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

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

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

All's well that ends well.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

There is honour among thieves.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Put your best foot forward.

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

Knowledge is power.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

A stitch in time saves nine.

One man's meat is another man's poison.

It's better to die on your feet than live on your knees.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Talk is cheap.

A thing begun is half done.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Get out while the getting is good.

There is many a good tune played on an old fiddle.

Life begins at forty.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

All's fair in love and war.

Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

If you lie down with dogs, you will get up with fleas.

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

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

All good things come to those that wait.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

The exception which proves the rule.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Only the good die young.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

No news is good news.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

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

It's never too late to mend.

In the midst of life we are in death.

As you make your bed, so you must lie upon it.

Small things amuse small minds.

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

Time and tide wait for no one.

Every stick has two ends.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

A leopard can't change its spots.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Live and learn.

To the victor go the spoils.

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

Red sky at night shepherd's delight; red sky in the morning, shepherd's warning.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

One hand washes the other.

All roads lead to Rome.

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

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Horses for courses.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Speak as you find.

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

A place for everything and everything in its place.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Oil and water don't mix.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

A golden key can open any door.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Life is what you make it.

Only fools and horses work.

Never tell tales out of school.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Out of sight, out of mind.

A bad penny always turns up.

Crime doesn't pay.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

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

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

A cat has nine lives.

One good deed deserves another.

Tomorrow never comes.