You can't make bricks without straw.

Practice makes perfect.

Variety is the spice of life.

Slow and steady wins the race.

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

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

Persuasion is better than force.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

The truth will out.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Cheats never prosper.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Any port in a storm.

A ship in the harbour is safe, but that is not what a ship is for.

Easy come, easy go.

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

Blessed are the peacemakers.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

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

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

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Stupid is as stupid does.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

It goes without saying.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Only fools and horses work.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Better safe than sorry.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Count your blessings.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Nine tailors make a man.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Good things come in small packages.

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Manners maketh the man.

Live and let live.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Don't test the depth of water with both feet.

Like father, like son.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

You win some, you lose some.

Slow but sure.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

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

Keep your chin up.

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

Seek and you shall find.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

East is east, and west is west.

Waste not, want not.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Even a worm will turn.

History repeats itself.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Better late than never.

Crime doesn't pay.

Less is more.

Hope springs eternal.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Dead men tell no tales.

Virtue is its own reward.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

A fish always rots from the head.

It takes two to tango.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Charity begins at home.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

There is honour among thieves.

A watched pot never boils.

The customer is always right.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Seeing is believing.

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

Never speak ill of the dead.