Attack is the best form of defence.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

All publicity is good publicity.

There's one born every minute.

The truth will out.

The customer is always right.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

It's better to give than to receive.

Every picture tells a story.

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

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Half a loaf is better than none.

A bad penny always turns up.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

To the victor go the spoils.

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

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

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

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

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Manners maketh the man.

Crime doesn't pay.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Opposites attract.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

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

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Life begins at forty.

Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

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

A house is not a home.

Don't spoil the ship for a ha'porth of tar.

Live and learn.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Patience is a virtue.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

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

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

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Among the blind, the one-eyed man is king.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Moderation in all things.

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

Forewarned is forearmed.

One good deed deserves another.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Curiosity killed the cat.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Strike while the iron is hot.

No pain, no gain.

Tomorrow is another day.

There's safety in numbers.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Hide in plain sight.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

While there is life, there is hope.

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

A person is known by the company they keep.

Make haste slowly.

Knowledge is power.

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

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

God helps those who help themselves.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Good things come in small packages.

Fortune favours the brave.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

It never rains but it pours.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Silence is golden.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

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

A picture paints a thousand words.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Good things come to those who wait.

Like father, like son.

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

Cheats never prosper.

Silence construes consent.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

It's better to be poor and healthy, than sick and wealthy.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Quid pro quo.

The early bird gets the worm.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Nothing new under the sun.

Set a thief to catch a thief.