Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

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

You can't fit a round peg in a square hole.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.

Good things come in small packages.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Waste not, want not.

Bad money drives out good.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Fight fire with fire.

It's the singer not the song.

Forgive and forget.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

It goes without saying.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Ignorance is bliss.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

While the cat's away, the mice will play.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

If a job is worth doing, it's worth doing well.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

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

It's better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Give a man a fish, feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, feed him for a lifetime.

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

Good things come to those who wait.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Hide in plain sight.

Never go to bed on an argument.

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

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Cold hands, warm heart.

All's fair in love and war.

The best-laid plans go astray.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Money is the root of all evil.

A leopard can't change its spots.

The customer is always right.

A stitch in time saves nine.

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

Stupid is as stupid does.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Small things amuse small minds.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

The Devil is in the details.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

You are never too old to learn.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Seek and you shall find.

Oil and water don't mix.

Revenge is sweet.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

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

Might is right.

Great minds think alike.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Once bitten, twice shy.

All good things come to those that wait.

Never tell tales out of school.

One half of the world does not know how the other half lives.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

The bigger, the better.

To the victor go the spoils.

Seize the day.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Less said, soon mended.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

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

The show must go on.

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

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Among the blind, the one-eyed man is king.

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

Quid pro quo.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Physician, heal thyself.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Time will tell.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Big fish eat little fish.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Faint heart never won fair lady.