Attack is the best form of defence.

Tomorrow never comes.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

While there is life, there is hope.

Two heads are better than one.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

If you can't stand the heat get out of the kitchen.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

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

A nod's as good as a wink to a blind horse.

Time flies.

Only fools and horses work.

Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach.

You can have too much of a good thing.

One law for the rich and another law for the poor.

Ignorance is bliss.

The leopard does not change his spots.

'tis better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.

Count your blessings.

Make haste slowly.

A new broom sweeps clean.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Bad money drives out good.

Go the extra mile.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Manners maketh the man.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

No news is good news.

Oil and water don't mix.

When one door shuts, another opens.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Misery loves company.

One hand washes the other.

Appearances can be deceptive.

You can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Children and fools tell the truth.

The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.

There's no smoke without fire.

A dog is a man's best friend.

If the mountain won't come to Muhammad, Muhammad must go to the mountain.

Put your best foot forward.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Pearls of wisdom.

You reap what you sow.

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

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

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

When the cat's away the mice will play.

All things must pass.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Different strokes for different folks.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Pride comes before a fall.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

A thing begun is half done.

To live by the sword is to die by the sword.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

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

Let the buyer beware.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

All publicity is good publicity.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Waste not, want not.

Less is more.

God helps those who help themselves.

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

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Big fish eat little fish.

An man's home is his castle.

History repeats itself.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Each to their own.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

What goes up must come down.

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

Every dog has its day.

A fish always rots from the head.

Slow but sure.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?