The Devil looks after his own.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Nothing succeeds like success.

More haste, less speed.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Tomorrow never comes.

Ignorance is bliss.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

The Devil is in the details.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Those who do not learn from history, are doomed to repeat it.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

There's one born every minute.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Might is right.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

The customer is always right.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Where there's a will, there's a way.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

A watched pot never boils.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Each to their own.

Hope springs eternal.

The early bird gets the worm.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

A thing begun is half done.

Beauty is only skin deep.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

You can't have your cake and eat it too.

Life is what you make it.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Patience is a virtue.

Make love not war.

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

You can't win them all.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Seize the day.

Different strokes for different folks.

Half a loaf is better than none.

You are what you eat.

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

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Manners maketh the man.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Let bygones be bygones.

Love will find a way.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

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

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

No pain, no gain.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Time is a great healer.

A poor worker blames the tools.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Give the Devil his due.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Revenge is sweet.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

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

Early to bed and early to rise, makes one healthy, wealthy and wise.

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

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

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

Persuasion is better than force.

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

Tomorrow is another day.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

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

The wages of sin is death.

East, west, home's best.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Good fences make good neighbours.

If God had meant us to fly, he'd have given us wings.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Forewarned is forearmed.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.