthy and wise.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Hope springs eternal.

Truth will out.

All's well that ends well.

Never tell tales out of school.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.

Horses for courses.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Dead men tell no tales.

Only the good die young.

Give the Devil his due.

Don't spoil the ship for a ha'porth of tar.

One swallow does not a summer make.

If God had meant us to fly, he'd have given us wings.

Good talk saves the food.

It's better to wear out, than to rust.

Man does not live by bread alone.

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

One might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.

Don't cut off your nose to spite your face.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Clothes do not make the man.

The end justifies the means.

Moderation in all things.

The more things change, the more they stay the same.

All publicity is good publicity.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

Less said, soon mended.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

You reap what you sow.

Practice makes perfect.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

There are more ways of killing a cat than choking it with cream.

Knowledge is power.

To every thing there is a season.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Seeing is believing.

Every stick has two ends.

Take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

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

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Don't test the depth of water with both feet.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

If a job is worth doing, it's worth doing well.

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

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Fight the good fight.