The bottom line is the bottom line.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

The wages of sin is death.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

A bad penny always turns up.

No pain, no gain.

Don't get mad, get even.

All you need is love.

The best things in life are free.

Pride comes before a fall.

Beware the Ides of March.

More haste, less speed.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Let the dead bury the dead.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Time will tell.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Get out while the getting is good.

Handsome is as handsome does.

If you can't beat 'em, join 'em.

Possession is nine points of the law.

The Devil looks after his own.

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

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone.

It never rains but it pours.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Variety is the spice of life.

You reap what you sow.

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

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

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

Seeing is believing.

Put your best foot forward.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

The best defence is a good offence.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Money talks.

There's no smoke without fire.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Third time lucky.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

A house is not a home.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

A good man is hard to find.

You are never too old to learn.

Haste makes waste.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Slow and steady wins the race.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Different strokes for different folks.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Among the blind, the one-eyed man is king.

One good deed deserves another.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

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

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

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Laughter is the best medicine.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Revenge is sweet.

Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Life begins at forty.

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

You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink.

Money is the root of all evil.

One hand washes the other.

A watched pot never boils.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

The end justifies the means.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

There's no time like the present.

Appearances can be deceptive.

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

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

Don't sweat the small stuff.

First things first.

Discretion is the better part of valour.