East, west, home's best.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Better late than never.

History repeats itself.

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

Forewarned is forearmed.

Enough is as good as a feast.

The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Even a worm will turn.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Waste not, want not.

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

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

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

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

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

One law for the rich and another law for the poor.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Moderation in all things.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Give the Devil his due.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Patience is a virtue.

The Devil is in the details.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

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

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

A house is not a home.

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

Let the buyer beware.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Attack is the best form of defence.

The more the merrier.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Fortune favours the brave.

Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

There's safety in numbers.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Small things amuse small minds.

You win some, you lose some.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

The show must go on.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Better the Devil you know than the Devil you don't.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Money isn't everything.

Fight the good fight.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Opposites attract.

Charity begins at home.

What goes around comes around.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

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

Worrying never did anyone any good.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Accidents will happen.

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

Stupid is as stupid does.

One hand washes the other.

Don't get mad, get even.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Easy come, easy go.

A bad penny always turns up.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

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

He who hesitates is lost.

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

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

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

The end justifies the means.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

If a job is worth doing, it's worth doing well.

Seek and you shall find.

Silence is golden.

Never give a sucker an even break.

A man is known by his friends.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Fight fire with fire.