A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

You reap what you sow.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Good fences make good neighbours.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

More haste, less speed.

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

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

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

First things first.

No rest for the wicked.

Paddle your own canoe.

The exception which proves the rule.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Time will tell.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

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

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

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

Discretion is the better part of valour.

A good man is hard to find.

Forewarned is forearmed.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Every stick has two ends.

Third time lucky.

You can't make bricks without straw.

While there is life, there is hope.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

He who hesitates is lost.

Easy come, easy go.

No news is good news.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Small things amuse small minds.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

A word to the wise is enough.

Practice what you preach.

Possession is nine points of the law.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

A bad penny always turns up.

There are none so blind as those, that will not see.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Two heads are better than one.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

No man is an island.

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

Oil and water don't mix.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Once a thief, always a thief.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Tomorrow is another day.

Even a worm will turn.

Grief divided is made lighter.

There's one born every minute.

Better late than never.

March comes in like a lion, and goes out like a lamb.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

A ship in the harbour is safe, but that is not what a ship is for.

A golden key can open any door.

Enough is enough.

There's no fool like an old fool.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Like father, like son.

Dead men tell no tales.

Fortune favours the brave.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Love is blind.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

It's never too late to mend.

Revenge is sweet.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

It takes two to tango.

There are two sides to every question.

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

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

It's better to die on your feet than live on your knees.

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

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

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.