The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Like father, like son.

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

You can't get blood out of a stone.

There's no smoke without fire.

Persuasion is better than force.

Haste makes waste.

First impressions are the most lasting.

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

Seize the day.

Pride comes before a fall.

Tomorrow never comes.

It's best to be on the safe side.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Fight the good fight.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

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

Know which side your bread is buttered.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

A cat has nine lives.

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

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Great minds think alike.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

The leopard does not change his spots.

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

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

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Look before you leap.

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

Let well alone.

If God had meant us to fly, he'd have given us wings.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

Still waters run deep.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

An army marches on its stomach.

Every picture tells a story.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Seeing is believing.

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

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Get out while the getting is good.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

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

Clothes do not make the man.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

If the mountain won't come to Muhammad, Muhammad must go to the mountain.

No rest for the wicked.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Live and let live.

Give the Devil his due.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

All publicity is good publicity.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

All's fair in love and war.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Time flies.

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

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

It's all grist to the mill.

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

A picture paints a thousand words.

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

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

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Variety is the spice of life.

The truth will out.

Dead men tell no tales.

The more the merrier.

It never rains but it pours.

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

First come, first served.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Nothing succeeds like success.

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

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

Beat swords into ploughshares.

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

Share and share alike.

Moderation in all things.

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

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

First things first.

It's the singer not the song.

Better late than never.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Talk is cheap.

Time is money.