If anything can go wrong, it will.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Bad news travels fast.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

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

One man's meat is another man's poison.

Blood is thicker than water.

Crime doesn't pay.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

A bad penny always turns up.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

What goes around comes around.

What you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts.

There's no place like home.

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

You can choose your friends, but you can't choose your family.

All's fair in love and war.

No pain, no gain.

The best-laid plans go astray.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Youth is wasted on the young.

It's the empty can that makes the most noise.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Fight fire with fire.

East, west, home's best.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Talk is cheap.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Quid pro quo.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Nine tailors make a man.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Haste makes waste.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

There's no smoke without fire.

There's none so blind as those who will not see.

Easy come, easy go.

A watched pot never boils.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

It's the singer not the song.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

It's all grist to the mill.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

A golden key can open any door.

Go the extra mile.

Live and learn.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

A man is known by his friends.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

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

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

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Practice what you preach.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Money talks.

A house is not a home.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Bad money drives out good.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Give credit where credit is due.

Give the Devil his due.

Don't kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Might is right.

Only the good die young.

In the midst of life we are in death.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

A thing begun is half done.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

The exception which proves the rule.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Don't cross a bridge until you come to it.

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

Everyone wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die.

Slow but sure.

Nothing succeeds like success.

He that goes a-borrowing, goes a-sorrowing.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Love makes the world go round.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Money is the root of all evil.

Enough is as good as a feast.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.