To the victor go the spoils.

Don't get mad, get even.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

It's better to give than to receive.

Dead men tell no tales.

Hope springs eternal.

The Devil looks after his own.

Curiosity killed the cat.

The show must go on.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

A man is known by his friends.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Big fleas have little fleas upon their back to bite 'em.

Learn to walk before you run.

Handsome is as handsome does.

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

A person is known by the company they keep.

You can't win them all.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Walls have ears.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

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

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

You can't take it with you.

Less is more.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

You can't always get what you want.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Live and learn.

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

Practice makes perfect.

No rest for the wicked.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

There is honour among thieves.

Better late than never.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Go the extra mile.

Oil and water don't mix.

Big fish eat little fish.

Like father, like son.

It's the singer not the song.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Even a worm will turn.

Make love not war.

Look before you leap.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

It's all grist to the mill.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

It's best to be on the safe side.

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

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

You are what you eat.

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

Never speak ill of the dead.

Pride comes before a fall.

God helps those who help themselves.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Money makes the world go round.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Silence construes consent.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Any port in a storm.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Business before pleasure.

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

Fight the good fight.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Beware the Ides of March.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

A fish always rots from the head.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

A cat has nine lives.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Never give a sucker an even break.

The wages of sin is death.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.