Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Look before you leap.

Third time lucky.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

You can't win them all.

The best defence is a good offence.

Truth will out.

Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach.

There's no smoke without fire.

Cheats never prosper.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

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

Keep your chin up.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Charity begins at home.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

If you can't stand the heat get out of the kitchen.

One man's meat is another man's poison.

Seek and you shall find.

The early bird gets the worm.

Fight fire with fire.

Seeing is believing.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Small things amuse small minds.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

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

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Less said, soon mended.

All's fair in love and war.

First things first.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Two heads are better than one.

Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Give credit where credit is due.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

A man is known by his friends.

Time is a great healer.

The bigger, the better.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

All publicity is good publicity.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Doubt is the beginning, not the end, of wisdom.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Give them an inch and they'll take a mile.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Don't kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Different strokes for different folks.

Children should be seen and not heard.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

The more the merrier.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

There's no time like the present.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

It's better to give than to receive.

Time will tell.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

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

The age of miracles is past.

Every man for himself, and the Devil take the hindmost.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

A golden key can open any door.

Learn to walk before you run.

Still waters run deep.

Better late than never.

Even a worm will turn.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

It's an ill wind that blows no one any good.

Marriages are made in heaven.

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

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

The customer is always right.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Practice makes perfect.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Half a loaf is better than none.

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

Time flies.

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

Fair exchange is no robbery.

There's one born every minute.