If ifs and ands were pots and pans there'd be no work for tinkers.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Tomorrow never comes.

Christmas comes but once a year.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Only fools and horses work.

The exception which proves the rule.

Count your blessings.

Keep your powder dry.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

The truth will out.

Small things amuse small minds.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

A fish always rots from the head.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Faith will move mountains.

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

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Charity begins at home.

Better the Devil you know than the Devil you don't.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Third time lucky.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Revenge is sweet.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Might is right.

Love makes the world go round.

Once bitten, twice shy.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

There's no time like the present.

Dead men tell no tales.

All's fair in love and war.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Always put your best foot forward.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

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

Money is the root of all evil.

Make love not war.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Seek and you shall find.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Bad money drives out good.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Live and let live.

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

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Many hands make light work.

Get out while the getting is good.

A watched pot never boils.

Don't rock the boat.

It's better to be poor and healthy, than sick and wealthy.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Shrouds have no pockets.

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

A person is known by the company they keep.

Life begins at forty.

Time will tell.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Different strokes for different folks.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

It's never too late to mend.

Great minds think alike.

No man is an island.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

A dog is a man's best friend.

A cat may look at a king.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Pearls of wisdom.

There are more ways of killing a cat than choking it with cream.

The best-laid plans go astray.

It ain't over, till it's over.

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

Never tell tales out of school.

Less said, soon mended.

There is one law for the rich and another law for the poor.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Blood is thicker than water.

For everything there is a season.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

All good things come to those that wait.

Any port in a storm.

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

Let the buyer beware.

You can't take it with you.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

All's well that ends well.