There is many a good tune played on an old fiddle.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Let the dead bury the dead.

If you can't be good, be careful.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

A man who is his own lawyer has a fool for his client.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

The Devil is in the details.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

A leopard can't change its spots.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Talk of the Devil, and he is bound to appear.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

There's no smoke without fire.

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

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Bad news travels fast.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Life begins at forty.

Forgive and forget.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Every picture tells a story.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

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

The Devil looks after his own.

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

There's safety in numbers.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

It's never too late to mend.

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

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

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

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

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

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

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

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

Nature abhors a vacuum.

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

A thing begun is half done.

All roads lead to Rome.

It's the singer not the song.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Might is right.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

First impressions are the most lasting.

There is honour among thieves.

If you can't stand the heat get out of the kitchen.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

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

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.

Physician, heal thyself.

A man is known by his friends.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

It goes without saying.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Any port in a storm.

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

Love is blind.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Good things come in small packages.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Haste makes waste.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Practice what you preach.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

The end justifies the means.

Quid pro quo.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Everyone wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

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

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