An eye for an eye; a tooth for a tooth.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

There's an exception to every rule.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

The Devil is in the details.

Good things come in small packages.

Don't test the depth of water with both feet.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Good fences make good neighbours.

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

A picture paints a thousand words.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Speak as you find.

Enough is enough.

There's no smoke without fire.

There is honour among thieves.

Silence is golden.

Revenge is sweet.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Variety is the spice of life.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

There's no time like the present.

Physician, heal thyself.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

All you need is love.

Live and let live.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Charity begins at home.

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

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

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

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

There are two sides to every question.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Share and share alike.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Life is what you make it.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Oil and water don't mix.

Shrouds have no pockets.

All that glitters is not gold.

You can't have your cake and eat it too.

Let the dead bury the dead.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Accidents will happen.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

One person's trash is another person's treasure.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Good things come to those who wait.

It's the singer not the song.

Horses for courses.

The way to a man's heart is through his stomach.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

A poor worker blames the tools.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Let the buyer beware.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

One might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Seek and you shall find.

A man is known by his friends.

It's no use shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Don't cross a bridge until you come to it.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Small things amuse small minds.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

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

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

Fight the good fight.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

To the victor go the spoils.

Paddle your own canoe.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

The end justifies the means.

The customer is always right.

Better safe than sorry.

Different strokes for different folks.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.