Keep your powder dry.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Everyone has their price.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

There's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Let bygones be bygones.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Each to their own.

Live and learn.

Oil and water don't mix.

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

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Don't get mad, get even.

If you can't stand the heat get out of the kitchen.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

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

When one door shuts, another opens.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Bad money drives out good.

Seize the day.

All the world loves a lover.

Big fish eat little fish.

A dog is a man's best friend.

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

To live by the sword is to die by the sword.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

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

There's no smoke without fire.

It's better to be poor and healthy, than sick and wealthy.

The best defence is a good offence.

Let the buyer beware.

There's a time and a place for everything.

All things must pass.

Better safe than sorry.

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

Different strokes for different folks.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

God helps those who help themselves.

Home is where the heart is.

There is no accounting for tastes.

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

Small things amuse small minds.

Fight fire with fire.

A miss is as good as a mile.

There's an exception to every rule.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

There's no place like home.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Variety is the spice of life.

If at first you don't succeed try, try and try again.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Cheats never prosper.

Fight the good fight.

You can't take it with you.

Be careful what you wish for. You might just get it.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Accidents will happen.

Knowledge is power.

A person is known by the company they keep.

The wages of sin is death.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

There's one born every minute.

It's best to be on the safe side.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Keep your chin up.

Many hands make light work.

It ain't over, till it's over.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Slow but sure.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Nothing new under the sun.

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

History repeats itself.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Half a loaf is better than none.

It's all grist to the mill.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Time will tell.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

A thing begun is half done.