Waste not, want not.

A man who is his own lawyer has a fool for his client.

All roads lead to Rome.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

East is east, and west is west.

Any port in a storm.

All you need is love.

The customer is always right.

Forgive and forget.

There is honour among thieves.

Business before pleasure.

Accidents will happen.

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

Christmas comes but once a year.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

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

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Make love not war.

For everything there is a season.

Count your blessings.

To the victor go the spoils.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

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

The Devil looks after his own.

Many hands make light work.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Be careful what you wish for. You might just get it.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

A man is known by his friends.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

The wages of sin is death.

If you build it, they will come.

No man can serve two masters.

Only the good die young.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

It takes one to know one.

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

Those who do not learn from history, are doomed to repeat it.

Never give a sucker an even break.

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

A house is not a home.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Children and fools tell the truth.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Each to their own.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Knowledge is power.

Haste makes waste.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Talk is cheap.

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

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Don't get mad, get even.

The pen is mightier than sword.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

One hand washes the other.

All's well that ends well.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Dead men tell no tales.

Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.

Ignorance is bliss.

Attack is the best form of defence.

There are two sides to every question.

Better safe than sorry.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

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

Do as I say, not as I do.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Don't rock the boat.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Variety is the spice of life.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Practice makes perfect.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Let sleeping dogs lie.