Little strokes fell great oaks.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

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

Physician, heal thyself.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

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

Crime doesn't pay.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

The more the merrier.

It takes two to tango.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Easy come, easy go.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

One law for the rich and another law for the poor.

Bad news travels fast.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Tomorrow never comes.

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

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

There's no time like the present.

A fish always rots from the head.

Nothing succeeds like success.

The best defence is a good offence.

All roads lead to Rome.

The Devil looks after his own.

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

Revenge is sweet.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

What goes up must come down.

Don't throw good money after bad.

The leopard does not change his spots.

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

Small things amuse small minds.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Talk is cheap.

Love makes the world go round.

There is honour among thieves.

Don't spoil the ship for a ha'porth of tar.

A bad penny always turns up.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Pride comes before a fall.

Doubt is the beginning, not the end, of wisdom.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Don't cut off your nose to spite your face.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

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

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

One might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.

First come, first served.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

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

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Any port in a storm.

Never go to bed on an argument.

It's no use shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Beggars can't be choosers.

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

Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.

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

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

A stitch in time saves nine.

You can't fit a round peg in a square hole.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

A cat may look at a king.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Third time lucky.

One hand washes the other.

Give credit where credit is due.

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

No man can serve two masters.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Learn to walk before you run.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Good things come to those who wait.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

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

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Ask a silly question and you'll get a silly answer.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Blood is thicker than water.