April showers bring forth May flowers.

The age of miracles is past.

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

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

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

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

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Third time lucky.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.

A cat has nine lives.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Once a thief, always a thief.

If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

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

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

The best defence is a good offence.

Get out while the getting is good.

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

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Knowledge is power.

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

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Physician, heal thyself.

A watched pot never boils.

He that goes a-borrowing, goes a-sorrowing.

Truth will out.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

East is east, and west is west.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

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

He who fights and runs away, lives to fight another day.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

History repeats itself.

Cheats never prosper.

Oil and water don't mix.

It never rains but it pours.

Walls have ears.

It goes without saying.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

There's no place like home.

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

Different strokes for different folks.

Time will tell.

Make love not war.

If you build it, they will come.

There's one born every minute.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Youth is wasted on the young.

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

Big fish eat little fish.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Keep your powder dry.

The best is the enemy of the good.

It's better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Pride comes before a fall.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

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

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

There's no fool like an old fool.

A leopard can't change its spots.

The bigger, the better.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Children and fools tell the truth.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

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

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

A dog is a man's best friend.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

There's no smoke without fire.

Paddle your own canoe.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

No man is an island.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

It takes all sorts to make a world.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

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

The Devil is in the details.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

One swallow does not a summer make.

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

When the cat's away the mice will play.