When the cat's away the mice will play.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

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

The end justifies the means.

Money isn't everything.

One swallow does not a summer make.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Bad money drives out good.

God helps those who help themselves.

Great minds think alike.

The exception which proves the rule.

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

Time will tell.

If at first you don't succeed try, try and try again.

All's fair in love and war.

Accidents will happen.

There's no place like home.

There is honour among thieves.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Every man for himself, and the Devil take the hindmost.

The way to a man's heart is through his stomach.

Good things come to those who wait.

Each to their own.

The show must go on.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

All's well that ends well.

Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.

Slow but sure.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Get out while the getting is good.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

You can't have your cake and eat it too.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Keep your powder dry.

Money talks.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Never speak ill of the dead.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Another day, another dollar.

A house is not a home.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

No rest for the wicked.

Variety is the spice of life.

East, west, home's best.

What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Actions speak louder than words.

Speak as you find.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Misery loves company.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

There is many a good tune played on an old fiddle.

Horses for courses.

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

Count your blessings.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

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

The Devil looks after his own.

All the world loves a lover.

No news is good news.

Pearls of wisdom.

The age of miracles is past.

More haste, less speed.

Everyone has their price.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Never give a sucker an even break.

One who sups with the devil, should have a long spoon.

An man's home is his castle.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Hide in plain sight.

Nine tailors make a man.

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

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

No man can serve two masters.

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

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

While there is life, there is hope.

The more the merrier.

One good deed deserves another.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Patience is a virtue.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Life begins at forty.

The customer is always right.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

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

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

First come, first served.

Bread always falls buttered side down.