Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Seek and you shall find.

Home is where the heart is.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

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

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

More haste, less speed.

Always put your best foot forward.

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

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Fortune favours the brave.

A picture paints a thousand words.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Make haste slowly.

Love is blind.

To the victor go the spoils.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Shrouds have no pockets.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Once a thief, always a thief.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

No rest for the wicked.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Different strokes for different folks.

A stitch in time saves nine.

A fish always rots from the head.

If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

There's more than one way to skin a cat.

It's better to die on your feet than live on your knees.

There's safety in numbers.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

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

Never give a sucker an even break.

To every thing there is a season.

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

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Let bygones be bygones.

All's well that ends well.

The best things in life are free.

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

Business before pleasure.

Nine tailors make a man.

Even a worm will turn.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Once bitten, twice shy.

The exception which proves the rule.

It's the singer not the song.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

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

Birds of a feather flock together.

Persuasion is better than force.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.

The best defence is a good offence.

A watched pot never boils.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Make hay while the sun shines.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Tomorrow is another day.

What goes around comes around.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Slow but sure.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Nothing new under the sun.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Oil and water don't mix.

Life is what you make it.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Fight fire with fire.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Talk is cheap.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Tomorrow never comes.

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

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

One swallow does not a summer make.

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

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

The leopard does not change his spots.

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

Pride comes before a fall.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

He who hesitates is lost.

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

Like father, like son.

It goes without saying.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

No man can serve two masters.