Where there is smoke there is fire.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

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

Strike while the iron is hot.

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

East, west, home's best.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Less said, soon mended.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

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

Those who do not learn from history, are doomed to repeat it.

Better safe than sorry.

You win some, you lose some.

Tomorrow never comes.

It takes one to know one.

Seek and you shall find.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

It's never too late to mend.

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

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Never tell tales out of school.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Forgive and forget.

Hide in plain sight.

A good man is hard to find.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Might is right.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Horses for courses.

Give the Devil his due.

You can't have your cake and eat it too.

The best things in life are free.

All publicity is good publicity.

Put your best foot forward.

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

The way to a man's heart is through his stomach.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

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

Silence is golden.

Paddle your own canoe.

Good talk saves the food.

No man is an island.

One who sups with the devil, should have a long spoon.

The end justifies the means.

Actions speak louder than words.

The customer is always right.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

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

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Speak as you find.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Beauty is only skin deep.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Give them an inch and they'll take a mile.

It ain't over, till it's over.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Big fish eat little fish.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Don't get mad, get even.

Walls have ears.

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

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

It's better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

Never go to bed on an argument.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Love makes the world go round.

Only the good die young.

All you need is love.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

It's the singer not the song.

Time is money.

You can't make bricks without straw.