Business before pleasure.

To the victor go the spoils.

Only the good die young.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Haste makes waste.

Take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves.

Live and learn.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

There is honour among thieves.

There's none so deaf as those who will not hear.

Let bygones be bygones.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

You win some, you lose some.

If you lie down with dogs, you will get up with fleas.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Good fences make good neighbours.

It's the empty can that makes the most noise.

Silence construes consent.

A bad penny always turns up.

No man is an island.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

History repeats itself.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Every dog has its day.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

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

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

One half of the world does not know how the other half lives.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

You can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs.

In the kingdom of the blind the one eyed man is king.

Every picture tells a story.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

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

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

Money talks.

March comes in like a lion, and goes out like a lamb.

Blood is thicker than water.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

The bigger, the better.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

The end justifies the means.

The leopard does not change his spots.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Give the Devil his due.

Little pitchers have big ears.

All you need is love.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Money isn't everything.

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

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Big fish eat little fish.

The best is the enemy of the good.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Birds of a feather flock together.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Many hands make light work.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Never speak ill of the dead.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Quid pro quo.

If God had meant us to fly, he'd have given us wings.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Christmas comes but once a year.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

The truth will out.

To every thing there is a season.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Knowledge is power.

You can't always get what you want.

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

Don't get mad, get even.

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

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

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

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Home is where the heart is.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

If you can't beat 'em, join 'em.

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