If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Home is where the heart is.

Every picture tells a story.

Revenge is sweet.

There's no place like home.

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

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

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

Nine tailors make a man.

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

All the world loves a lover.

Paddle your own canoe.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

No rest for the wicked.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

There's none so deaf as those who will not hear.

You are never too old to learn.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Seek and you shall find.

Only fools and horses work.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Beggars can't be choosers.

It takes two to tango.

Different strokes for different folks.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Life begins at forty.

Third time lucky.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

What can't be cured must be endured.

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

The customer is always right.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

The show must go on.

A house is not a home.

Cheats never prosper.

Truth will out.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

More haste, less speed.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Big fleas have little fleas upon their back to bite 'em.

One half of the world does not know how the other half lives.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Actions speak louder than words.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Speak as you find.

Slow and steady wins the race.

East is east, and west is west.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Might is right.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Only the good die young.

A dog is a man's best friend.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

It goes without saying.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

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

Children should be seen and not heard.

It's better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.

A cat has nine lives.

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

There's safety in numbers.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Cold hands, warm heart.

A watched pot never boils.

For everything there is a season.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

There's no smoke without fire.

Knowledge is power.

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

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

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Pride comes before a fall.

You are what you eat.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Money talks.

Small things amuse small minds.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Clothes do not make the man.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

You can't win them all.

What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.

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

Good fences make good neighbours.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Appearances can be deceptive.