As you sow, so you shall reap.

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

Attack is the best form of defence.

The best defence is a good offence.

Give credit where credit is due.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Variety is the spice of life.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Money isn't everything.

Let well alone.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Great minds think alike.

If you can't stand the heat get out of the kitchen.

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

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

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

All good things come to those that wait.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Big fish eat little fish.

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

Business before pleasure.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

One who sups with the devil, should have a long spoon.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

While the cat's away, the mice will play.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

A good man is hard to find.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Good things come in small packages.

Fortune favours the brave.

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

If you build it, they will come.

Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.

Each to their own.

Misery loves company.

A watched pot never boils.

An army marches on its stomach.

First come, first served.

Share and share alike.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

No man is an island.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

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

It's best to be on the safe side.

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

Keep your chin up.

Actions speak louder than words.

Silence construes consent.

Good fences make good neighbours.

You are never too old to learn.

A dog is a man's best friend.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

While there is life, there is hope.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Good things come to those who wait.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Pearls of wisdom.

You can have too much of a good thing.

A man is known by his friends.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

A fish always rots from the head.

Always put your best foot forward.

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

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Children and fools tell the truth.

There's safety in numbers.

See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.

Paddle your own canoe.

Time flies.

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

An empty vessel makes much noise.

It takes one to know one.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Horses for courses.

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

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

The exception which proves the rule.

All things must pass.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Give them an inch and they'll take a mile.

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

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

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

First things first.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Big fleas have little fleas upon their back to bite 'em.