Bread always falls buttered side down.

Nothing new under the sun.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

You can't fit a round peg in a square hole.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Once bitten, twice shy.

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

An man's home is his castle.

Haste makes waste.

Time will tell.

You can't make bricks without straw.

You win some, you lose some.

Love makes the world go round.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Stupid is as stupid does.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

God helps those who help themselves.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

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

Half a loaf is better than none.

Needs must when the devil drives.

It's better to wear out, than to rust.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Tomorrow is another day.

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

All the world loves a lover.

Practice makes perfect.

Ask a silly question and you'll get a silly answer.

Never give a sucker an even break.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

It's never too late to mend.

A thing begun is half done.

Talk is cheap.

One man's meat is another man's poison.

Red sky at night shepherd's delight; red sky in the morning, shepherd's warning.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

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

Tomorrow never comes.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Accidents will happen.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Even a worm will turn.

A man is known by his friends.

The end justifies the means.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

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

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

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

Those who do not learn from history, are doomed to repeat it.

What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.

Persuasion is better than force.

Love is blind.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Fight the good fight.

Dead men tell no tales.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Do as I say, not as I do.

Every picture tells a story.

No rest for the wicked.

Hope springs eternal.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Beggars can't be choosers.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Only the good die young.

Wonders will never cease.

Waste not, want not.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

He that goes a-borrowing, goes a-sorrowing.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Keep your powder dry.

Once a thief, always a thief.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

You can't win them all.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

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

No news is good news.

If you can't be good, be careful.

It's an ill wind that blows no one any good.

Time flies.

To every thing there is a season.

Life begins at forty.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.

Walls have ears.

Youth is wasted on the young.

There is many a good tune played on an old fiddle.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.