Learn to walk before you run.

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

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

There's no smoke without fire.

It never rains but it pours.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Waste not, want not.

The best things in life are free.

Cheats never prosper.

Seize the day.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Don't cut off your nose to spite your face.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

First come, first served.

All's well that ends well.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Seeing is believing.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Haste makes waste.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Hope springs eternal.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Slow but sure.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

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

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

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

It's the singer not the song.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

If the cap fits, wear it.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

A golden key can open any door.

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

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

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

You can't always get what you want.

Revenge is sweet.

A ship in the harbour is safe, but that is not what a ship is for.

The bigger, the better.

Any port in a storm.

The pen is mightier than sword.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Better the Devil you know than the Devil you don't.

If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.

No rest for the wicked.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

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

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

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Good things come to those who wait.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

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

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

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Quid pro quo.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Grief divided is made lighter.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

In the kingdom of the blind the one eyed man is king.

There's more than one way to skin a cat.

Big fish eat little fish.

Practice what you preach.

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

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

Variety is the spice of life.

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

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

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

One hand washes the other.

Crime doesn't pay.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Truth will out.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Count your blessings.

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

Money makes the world go round.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Only the good die young.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Make love not war.

A leopard can't change its spots.