Once bitten, twice shy.

Time flies.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

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

There's no fool like an old fool.

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

The best things in life are free.

Better late than never.

Ignorance is bliss.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Strike while the iron is hot.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

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

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Actions speak louder than words.

Time is money.

A picture paints a thousand words.

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

Out of sight, out of mind.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Money isn't everything.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

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

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Let the dead bury the dead.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

A nod's as good as a wink to a blind horse.

It's better to give than to receive.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Love is blind.

Accidents will happen.

In the midst of life we are in death.

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

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

There's no place like home.

Physician, heal thyself.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Beware the Ides of March.

Forgive and forget.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

If you lie down with dogs, you will get up with fleas.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Go the extra mile.

It takes two to tango.

Give a man a fish, feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, feed him for a lifetime.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

You reap what you sow.

Different strokes for different folks.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Love makes the world go round.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Home is where the heart is.

You can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs.

Marriages are made in heaven.

The end justifies the means.

Haste makes waste.

Good talk saves the food.

Money makes the world go round.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

A thing begun is half done.

It's the singer not the song.

Hide in plain sight.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Practice makes perfect.

It goes without saying.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Revenge is sweet.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

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

Youth is wasted on the young.

Better safe than sorry.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Good fences make good neighbours.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

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

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

There's one born every minute.

Talk of the Devil, and he is bound to appear.

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

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Keep your powder dry.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

One hand washes the other.

Get out while the getting is good.