Set a thief to catch a thief.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Home is where the heart is.

All that glitters is not gold.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Quid pro quo.

Charity begins at home.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

The best is the enemy of the good.

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

Dead men tell no tales.

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

It's never too late to mend.

The more the merrier.

Give credit where credit is due.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Bad money drives out good.

Persuasion is better than force.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Strike while the iron is hot.

It's the singer not the song.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

The Devil is in the details.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

The best defence is a good offence.

Make love not war.

Truth will out.

Time will tell.

All the world loves a lover.

Everyone has their price.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

The more things change, the more they stay the same.

One hand washes the other.

You are what you eat.

Good things come in small packages.

Hide in plain sight.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Fight the good fight.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Talk is cheap.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Live and learn.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Love will find a way.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

You can't always get what you want.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

It never rains but it pours.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Knowledge is power.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

The Devil looks after his own.

Tomorrow never comes.

Keep your chin up.

Opposites attract.

Don't cut off your nose to spite your face.

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

Grief divided is made lighter.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

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

You can't win them all.

There's no fool like an old fool.

The age of miracles is past.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

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

Haste makes waste.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

First impressions are the most lasting.

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

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

Honesty is the best policy.

Forgive and forget.

Business before pleasure.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Waste not, want not.

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

What the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't want.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Love makes the world go round.

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

Even a worm will turn.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.