A cat has nine lives.

Small things amuse small minds.

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

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Home is where the heart is.

Speak as you find.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

To the victor go the spoils.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Look before you leap.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Every dog has its day.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

A leopard can't change its spots.

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

All's fair in love and war.

Where there's a will, there's a way.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Truth will out.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Always put your best foot forward.

Might is right.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

The Devil is in the details.

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

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

To live by the sword is to die by the sword.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

More haste, less speed.

Wonders will never cease.

Money talks.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

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

Possession is nine points of the law.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

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

Virtue is its own reward.

All that glitters is not gold.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

All's well that ends well.

Time flies.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Every man for himself, and the Devil take the hindmost.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

A bad penny always turns up.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Like father, like son.

Attack is the best form of defence.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Let the buyer beware.

There's a time and a place for everything.

The customer is always right.

Accidents will happen.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Needs must when the devil drives.

It never rains but it pours.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

First things first.

Time is a great healer.

Still waters run deep.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

It takes two to tango.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Any port in a storm.

If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

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

Oil and water don't mix.

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

The exception which proves the rule.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Make haste slowly.

Business before pleasure.

Money makes the world go round.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

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