If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

You win some, you lose some.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Keep your powder dry.

Good things come in small packages.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Bad news travels fast.

There's no place like home.

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

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.

The show must go on.

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

Each to their own.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Walls have ears.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Out of sight, out of mind.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Wonders will never cease.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Tomorrow never comes.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Love will find a way.

Like father, like son.

Youth is wasted on the young.

There's safety in numbers.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Live and let live.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

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

Don't change horses in midstream.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

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

Stupid is as stupid does.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Needs must when the devil drives.

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

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

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

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

The more the merrier.

Cold hands, warm heart.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

First come, first served.

Every picture tells a story.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

The Devil is in the details.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

You can choose your friends, but you can't choose your family.

Always put your best foot forward.

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

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

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

Hide in plain sight.

He who hesitates is lost.

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

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Honesty is the best policy.

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

Big fish eat little fish.

Bad money drives out good.

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

You are what you eat.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Two heads are better than one.

Practice makes perfect.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

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

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

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

Never tell tales out of school.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach.

Virtue is its own reward.

Pride comes before a fall.

A good man is hard to find.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

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

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Beat swords into ploughshares.