East is east, and west is west.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

It takes two to tango.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

There's none so deaf as those who will not hear.

Paddle your own canoe.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

A thing begun is half done.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Crime doesn't pay.

Don't kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.

Beauty is only skin deep.

The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.

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

You can't run with the hare, and hunt with the hounds.

Opposites attract.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Fight the good fight.

There's a time and a place for everything.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

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

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Moderation in all things.

No pain, no gain.

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

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

It never rains but it pours.

There are none so blind as those, that will not see.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Money isn't everything.

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

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

When one door shuts, another opens.

A man who is his own lawyer has a fool for his client.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

The best defence is a good offence.

Possession is nine points of the law.

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

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Give credit where credit is due.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

No rest for the wicked.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Seek and you shall find.

Truth will out.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Love makes the world go round.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Clothes do not make the man.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Honesty is the best policy.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Haste makes waste.

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

It's never too late to mend.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

The truth will out.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

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

Faith will move mountains.

Let bygones be bygones.

You can't always get what you want.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

The Devil looks after his own.

What goes around comes around.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Blood is thicker than water.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Less is more.

Waste not, want not.

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

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

You are never too old to learn.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Physician, heal thyself.

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

The leopard does not change his spots.

Patience is a virtue.

If you can't be good, be careful.

The bigger, the better.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Christmas comes but once a year.

A man is known by his friends.

Tomorrow never comes.

Birds of a feather flock together.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.