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

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.

One who sups with the devil, should have a long spoon.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Youth is wasted on the young.

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

The exception which proves the rule.

An man's home is his castle.

A man is known by his friends.

Everyone wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die.

There are more ways of killing a cat than choking it with cream.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

What goes around comes around.

It's all grist to the mill.

Keep your powder dry.

Crime doesn't pay.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Fortune favours the brave.

Knowledge is power.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Opposites attract.

More haste, less speed.

Once a thief, always a thief.

You can't win them all.

See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Handsome is as handsome does.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

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

Every dog has its day.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

The best things in life are free.

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

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

First things first.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

The best defence is a good offence.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Let well alone.

You can't run with the hare, and hunt with the hounds.

Man does not live by bread alone.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Share and share alike.

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

It's best to be on the safe side.

Faith will move mountains.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

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

Money talks.

No man can serve two masters.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Cheats never prosper.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Out of sight, out of mind.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Blood is thicker than water.

Good things come to those who wait.

Love makes the world go round.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Every stick has two ends.

A picture paints a thousand words.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

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

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

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

The bigger, the better.

You can't take it with you.

A stitch in time saves nine.

A word to the wise is enough.

There's none so blind as those who will not see.

Another day, another dollar.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

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

If you can't be good, be careful.

You can't always get what you want.

Slow and steady wins the race.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Time flies.

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

Each to their own.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Fight fire with fire.

Live and learn.

Misery loves company.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

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

East is east, and west is west.