It's easy to be wise after the event.

All the world loves a lover.

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

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

There are none so blind as those, that will not see.

There's no time like the present.

You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

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

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

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

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Like father, like son.

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

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Cold hands, warm heart.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

A dog is a man's best friend.

You are never too old to learn.

Manners maketh the man.

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

One swallow does not a summer make.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Only fools and horses work.

Horses for courses.

There is one law for the rich and another law for the poor.

You reap what you sow.

Walls have ears.

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

Oil and water don't mix.

All good things come to those that wait.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Love will find a way.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

East, west, home's best.

Keep your chin up.

It takes two to tango.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

What goes up must come down.

There is honour among thieves.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Look before you leap.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Be careful what you wish for. You might just get it.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Time will tell.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Money isn't everything.

Love makes the world go round.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

No man is an island.

Keep your powder dry.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Make hay while the sun shines.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Seeing is believing.

Might is right.

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

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

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

Crime doesn't pay.

Life begins at forty.

There's an exception to every rule.

The bigger, the better.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

If you can't be good, be careful.

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

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

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

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Haste makes waste.

All publicity is good publicity.

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

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

Discretion is the better part of valour.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Life is what you make it.

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

Variety is the spice of life.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

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

If you build it, they will come.