Work expands so as to fill the time available.

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

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Fight the good fight.

Revenge is sweet.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Ignorance is bliss.

Waste not, want not.

Moderation in all things.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

The end justifies the means.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

All that glitters is not gold.

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

Dead men tell no tales.

A man is known by his friends.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

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

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

A house is not a home.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

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

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Physician, heal thyself.

Those who do not learn from history, are doomed to repeat it.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Nine tailors make a man.

You can't always get what you want.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Laughter is the best medicine.

You can choose your friends, but you can't choose your family.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

All roads lead to Rome.

Give credit where credit is due.

No pain, no gain.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Charity begins at home.

Shrouds have no pockets.

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

Live and learn.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Every picture tells a story.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Live and let live.

If you build it, they will come.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Time will tell.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Slow but sure.

A new broom sweeps clean.

You win some, you lose some.

The age of miracles is past.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

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

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Go the extra mile.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Cheats never prosper.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Many hands make light work.

The truth will out.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Enough is enough.

Stupid is as stupid does.

A golden key can open any door.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Truth will out.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Children and fools tell the truth.

The Devil looks after his own.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

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

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

What goes up must come down.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Count your blessings.

Fight fire with fire.

Pearls of wisdom.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Christmas comes but once a year.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.