A bad penny always turns up.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

You are what you eat.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Forgive and forget.

Love is blind.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

A man who is his own lawyer has a fool for his client.

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

God helps those who help themselves.

Tomorrow is another day.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Good fences make good neighbours.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Always put your best foot forward.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

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

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Third time lucky.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

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

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Great minds think alike.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Even a worm will turn.

Every picture tells a story.

Go the extra mile.

Don't get mad, get even.

Laughter is the best medicine.

It's all grist to the mill.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

One person's trash is another person's treasure.

A good man is hard to find.

Forewarned is forearmed.

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

There are more ways of killing a cat than choking it with cream.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Better late than never.

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

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

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

A word to the wise is enough.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

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

Needs must when the devil drives.

You can't run with the hare, and hunt with the hounds.

Walls have ears.

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

Give a man a fish, feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, feed him for a lifetime.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

It goes without saying.

Life is what you make it.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Every dog has its day.

Knowledge is power.

Like father, like son.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Only the good die young.

Silence construes consent.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Wonders will never cease.

Talk is cheap.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

The Devil is in the details.

Fortune favours the brave.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

One might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Only fools and horses work.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

There's no place like home.

Blood is thicker than water.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Good talk saves the food.

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

You can have too much of a good thing.

Don't cross a bridge until you come to it.

Time is money.

There's a time and a place for everything.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.