It takes all sorts to make a world.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Like father, like son.

It goes without saying.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Nothing succeeds like success.

It's better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.

Walls have ears.

Blood is thicker than water.

Talk is cheap.

Paddle your own canoe.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

An eye for an eye; a tooth for a tooth.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

To the victor go the spoils.

Let well alone.

Go the extra mile.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Horses for courses.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Don't throw good money after bad.

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

A fish always rots from the head.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Less is more.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

More haste, less speed.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Love is blind.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

The Devil looks after his own.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Love will find a way.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Attack is the best form of defence.

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

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Nothing new under the sun.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

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

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Make hay while the sun shines.

A man is known by his friends.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Christmas comes but once a year.

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

Count your blessings.

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

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Only fools and horses work.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

All publicity is good publicity.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Birds of a feather flock together.

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

An army marches on its stomach.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

You can't win them all.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Small things amuse small minds.

Life begins at forty.

The wages of sin is death.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Keep your powder dry.

Beware the Ides of March.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Learn to walk before you run.

If the mountain won't come to Muhammad, Muhammad must go to the mountain.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Revenge is sweet.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

To live by the sword is to die by the sword.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Hide in plain sight.

Let the buyer beware.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

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