No pain, no gain.

Beggars can't be choosers.

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

Oil and water don't mix.

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

Pride comes before a fall.

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

Let bygones be bygones.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Another day, another dollar.

First things first.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

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

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

There's no time like the present.

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

Dead men tell no tales.

Better late than never.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

As you make your bed, so you must lie upon it.

There's a time and a place for everything.

The more things change, the more they stay the same.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Every picture tells a story.

Life begins at forty.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Hide in plain sight.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Waste not, want not.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Never tell tales out of school.

There is no accounting for tastes.

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

Keep your chin up.

Cheats never prosper.

There is honour among thieves.

It takes two to tango.

No man is an island.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Let well alone.

Silence is golden.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Learn to walk before you run.

One law for the rich and another law for the poor.

Life is what you make it.

He who fights and runs away, lives to fight another day.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Actions speak louder than words.

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

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Don't cut off your nose to spite your face.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Haste makes waste.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Nothing new under the sun.

Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die.

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

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

It never rains but it pours.

You are never too old to learn.

Paddle your own canoe.

You can't make bricks without straw.

A cat may look at a king.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Every stick has two ends.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Faith will move mountains.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Virtue is its own reward.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

If God had meant us to fly, he'd have given us wings.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

What goes around comes around.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Keep your powder dry.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

There's more than one way to skin a cat.

Business before pleasure.